Chennai: In 47 temples of Tamil Nadu, devotees will have the option to pray in Tamil from Aug. 6 as the Chief Minister MK Stalin-led DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) government introduced “Annai Thamizhil Archanai”, which means “prayers in mother tongue Tamil”. Temple priests have been given a refresher course inContinue Reading
Chennai: Gomathi (name changed), a resident of a Semmenchery in Chennai, dropped out of school during Covid-19 lockdown and started working as a house maid in Vellore district. She was rescued by Non-Governmental Organisations and the district administration in September 2020 following information that she was harassed by the houseContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai: At least three people were killed and nearly 1 million affected in the Nivar cyclonic storm that hit Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry in the southern India. The Tamil Nadu government moved more than 227,000 vulnerable people to relief camps before the cyclone made the landfallContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Raipur: A Christian IAS officer in Tamil Nadu, who has been admired for relentlessly crusading against corruption, has applied for voluntary retirement from government service, three years before reaching the retirement age. News agencies say that it may be because Ubagaram Pillai Sagayam had been demoted,Continue Reading
Chennai, Jan 29, 2020: A Christian charitable organization has conducted marriages for seven couples according to Hindu rites at Kodangipatti village near Pollachi town in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. The NGO officials said they were inspired by a mosque in neighboring Kerala state that recently hosted the wedding ofContinue Reading
Chennai, July 17, 2019: As part of its attempt to bring down fatalities due to road accidents, the Tamil Nadu government plans to set up multidisciplinary critical care units in government hospitals across the southern Indian state. This was announced by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami in the assembly onContinue Reading
Coimbatore, Oct. 30, 2018: In what could potentially disrupt midday meals to school children across the state, the Tamil Nadu noon meal scheme workers began an indefinite strike on October 28 in an attempt to pressure the state government to increase their wages. On the second day of the strike,Continue Reading
the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister said the state government was taking steps to permanently close the plantContinue Reading
It is the forest fire season in the dry Western GhatsContinue Reading
Chennai: A year ago, a seven-year-old girl was raped and murdered and her body was burnt by a neighbour who had a puppy she liked to play with at an apartment complex near Chennai. S Daswant, a 23-year-old engineer, was sentenced to death today by a court in Tamil Nadu’sContinue Reading