Six feared dead as fire traps students
2018-03-11
It is the forest fire season in the dry Western GhatsContinue Reading
Engineer gets death for rape, murder of 7-year-old
2018-02-20
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
Tamil Nadu prisoner gets two-week leave to ‘have a child’
2018-01-25
Palayamkottai A division bench of Justices S. Vimala Devi and T. Krishna Valli granted the two-week temporary leave to Siddique Ali, an inmate of Palayamkottai Central jail on a Habeas Corpus petition filed by his 32-year-old wife. The bench then observed that it was time the government forms a committeeContinue Reading
Priests from oppressed castes demand jobs in Tamil Nadu
2017-10-13
“If Kerala can appoint non-Brahmin priests, why not Tamil Nadu?” ask trained archakas without jobs.Continue Reading
Bishops condemn government for “neglecting” farmers
2017-04-19
Madurai: The Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council (TNBC) has strongly condemned the attitude of the State government and Centre towards farmers agitating in New Delhi. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Most Rev. Antony Pappusamy, Madurai Archbishop, who is the president of TNBC, said that farmers were on a prolongedContinue Reading
Tamil Nadu holds public hearing on Dalit Christian discrimination
2017-03-17
Nine-member jury to release its report in a weekContinue Reading
Politics at “Amma” crossroads
2017-02-08
After all, nothing succeeds like success, especially in politics.Continue Reading
Jallikattu- A cultural ideal we desire?
2017-02-07
Neha Dabhade Mumbai: Hundreds of thousands of protesters poured out on Marina beach in Chennai in January to protest against the ban on Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu. There was sloganeering against the political establishment at the Centre and the state. The media reported that the protesters were mainly youth, collegeContinue Reading
Pongal declared compulsory holiday in Tamil Nadu
2017-01-11
Pongal is celebrated on January 14Continue Reading
Farmers stage demo
2016-12-29
Madurai: As part of their State-wide agitation demanding that the government declare the entire Tamil Nadu ‘drought-hit’, members of various farmers’ associations staged a demonstration in front of the Collectorate here on Wednesday. Tension prevailed as the farmers started walking from Thiruvalluvar statue towards the Collector’s office. When they wereContinue Reading