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Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 14 (ANI): Chennai police on Wednesday night detained sanitation workers who had been protesting for 13 consecutive days outside the Greater Chennai Corporation's Ripon Building, following a Madras High Court order to clear the protest site. Around 800 sanitation workers, opposing the civic body's move to privatise waste management in two zones, were forcibly removed around midnight and taken away by buses within 45 minutes. For the 13th consecutive day, hun ...Read More >
BENGALURU: BJP state president BY Vijayendra has demanded that the state government entrust the murder case of Hindu activist Gavisiddappa Nayak to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). BJP members also created ruckus for sometime over the issue. Vijayendra, who raised the issue during Zero Hour on Wednesday, said Gavisiddappa was in a relationship with a girl from another community. The person from the girl's community had posted a photo of the weapon on his social media a day before killin ...Read More >
Hyderabad: North Telangana districts bore the brunt of heavy rains that disrupted normal life in many parts of the state on Wednesday. People in the northern districts were subject to harrowing times to reach their destinations due to the extensive damage to roads that was made worse by breaches across culverts and bridges on overflowing canals and water bodies. Meanwhile, flights were diverted at Shamshabad airport due to the heavy downpour in Greater Hyderabad limits. Hyderabad-bound flights ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 14 (ANI): Chennai police on Wednesday night detained sanitation workers who had been protesting for 13 consecutive days outside the Greater Chennai Corporation Ripon Building, following a Madras High Court order to clear the protest site. Around 800 sanitation workers, opposing the civic body move to privatise waste management in two zones, were forcibly removed around midnight and taken away by buses within 45 minutes. For the 13th consecutive day, hundred ...Read More >
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to a strict Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which provides for a maximum punishment of life imprisonment and fine of up to Rs 10 lakh for "forced conversion". The govt is likely to table the bill in the House, where they have a strong majority, for approval during the three-day monsoon session of assembly commencing on Aug 19.At present, the maximum jail term for such an offence is 10 years and the highest fine is Rs ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 14 (ANI): Chennai police on Wednesday night detained sanitation workers who had been protesting for 13 consecutive days outside the Greater Chennai Corporation's Ripon Building, following a Madras High Court order to clear the protest site. Around 800 sanitation workers, opposing the civic body's move to privatise waste management in two zones, were forcibly removed around midnight and taken away by buses within 45 minutes. Also Read | TMC Leader Abhishek B ...Read More >
The workshop will be jointly organised by the Union environment ministry and the Tamil Nadu Forest Department. It will be inaugurated by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav in the presence of his deputy Kirti Vardhan Singh. India is home to nearly 60 per cent of the world's wild elephant population, with 33 elephant reserves and 150 identified elephant corridors, according to the 2023 Report on Elephant Corridors in India. The last population estimation exercise in 2017 counted 29,964 e ...Read More >
Chief Minister M K Stalin will launch a scheme on Tuesday to deliver ration items to the doors of over 21 lakh beneficiaries-senior citizens and the differently abled-the Tamil Nadu government said. The "Chief Minister's Thayumanavar Scheme" will be launched by Stalin here, wherein ration items including rice and sugar will be delivered to the intended beneficiaries at their doorsteps, an official release said. Senior citizens of over 70 years and differently abled ration card holders are the ...Read More >
Criticism has largely stemmed from the Tamil nationalist group Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK), which has taken strong exception to certain elements in Kingdom. The makers of Vijay Deverakonda's recently released movie have issued an apology to the people of Tamil Nadu. This comes at a time when the film has triggered widespread protests in Tamil Nadu, with several groups accusing it of misrepresenting Tamil identity and hurting religious sentiments. Kingdom, directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, premiered g ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the recent Madras High Court order restraining the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government from using the names and photographs of current and former chief ministers in advertisements for state welfare schemes.A bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on AIADMK Member of Parliament, C Ve Shanmugam, who had filed the initial plea in the Madras High Court. It aske ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu government on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the recent Madras High Court order restraining advertisements for government welfare schemes from using the name of any living individual, photographs of former Chief Ministers and ideological leaders, or displaying any party insignia. A bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and K Vinod Chandran agreed to list the matter this week after senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, for the state, ment ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court against a Madras High Court order that barred it from using images of living persons, former Chief Ministers, ideological leaders, or political party symbols in advertisements for government‑run welfare schemes. After senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the Tamil Nadu government's special leave petition (SLP), the Chief Justice of India (CJI) agreed to list the matter for urgent hearing this week. "This ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin inaugurated the Vietnamese Vinfast electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant, the first of its kind in India, at a programme in Thoothukudi. In just a span of 17 months after the foundation stone was laid, Vinfast launched manufacturing electric vehicles in its plant on nearly 400 sprawling acres in Thoothukudi's SIPCOT, adding up to benefit the automobile industry stakeholders and a new pride being awakened at what has been achieved. This new manufacturing hu ...Read More >
CHENNAI: DMK president and Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday charged that while the AIADMK has become subservient to the BJP by meekly surrendering to it, the DMK has been passionately standing against 'its anti-Tamil and anti-human' machinations. The DMK president, in a letter to the party cadre ahead of the death anniversary of former CM M Karunanidhi on August 7, targeted both the AIADMK and its ally, the BJP. "(Edappadi) Palaniswami, who lacks any basic ideologies, has knelt before the B ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Calling the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar an undemocratic exercise, VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan alleged that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is executing a premeditated drive, under the direction of the BJP-led Union government and claimed that it poses a serious threat to all states, including Tamil Nadu. The VCK chief claimed that the first phase of the drive excluded around 65 lakh voters from the rolls in Bihar, the majori ...Read More >
Kaynes Circuits India is poised to invest Rs 4,995 crore for setting up an advanced electronic component manufacturing facility in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, said people aware of the developments. The plant would produce 74-layer PCB, HDI PCB, flexible PCB, high-performance laminates, camera module assembly and wire harness assembly, the people said. This would mark the first large scale investment in PCB manufacturing in Tamil Nadu. It underscores plans by the state government to set up a new el ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Calling the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar an anti-democratic exercise, VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan alleged that the premeditated drive, carried out by the Election Commission of India (ECI) under the direction of the BJP-led Union government, poses a serious threat to the nation. He claimed that the first phase of the drive excluded around 65 lakh voters from the rolls, the majority of whom were from minority communities. Though Oppo ...Read More >
Staff protests forced offices to stay closed despite demand Aadi Perukku, also known as 'Pathinettam Perukku', is observed on the 18th day of the Tamil month of Aadi. The festival is deeply rooted in Tamil culture and is associated with prosperity, fertility, and the life-giving force of water, especially the Cauvery river. Traditionally celebrated along riverbanks, families offer prayers and thanksgiving to water bodies, seeking abundance and blessings. It is considered one of the most ausp ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the income tax return (ITR) filing date extended to September 15, taxpayers have more time to decide whether to choose the old or new tax regime. Salaried employees or pensioners without business income can change their tax regime at any time prior to filing their ITR every year by simply selecting the relevant option on the ITR-1 or ITR-2 form. With commercial or professional income, the regulations are stricter. Only once in your lifetime may you return ...Read More >
Chennai, Aug 3 (PTI) Eye care provider Maxivision has launched 10 super specialty eye hospitals across the city marking its entry into the state capital. Maxivision currently operates eye care facilities in Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, Perambalur. With the launch of Chennai operations, Maxivision has committed investments of Rs 100 crore to expand in all districts and towns across Tamil Nadu over the next two years. Cricket legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni inaugurated a ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 1 (ANI): The uncertainty over M Chinnaswamy Stadium hosting the Maharaja Trophy T20 matches remains, as Bengaluru Police is yet to give a clearance to the state's cricket body, the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) to play the matches at the venue. The two-week tournament is scheduled from August 11 to 27, as per ESPNCricinfo. The non-clearance is primarily due to the ongoing CID investigation into the stampede, which took place on July 4 near the ...Read More >
Chennai: In a reprieve to the Tamil Nadu govt, Madras high court on Thursday refused to stall the launch of the public health scheme 'Nalam Kaakkum Stalin', named after Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin.The first bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan refused any interim relief to former AIADMK law minister C Ve Shanmugam, who alleged that the scheme named after Stalin was in violation of the guidelines set by the Supreme Court and the Election Commission o ...Read More >
Moradabad (UP), Aug 1 (PTI) The Moradabad district administration has cancelled the allotment of a government bungalow granted to former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. The Samajwadi Party (SP) has been asked to vacate the premises within 30 days. The bungalow, located in the posh Civil Lines area near the Police Training College (PTC II), was allotted to the SP patriarch 31 years ago. Spread across nearly 1,000 square meters on Nazul land, the property serves as the local S ...Read More >
Chennai, Aug 1 (PTI) The Tamil Nadu government on Friday announced that it has partnered with IIT Madras to establish the Centre for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies, marking the first major initiative under the Tamil Nadu Semiconductor Mission 2030. Announced in the State Budget 2025-26, the plan aims to position Tamil Nadu as a global hub for semiconductor innovation and manufacturing. The upcoming centre, according to an official release, will be located at the Central Polytechnic Campus ...Read More >
Chennai, Aug 1 (UNI) Dravidian naming spree of state-funded schemes after ideological icons and current as well as former Chief Ministers has met with judicial ire with Madras High Court on Friday restraining the Tamil Nadu Government from using the names of any living personality in the nomenclature of new or re-branded government welfare programmes. The First Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan, in an interim order, also prohibited the display of portrai ...Read More >
CHENNAI: In a major step towards building a skilled semiconductor workforce, the Tamil Nadu government on Friday launched the Centre for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies under the Tamil Nadu Semiconductor Mission 2030. The facility, established in collaboration with IIT-Madras, will begin operations within five months. Launching the centre on the IIT-Madras campus, State Industries Minister TRB Rajaa said the initiative is aimed at positioning Tamil Nadu as the primary source of highly skill ...Read More >
T.R.B. Rajaa, Tamil Nadu Industries Minister, and V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, at a press conference in Chennai to announce the launch of a Centre for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies, at IIT Madras, on Friday, August 1, 2025. In a pioneering move for India's technological landscape, the Tamil Nadu government is coming out with a 'School of Semiconductor' initiative . As the first intervention under this initiative to address workforce readiness, a Centre for Advanced Semiconductor Tec ...Read More >
Mangaluru: The Karnataka government has officially transferred the investigation into the shocking Dharmasthala serial murder allegations to a Special Investigation Team (SIT), following explosive media reports and a formal request from the Karnataka State Women's Commission. In a government order dated July 19, 2025, the Home Department announced the formation of the SIT to conduct a comprehensive and impartial probe into the disturbing allegations, including mass graves, sexual violence, and ...Read More >
Government vehicle seized after refusing to provide escort to minister Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) M Sundaresan revealed that he was harassed by senior officers, transferred, cornered, and humiliated after submitting a report to the state human rights body on the custodial torture of an ex-MDMK party worker and an electrician arrested in connection with the murder of a retired woman inspector, Kasturi Parthasarathy in Tamil Nadu's Kancheepuram. Speaking exclusively to India Today TV, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to consider on July 22 the Presidential reference on whether timelines could be imposed by judicial orders for the exercise of discretion by the President while dealing with bills passed by state assemblies. According to the cause list posted on the apex court website, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, PS Narasimha and Atul S Chandurkar will be hearing the matter. ...Read More >
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