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Chennai, Apr 5 (UNI) The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Sunday named P Viswanthan as its candidate for the Melur seat in Madurai for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal announced the candidate for the Melur seat on the eve of the last date for filing of nominations. With this, the National party has announced candidates for all the 28 seats allotted to it as per the seat sharing pact by the ruling DMK, heading the multi-party Secular Progres ...Read More >
Chennai, , Apr 3 (UNI) After a much delay the AICC on Friday announced the list of Congress candidates for 27 of the 28 seats for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, retaining 12 ositting MLAs and accommodating new faces, including new entrant GKM Tamilkumaran, who had quit the PMK just a week back and joined the National party. Despite initial objections from within the party, Tamilkumaran, who is the son of veteran PMK leader G K Mani, who had a served as the long time President of th ...Read More >
Dharmapuri (Tamil Nadu), Mar 31 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Tuesday said a decisive mandate for the DMK-led alliance will ensure more development to the state. Appealing to the people to "teach a lesson" to AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami allegedly for attempting to bring the BJP to the state, he said every vote cast for the AIADMK will go in favour of the BJP. "We should not allow the BJP to enter Tamil Nadu. The union government has not ensured new projec ...Read More >
Chennai, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four people were killed and at least three others sustained grievous injuries in a major road accident involving multiple vehicles on the Thoppur Ghat Road in Dharmapuri district on Tuesday, triggering a traffic standstill for nearly two hours. According to the police, the accident occurred when a lorry transporting cattle fodder from Maharashtra to Namakkal district lost control while negotiating a stretch of the ghat road. The lorry was driven by S. Muniappan ...Read More >
Four people were killed and three sustained grievous injuries in a collision involving multiple vehicles on Thoppur Ghat Road in Dharmapuri district on Tuesday (December 16, 2025). According to the police, a lorry carrying cattle fodder was headed for Namakkal district from Maharashtra. S. Munusamy, 43, a resident of Nadukkarapatti in Namakkal, was driving the vehicle. As the lorry reached Thoppur Ghat Road, the driver lost control of the wheel collided with a bike, a parcel van, a car, and ano ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: Four persons died in a multiple vehicle collision at Thoppur in Dharmapuri on Tuesday. According to police, a lorry laden with poultry feed from Maharashtra was bound to Namakkal when its driver, Muniappan, 45, from Namakkal, lost control, while descending the slope on the Thoppur ghat stretch. "It brushed on three trucks before knocking down a two-wheeler and another truck, which then veered on the Salem-Dharmapuri Road and overturned after crashing into two cars coming in the opp ...Read More >
Chennai: As the Northeast Monsoon continues to intensify over Tamil Nadu, district administrations have begun declaring holidays for educational institutions to ensure public safety. In the latest development, Dharmapuri District Collector Satheesh has ordered a holiday for all schools and anganwadis in the district tomorrow due to the forecast of heavy rainfall. To compensate for the disruption, October 25 has been declared a working day. The decision comes as several areas in Dharmapuri distr ...Read More >
AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami declared that DMK's dream of winning 200 seats in the next Assembly election will be shattered, predicting 210 seats for the AIADMK combine. He criticized the DMK government for failing to fulfill 2021 poll promises and alleged corruption. Palaniswami also vowed to complete the Harur Kumaran Dam if his party returns to power. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin's dream of his DMK winning 200 seats in next year's Assembly election will be shattered, said AIAD ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 3 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin's dream of his DMK winning 200 seats in next year's Assembly election will be shattered, said AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami. The huge turnout of people at the political rallies he has been addressing throughout the state, especially in the Harur Assembly constituency, was a grim reminder to Stalin that the DMK will be defeated by the AIADMK combine by winning ten seats more than the DMK's target, he said. "Look at the huge crowd t ...Read More >
DHARMAPURI: Farmers urged the Dharmapuri district administration to take steps to open the paddy procurement centres in Harur and Naripalli in view of the surge in paddy cultivation in the region. Paddy cultivation is expected to increase from 20,000 hectares to 25,000 ha in the district, said farmers. Many farmers in Harur and Pappireddipatti have cultivated paddy expecting good rainfall in the upcoming northeast monsoon season. This coupled with the availability of water sources in these tal ...Read More >
V K Sasikala has urged AIADMK factions to unite before the 2026 Assembly election, emphasizing the necessity of a merger for electoral success. Echoing this sentiment, senior leader K A Sengottaiyan called for unity, setting a deadline for Edappadi K Palaniswami. However, T T V Dhinakaran dismissed the possibility of accepting Palaniswami as the Chief Ministerial candidate. Ousted former AIADMK interim general secretary V K Sasikala on Monday appealed for a unification of AIADMK factions before ...Read More >
Chennai, Sep 15 (UNI) With the national capital turning out to be the epicentre of the internal feud in the AIADMK, heading the NDA in Tamil Nadu, its General Secretary and former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS), is heading to meet the BJP's master poll strategist and union Home Minister Amit Shah tomorrow to sort out the issues in the wake of the rebellion led by party veteran and former Minister KA Sengottaiyan. Though EPS' trip to Delhi is trotted to be a meeting with CP Radha ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday inaugurated 729 houses built at a cost of Rs 38.76 crore for Sri Lankan Tamils living in Sri Lankan rehabilitation camps in Keezhputhupattu (Villupuram district); Thirumurthi Nagar (Tiruppur district); Thammampatti (Salem district); Nagavathi dam and Kesaikuli dam (Dharmapuri district); and Kandiyapuram (Virudhunagar district). A release said the CM had announced that 7,469 new houses will be built instead of old houses for Lankan Tamils in 26 distric ...Read More >
Chennai, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Well known actress Meera Jasmine, whose outstanding performances have helped her make a name for herself in both the Tamil and Malayalam industries,on Saturday offered prayers for the family of actor Shine Tom Chacko, whose father Sibi Chacko died in a tragic car accident in Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu on Friday. Taking to her Instagram stories section, the actress, who posted a family picture of actor Shine Tom Chacko, wrote, "Prayers for the grieving fam ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Saying that a historical amount of downpour hit many districts in north Tamil Nadu, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss urged the state government to send additional rescue forces to the affected areas. In a statement, Anbumani said that during the 24 hours, Uthangarai in Krishnagiri district received 50cm of rainfall, which is the highest in the last 300 years. Moreover, Harur in the Dharmapuri district and Tirupalapanthal in Kallakurichi have received 33cm and 32cm of rain, respectively ...Read More >
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