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TIRUNELVELI: A 22-year-old law student was stabbed to death near a school in Cheranmahadevi here on Friday morning. Sources said, the deceased C Manikandan of Keel Nadutheru in Cheranmahadevi was a third-year law student at a private college in Chennai. Sources further said, he was intercepted by S Mayandi of Lal Bahadur Shastri Street near a government-aided school. Passers-by and …

CHENNAI: Working towards addressing the challenges faced by children from tribal areas in accessing formal education, the Tribal Welfare Department is planning to launch a pilot initiative to provide micro vans to four schools on Kalvarayan Hills of Kallakurichi district. In tribal areas, children have to trek several kilometres through hills and forests to reach the schools due to the …

Puducherry paralysed, rescue ops underway ‘Fengal’ made landfall between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram close to Puducherry on Saturday night, bringing very heavy rain to districts along the north Tamil Nadu coast, including Chennai. The cyclone triggered heavy rainfall leading to inundation of all residential areas on the outskirts of Puducherry's boulevard limits. Transport services were hit and voluntary organisations like Pondicherry …

PUDUCHERRY/ CHENNAI: After making landfall near Puducherry on November 30, Cyclone Fengal weakened on Sunday, but torrential downpours under its influence paralysed the union territory, with the Army stepping in to evacuate stranded persons in inundated streets. Villupuram in neighbouring Tamil Nadu also suffered following heavy rains and inundation, with Chief Minister M K Stalin terming the rainfall in the …

CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin inaugurated ‘Vizhuthugal’, a one-stop centre to provide health-related rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities at Kannagi Nagar in Sholinganallur on Monday. The building, which previously housed a de-addiction centre, was refurbished at a cost of Rs 3.08 crore by the Department of Welfare of Differently-Abled Persons under the TN RIGHTS Project. It will offer …

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Saturday called for a 'Dravidian model' of governance and development over the much-hyped ‘Gujarat model.’ Makkal Needhi Maiam leader Kamal Haasan Campaigning for DMK's South Chennai candidate Thamizhachi Thangapandian in the Mylapore area on Saturday, the Makkal Needhi Maiam chief said, “People cannot always say that the Gujarat model is great, we have come to this …

Chennai, Mar 26 Aatral Ashok Kumar, the AIADMK candidate for Erode Lok Sabha constituency appears to be the richest contender for the April 19 general elections in Tamil Nadu. His wife Karunambika, who is the daughter of BJP MLA from Modakkurichi Dr C Saraswathi, has assets valued at Rs 69.98 crore, Kumar stated. Kumar has movable assets valued at Rs …

Over 55% of work on T.N.’s portion of Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway completed

Over 55% of the work to construct the four-lane brownfield Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway has been completed in Tamil Nadu, where it will run for 106 km and cost ₹5,971 crore to construct. In Tamil Nadu, the work is being carried out in four packages, and the road will have three rest areas, two truck lay-bys, 34 major bridges, 31 minor bridges, …

T.N.’s 25th cath lab in government hospital comes up in Chennai

A cath lab has been established at the Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital, in Chennai, at a cost of ₹6.74 crore. This is the fifth cath lab in a government hospital in Chennai, and the 25th in Tamil Nadu. Subramanian said that in Chennai, the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital ; Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital, Omandurar Estate; …

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Vijayakant, Tamil actor turned founder of Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam, whose refreshing electoral success briefly altered the bipolar political landscape in Tamil Nadu in the first decade of this millennium, died at a private hospital in Chennai on Thursday. Unlike his contemporaries Kamal Haasan and Rajinikant, who wavered, Vijayakant took a political plunge once he decided and launched DMDK and …

The South Indian Artists Association is a union for film, television, and stage actors, formed in 1952 and based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Actor Radha Ravi, during his tenure with the association, affiliated himself with several political parties, actor Vijayakanth created his own political party called Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, after he resigned his post in Nadigar Sangam. In addition …

Chocolate Gift Box Parcel to Woman Cop Creates Bomb Scare in TN's Chennai

A mysterious parcel that arrived at the Triplicane police station in Chennai on December 6 created a panic among the policemen after they suspected that the parcel contained explosives inside. In this situation, there was a commotion as a man brought a parcel to the Chennai Triplicane Crime Division Inspector Kalaiselvi at the end of December 5. The man said …

T.N.’s first Aadhaar Seva Kendra set up in Chennai

The first Aadhaar Seva Kendra in Tamil Nadu has become operational in Koyambedu in Chennai. With a capacity to handle 1,000 requests a day, the ASK would charge ₹50 for updates in Aadhaar details and in case of fresh enrolment, it is free of cost. By using the link https://appointments.uidai.gov.in/bookappointment.aspx, citizens could either make fresh enrolments or update details in …