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
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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
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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
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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
CHENNAI: Putting an end to the menace of illegal ‘sharia courts’ functioning from various mosques across Tamil Nadu, the Madras high court on Monday said authorities must stop the activities within a month. “If a place of worship – whether it be temple, mosque or church – is used forContinue Reading
Chennai: Seven people have died as Cyclone Vardah hit the Tamil Nadu coast on December 12 afternoon making landfall at Pulicat, about 60 km from capital Chennai. The cyclonic storm will take about four hours to cross land completely. The cyclone brought with it heavy rain and strong winds thatContinue Reading