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CHENNAI: As of Monday, the last date for filing nominations for the upcoming Assembly election, over 6,700 nominees have entered the fray to contest from 234 seats in Tamil Nadu. On Monday alone, over 3,300 candidates submitted their nomination papers. Of the 6,740 nominations uploaded to the ECI website by 10 pm on Monday, 5,497 were from men and 1,241 from women. Two nominations were filed by trans persons one from the Villivakkam Assembly constituency and the other from the Radhapuram seat. ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The 16 assembly constituencies in the city witnessed a slew of nominations being filed by candidates, with the total number at 628. The window for filing nominations closed on Monday. Of the 628, the official data showed 346 were filed on Monday alone. Perambur, which has attracted a lot of focus because of actor and TVK president Vijay contesting from there, received the highest of 66 nominations. This is followed by 56 in Kolathur, where Chief Minister MK Stalin is in the fray. Both ...Read More >
Chennai, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a sharp attack on the ruling DMK government over its stand in the Thiruparankundram hill lamp-lighting case, accusing it of hurting Hindu religious sentiments and undermining Sanatan Dharma. The party has demanded a public apology from Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Minister P.K. Sekar Babu for what it described as "insulting remarks" against Tamil God Murugan. The controversy arose during the hea ...Read More >
A group of Thiruparukundram residents will hold a fast in support of lighting the lamp ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Tamil Nadu advocate general questioned the authenticity of the Deepathoon practice on Thiruparukundram hill * The state claimed Karthigai Deepam has been lit near Uchipillaiyar temple for over 100 years * The government challenged a December 1 order allowing temple administration to light the Deepam on the hilltop Did our AI summary help? Let u ...Read More >
MADURAI: The state government told the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday that the ancient stone pillar or 'deepathoon' located atop the Thiruparankundram hill belongs to Jains and not Hindus. The state also told a bench of Justices G Jayachandran and KK Ramakrishnan that the relief sought in the petitioner's plea is in the nature of a Public Interest Litigation but was styled as a private petition in an attempt to do 'forum shopping'. The averments were made by senior counsel N J ...Read More >
The Madras High Court on Friday asked the Tamil Nadu government if it had a problem with the lighting of the Karthigai Deepam at the stone pillar atop the Thiruparankundram hills, as the court heard a batch of petitions linked to the case. Opening the proceedings with what it described as the central issue, the court asked, "What is the problem in lighting the Deepam on the hill if there can be better visibility?" The matter came up in the backdrop of a contentious dispute regarding whether th ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: The Erode police have issued a set of fresh guidelines, including a two-hour time restriction for Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Vijay's campaign in Erode on Thursday. Even as the party functionaries are busy with the preparatory works for the actor-politician's campaign, the police have set a time limit by permitting the meeting to be held only between 11 am and 1 pm. The scheduled venue, belonging to the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department near the toll p ...Read More >
Chennai, Nov 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tamil Nadu trophy tour and the official mascot of the FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup 2025 were launched at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai on Monday. The tournament is set to be hosted in Chennai and Madurai from November 28 to December 10, 2025. The trophy tour was jointly flagged off by Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Thiru Udhayanidhi Stalin and FIH President Tayyab Ikram. The Trophy Tour will travel through 38 districts of Tamil ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 10 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu Trophy Tour and the official mascot of the FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup Tamil Nadu 2025 were launched at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai on Monday. The tournament is set to be hosted in Chennai and Madurai from November 28 to December 10 2025. The Trophy Tour was jointly flagged off by Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Udhayanidhi Stalin, and FIH President, Dato' Tayyab Ikram. The Trophy Tour will travel t ...Read More >
Motor pumps have been installed in many flood-prone areas to quickly drain out accumulated rainwater and prevent further damage to roads, she added. It may be recalled that Mayor Priya, along with HRD and CE Minister and CMDA Chairman P.K. Sekharbabu, inspected the dredging work in Buckingham Canal in Royapuram Zone on Saturday. The minister directed the officials to ensure the free flow of rainwater and the immediate removal of waste from the canal to prevent flooding. "This area lies adjace ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday inaugurated completed projects worth Rs 67.34 crore and laid foundation stones for 20 new initiatives valued at Rs 78.57 crore at the State Secretariat. The completed works included four new industrial estates in Thiruvallur, Tirunelveli, Thiruvarur, and Chengalpattu districts, developed at a cost of Rs 28.33 crore over 77.86 acres. A private estate at Maruthadu village in Cuddalore covering 11.57 acres with Rs 3.60 crore investment, infrastructure u ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to skip Global Ayyappa Summit ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin will not attend Global Ayyappa Summit on September 20 due to 'prior commitments' * Stalin will send Ministers P K Sekar Babu and Palanivel Thiagarajan to represent him at the summit * The summit is part of the Travancore Devaswom Board's platinum jubilee celebrations at Pamba river Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mod ...Read More >
KARUR: Acting on court orders, the HR&CE department-administered Mariamman temple at Chinnadharapuram in the district was reopened for public worship amid tight police security on Friday evening. The temple was closed in 2018 following a caste clash. The temple, which has been under the HR&CE department since 1973, had members of various communities participate in pujas and other rituals until 2018 when SC and MBC members involved in an alleged clash. With both groups approaching the Madurai Be ...Read More >
Prominent seers have voiced strong opposition to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's alleged construction of a Kedareshwar Dham in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, modeled after the Kedarnath shrine. Religious leaders condemn the act as a conspiracy against Sanatan Dharma, diminishing the significance of the ancient Himalayan temple. They suggest building a Shiva temple under a different name instead. Prominent seers here on Saturday opposed the alleged construction of a temple named Kedareshwar Dham ...Read More >
Agartala, July 19: The Tripura government would constitute task forces in all the eight districts of the state to detect and deport infiltrators staying in the bordering state, officials said on Saturday. A senior police official said that the 'Task Force' has already been constituted in West Tripura district, and it is being constituted in the remaining seven districts. "A senior police official of the district would be the head of the Task Force, and officers-in-charge of various police stat ...Read More >
KARUR: A Mariyamman Temple, which remained closed for nearly seven years in Chinnadharapuram in Karur district due to a clash between two caste groups, was opened for puja after court orders amid tight police security during the evening hours on Friday. Led by Assistant Commissioner of HR&CE M Ramanikandan, revenue and police officials opened the doors of the temple, and people belonging to MBC and SC groups entered, authorities said. The temple has been under the HR&CE Department since 1973. ...Read More >
Chennai, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Sunday, demanded that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin release a white paper detailing the lands and properties under the control of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department. Senior BJP leader and spokesperson ANS Prasad, in a statement on Saturday, alleged lack of transparency in the management of temple assets and called for immediate corrective measures to prevent what he termed as ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: HR&CE Minister PK Sekarbabu on Sunday said that a grand Murugan idol will be installed at the Thindal Arulmigu Velayuthasamy Temple in Erode, which is set to be the world's tallest, rising to 186-foot, dwarfing the 146-foot Murugan statue, built by a private party, in Salem and the one at Batu Caves in Malaysia, which stands at a height of 140 feet. Speaking to the media after inspecting the works for the world's tallest Murugan idol at the Thindal temple, Sekarbabu said the skyscra ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 11 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson ANS Prasad on Friday lashed out at the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Minister Sekar Babu, demanding that his 'loose talk' be restrained. 'CM Stalin should not permit Minister Sekar Babu to act as a de facto Deputy Chief Minister,' Prasad said in a press statement, adding, 'In the upcoming 2026 Assembly Elections, the people of Tamil Nadu are extending overwhelming support to the National Democrat ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 11 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson ANS Prasad on Friday lashed out at the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Minister Sekar Babu, demanding that his "loose talk" be restrained. "CM Stalin should not permit Minister Sekar Babu to act as a de facto Deputy Chief Minister," Prasad said in a press statement, adding, "In the upcoming 2026 Assembly Elections, the people of Tamil Nadu are extending overwhelming support to the National Democrat ...Read More >
CHENNAI: In an unrelenting tirade against AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami over the latter's controversial remarks on the use of temple resources to build colleges, HR&CE Minister PK Sekarbabu charged that the Leader of Opposition is shifting his stance following backlash from students and the public. The DMK minister claimed that the Opposition leader is trying to deflect the issue by blaming others for his choice of words and statements, referring to charges of twisting his vie ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Defending his controversial remarks over building colleges using the resources of temples maintained by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday said he had made the observation with good intentions and "considering the welfare of the students." He claimed that he made the remark as the HR&CE department would not be able to provide all facilities for educational institutions. He insisted that the insti ...Read More >
CHENNAI: In what appeared to be a veiled retort to the insult meted out to him by HR&CE department officials at the Vallakottai Murugan Temple in his Sriperumbudur constituency, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) President K Selvaperunthagai on Wednesday posted a cryptic message recalling the famous temple entry protest organised by Congress district president A Vaidyanathan in Madurai a little less than a century ago. In a message that could well prick the ruling DMK, more so after the infam ...Read More >
CHENNAI: In a spirited rebuttal to Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president and Sriperumbudur MLA K Selvaperunthagai's allegations of being denied entry during the kumbabishegam (consecration ceremony) of the Vallakottai Murugan Temple, senior BJP leader and former Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday said the controversy was a manufactured drama and insisted that she attended the ceremony purely as a devotee, not as a political figure. Calling the controversy "a political drama ...Read More >
Guwahati: Tension ran high in Chapar recenue circle of Dhubri District on Tuesday when alleged encroachers tried to attack police personnel during an eviction drive.The mob damaged excavators by pelting stones at them and hitting them with bamboo sticks, prompting security forces to resort to a baton charge to disperse them.Chapar circle officer Shashee Bhusan Raj Konwar said the people suddenly charged at the eviction team with bamboo sticks and pelted stones at them during the drive at Chiraku ...Read More >
Coimbatore: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was very strong in Tamil Nadu and the alliance would form govt in the state by winning 210 seats in the 2026 assembly election.He praised the BJP govt at the Centre for allocating Rs63,000 crore to implement the metro rail project in Chennai when the AIADMK was governing the state. "We (AIADMK) could get many schemes with the help of the central govt in the future. Without the Centr ...Read More >
Chennai: TNCC president K Selvaperunthagai on Tuesday said he was treated with disrespect at the Vallakottai Murugan temple consecration in Kancheepuram despite arriving on time. The DMK allies called for action against HR&CE officials while minister P K Sekarbabu visited the Congress leader and assured action. "The minister expressed regret for the incident," Selvaperunthagai said.The controversy related to the consecration ceremony of the temple, which took place after 17 years. Former Telanga ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Days after TNCC president and floor leader of the State Congress party K Selvaperunthagai claimed that he was denied the respect accorded to an elected representative at the Vallakottai Murugan temple in his Sriperumbudur constituency, senior officials of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department have ordered an inquiry into the incident. Commissioner of the department P N Sridhar has been instructed to conduct the inquiry, Additional Chief Secretary K Manivasan ...Read More >
CHENNAI: CPI state secretary R Mutharasan has strongly condemned the reported act of discrimination against Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K Selvaperunthagai during the kumbabishekam held at the Vallakottai Murugan Temple near Sriperumbudur on Sunday. In a statement, he alleged that officials of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE) Department deliberately denied Selvaperunthagai access to the sanctified inner premises of the temple, citing Agama rules. Selvap ...Read More >
THOOTHUKUDI: Devotees from across the state started converging on Tiruchendur on Sunday for the consecration of the Lord Subramaniya Swamy temple which will be performed from 6.15 am to 6.50 am on Monday. The temple was last consecrated 16 years ago. Three senior bureaucrats have been entrusted the work of overseeing the arrangements. The district administration and police including ADGP Davidson Devasirvatham have made elaborate arrangements to ensure a safe event. On Sunday, South Zone IGP P ...Read More >
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