'The vast majority of BJP supporters in Tamil Nadu can't speak any language other than Tamil.' 'When rural Tamil Nadu can't speak any other language than Tamil, how are they going to convince them that they have to learn Hindi?'
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'I always cook from my heart,' says New York Chef Vijaya Kumar who won his third Michelin Star recently.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday expressed anguish over not being allowed to learn Hindi in Tamil Nadu as a student and was even mocked on the streets for attempting to learn the language.
An air of excitement and expectancy pervades Thulasendrapuram village in Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu hoping that Democrat Kamala Harris, current vice president, wins the US presidential elections.
The threats via microblogging platform X came a day after three international flights originating from Mumbai received bomb threats, causing trouble to hundreds of passengers and airline crew.
In a joint operation with police of two states, the National Investigation Agency on Monday arrested three persons suspected to be part of a group sympathising with Al Qaeda and involved in five blast cases in court premises of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka since April.
Vijaykanth had a slight injury on his forehead and was given first-aid, they said.
Former Australian cricketer Matthew Hayden visited the Meenakshi temple in Madurai on Tuesday. As part of a day's visit to this city, he also addressed members of the district cricket association besides school and college students.
In a sign of the expanding Apple supplier ecosystem in India, American multinational Jabil Inc will set up an electronics manufacturing facility in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu with an investment of Rs 2,000 crore. Jabil is one of the 14 Apple suppliers in India, of around 200 globally, while another 14 have reportedly received preliminary clearance to form joint ventures with Indian companies to set up facilities. Interestingly, of the 14 existing manufacturing units in the Apple supply chain, seven are already in Tamil Nadu.
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According to the joint commissioner of the temple Jayaraman, the 'Yaali Mukham' (the face of a mythical animal) atop the tower suffered damage in the lightning.
Captain Ashalata Devi will become the first Indian woman footballer to play 100 international matches when she takes the field in the SAFF Championship opening match against Pakistan in Kathmandu on Thursday.
The party, rallying in his support, campaigned that national icons like Periyar EV Ramasamy, Dr BR Ambedkar and Naryana Guru had spoken against discrimination including those based on a person's birth. That the Sanatan Dharma controversy cut no electoral ice in Tamil Nadu was also seen as a success for Udhayanidhi.
Self-styled godman Swami Nithyananda has been sacked by the senior pontiff as his successor of a 1500-year-old Saivaite Mutt in Madurai. Nityananda faces charges of rape and sexual harassment by some of his former devotees.
More than 700 bull-tamers participated in the events, which were witnessed by thousands of spectators.
As many as 19 flights have received bomb threats in three days and a Riyadh-bound IndiGo flight was diverted to Muscat due to the threat, according to officials.
The bypoll was necessitated following the death of DMK minister P G R Palanivelrajan.
About 42 people, including 14 tamers and 16 spectators, were injured in the second major event of the Pongal 2024 Jallikattu season at Palamedu in Madurai on Tuesday, January 16, 2024.
The first flight with over 150 passengers from Chennai landed here this morning as the 'cultural capital' was included in the list of one of the major low-cost airliners in India.
The DVAC searches were undertaken after the department arrested the ED's Madurai stationed enforcement officer Ankit Tiwari for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh from a doctor.
"The 750-bed modern facility will be set up at Thoppur near Madurai at an estimated cost of Rs 1,500 crore," Palaniswami said.
An Enforcement Directorate officer was arrested for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh from a a government employee, the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), said on Friday.
Tamil Nadu -- often dubbed as India's own Detroit due to its thriving automobile manufacturing ecosystem -- is in no mood to miss the EV bus either. Recent developments attest to it. Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast has promised a $2 billion plant in the southern state. And as promised earlier, the work on Tata Motors-JLR plant will kick off next week, on September 28, after the foundation stone laying ceremony.
The complainant, Dr T Suresh Babu, told his car driver to put the Rs 20 lakh cash, into the ED officer's car trunk.
According to rough figures available, about 65 per cent of the voters exercised their franchise.
The vehicle met with the accident at Manamadurai, about 40 km from Madurai, late on Wednesday night.
The Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple in Madurai, famous for its sculptural beauty and towers, has received the International Organisation for Standardisation 9001:2008 certification. The certification was given for providing high quality services in terms of safety, security and maintaining cleanliness in the temple premises.
Madurai Veeran's album is reasonably good. The film stars Ramesh and Saloni in the lead roles.
DMK party cadres and leaders want Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin's son Udhayanidhi to be elevated as deputy CM, a move which will be a 'huge advantage' for the party in the 2026 assembly elections, a senior party leader said on Thursday.
'Attack' Pandi, believed to be a key aide of Union Minister and senior DMK leader, M K Alagiri, was arrested on Frinday in Madurai for allegedly making changes to a lease agreement over a house by fraudulent means.
Madurai, the second largest city in Tamil Nadu, is known as the gateway to the south of the state. It is famous for its Meenakshi temple and Thirumal Nayakar's palace. The Vaigai river flows through the city, though there is not much water flowing in it in the summer months.
SpiceJet is offering fares on Mumbai-Dubai route as a discount.
The airline's chief had said it would focus more on tier-II cities. Already, the airline connects some of its major destinations from Tiruchirapalli, one of the busy tier-II hubs in Tamil Nadu.
he FIR was lodged against her based on a complaint, the police said.
However, both the flights were safely landed.
Election Commission on Saturday ordered the transfer of the Returning Officer of Madurai-East constituency S Sugumaran forthwith.
Nineteen-year old Kalimuthu, who was seated in a front row of the viewers' gallery, suffered fatal stomach injury when the bull running in the playing arena suddenly strayed and attacked him.
The bypoll is considered a test for ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led front, which assumed office five months ago.
'This government is not in the hands of M K Stalin but in the hands of the bureaucracy -- the IAS and IPS.'
