Cyclone Nivar: Full list of trains cancelled between TN and Kerala for Nov 25

CYCLONE NIVAR Ahead of the cyclone, the Southern Railways has fully cancelled six special trains between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, apart from other train and bus services. T

Chennai police inspector arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting 13-yr-old girl

Crime The girl was reportedly forced into sex work by her aunt and family. TNM Staff Chennai police arrested a police inspector on Monday for allegedly sexually assaultin

Reconduct MBBS counselling for students under 7.5% quota: Stalin writes to TN CM

Controversy Stalin said that many deserving candidates could not get MBBS seats due to the delayed announcement of the government that it will bear the fees. TNM Staff Dr

Encroachers get new homes close to work, schools

A section of squatters along the Cooum in Padi Kuppam, Rail Nagar, is happy. They have been allocated slum board tenements at Athippattu, j

TN reports 1,655 fresh Covid cases, 19 fatalities

Tamil Nadu added 1,655 cases on Sunday to its Covid-19 case tally taking the total number of positive cases recorded in the state to 7,69,9

TN: Hindu Mahasabha secretary hacked to death

A functionary of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Mahasabha was killed by a six-member gang near his house at Hosur in Krishnagiri district on Sunday.

Cyclone Nivar to leave Chennai drenched

The city is likely to experience heavy to very heavy rain as cyclone Nivar is likely to make landfall between Mamallapuram and Karaikal on

Covid: Trichy corpn releases fever camp locations

Judge urges ASI to publicise historical structures

Archeological Survey of India (ASI) should take measures to publicise historical structures to attract people, said Madras high court judge

Cyclone Nivar to cause heavy rainfall in parts of Tamil Nadu from November 25

Weather This would intensify into a cyclonic storm over the next 48 hours and is likely to cross between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram around

Decision to release Perarivalan is up to Governor, says CBI

Court Perarivalan, who is at present serving life sentence in relation to the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi along with six other convicts,

TN: 3 panels to oversee Covid-19 vaccination

As active cases dropped to 12,916 on Saturday, Tamil Nadu set up three committees to oversee preparations for Covid-19 vaccination such as

Dont register fan club as political party, Vijays father now tells Election C..

Politics On November 5, director/producer SA Chandrasekar had submitted an application with the EC to register his son Vijays fan club as A

Mosquito menace in Chennai: 17% drop in plaints

Greater Chennai Corporations plan at the start of the year to bring in a lot of machines to tackle the problem of waste accumulation in wat

Arrear exams cancelled to avoid discrimination between students: TN govt tell..

Education The government had said that since regular exams were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic, it was natural to cancel arrear exams a

'Up to TN guv to take call on Perarivalan release'

CBI has informed the Supreme Court that the decision on release of Perarivalan, life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, rests

Chennai: Work on 119-km metro phase 2 begins

With Union home minister Amit Shah presiding virtually over the groundbreaking event of the 118.9km phase-2 metro rail project on Saturday

'Cancelled arrears as students were in distress'

Justifying its stand in cancelling arrear exams in view of the pandemic, the Tamil Nadu government has informed the Madras high court that

'Meritorious miss out, some benefit due to quota'

Knowledgeable and deserving students are not able to avail themselves of opportunity in education while students who could not make it on m

DMK, AIADMK fight to pay med fee, pupils gain

A day after allotting 7.5% of MBBS and BDS seats in the state to government school students, the Tamil Nadu government and the opposition D

CM forced to announce fund for medical education: Stalin

Revolving fund announced for State government students under the 7.5% quota only because of the Oppositions role, he says

Wholesale traders to suspend vegetable sales

Amit Shahs Chennai visit triggers hashtag war

AIADMK-BJP to face assembly polls 2021 together: EPS and OPS announce

Politics The Chief Minister and the deputy Chief Minister made the announcement on Saturday in the presence of union Home Minister Amit Sha

Ramasamy convenor of BDU VC search panel

Amit Shah inaugurates Chennais 5th reservoir

Women, kids can travel in Chennai suburban trains

Shah in Chennai: Man held for throwing placard

Medical quota: CM says govt will pay fees

DMKs TR Baalu alleges cops being misused by AIADMK to suppress its campaign

Politics The DMK Treasurer wrote to DGP JK Tripathy alleging that the detention of the youth wing leader Udhayanidhi Stalin is illegal and

BJP chief Amit Shah arrives in Chennai

60-year-old throws placard at Amit Shah in Chennai, creates flutter

The police later detained Durairaj and said that he was quot;mentally unstable quot;.

Amit Shah springs a surprise and walks on Chennai road, protester flings plac..

Politics The protester Durairaj of Nanganallur, who threw a placard, has been taken into custody. TNM Staff Twitter: @AmitShah The Chennai

Union Home Minister Amit Shah reaches Chennai, to hold talks with AIADMK

Politics The Home Minister will inaugurate a slew of government projects and will kickstart the talks for Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 202

Vijay Sethupathi, Meena Kandasamy, Prakash Raj and others demand 'Release Per..

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case On November 20, several notable Tamil cinema personalities tweeted demanding Perarivalans release with the

DMK says it will bear fees of govt school students who got into pvt medical c..

Politics The move came after several students expressed disappointment of not being able to go through with their admissions because of lac

Activists call on TN CM to fast track MeToo case against TCS techie

Sexual Harassment In August 2019, an employee of Tata Consultancy Services approached the Labour Court in Kancheepuram, alleging sexual har

Chennai engineer held for sexually harassing and blackmailing women on social..

Crime Arun was arrested based on a complaint that he befriended a woman on social media and began sexually harassing and threatening her. T

Lockdown: 'Evictions left 435 families vulnerable'

More than 2,000 families of informal settlements in the state, including 435 in Chennai, have been evicted during the last seven months of

25-yr-old man traps and blackmails women, held

A 25-year-old man who allegedly trapped many women on social media platforms and later threatened them with their naked photos, which were

CMDA plans mini Anna Nagar near Tambaram

A mini-Anna Nagar with broad roads, layouts, and even an iconic structure of its own like the tower, is to come up on 800 acres around Agar

TN medical counselling for general students to begin on Monday

NEET 2020 The counselling will take place in three slots every day, from Monday to Saturday, and will go on till December 4. TNM Staff Imag

Udhayanidhi launches DMKs election campaign, detained in Nagapattinam

Politics The 75-day campaign will include star speakers like MP Kanimozhi and MDMK chief Vaiko. PTI Twitter: @UdhayStalin DMK youth wing le

Dont deny admission to students under 7.5% quota over fees: TN govt to medica..

Medical admissions 2020 Tamil Nadus Directorate of Medical Education said that financial aid announced by the government will take care of

Tamil Nadu govt bans online betting games

After a series of suicides and complaints about people losing their hard-earned money in online games involving wagering and betting, the s

Street light robbery in Chennai?

The city corporation is procuring controller devices for group monitoring of street lights at more than double the going rate.

Timings of 3 special trains from Chennai revised

Gold worth Rs 2.06cr seized at Chennai airport

Trichy- Nagercoil train extended to T'puram

DMK MLA Poongothai says she did not attempt suicide, fainted due to ill healt..

Politics She said she experienced the same affection from DMK Chief MK Stalin that she had received from M Karunanidhi. Priyanka Thirumurth

Tamil Nadu bans online gaming involving wagering or betting

Crime People found gambling online will be punished with a fine of Rs 5,000 and six months imprisonment. TNM Staff Tamil Nadu became the se

Want a home close to our livelihoods: Chennai residents evicted for Cooum res..

Housing The homes of 221 families in Chennais Padikuppam Rail Nagar are being razed as part of the Cooum eco-restoration project. Bharathi

Baby found abandoned in Trichy awaits reunion

'Dont know what change Shah's visit will bring'

Coimbatore court confiscates TNSTC bus

TN quota helps govt school students bag pvt medical seats, but financial stre..

Medical admissions 2020 Many students in Tamil Nadu have received a seat in private colleges with the help of the reservation, but the fami

Parcel truck driver dies in C'tore accident

Video shows DMK MLA Poongothai Aladi Aruna and party members quarelling in pu..

Politics DMK MLA Poongothai Aladi Aruna was hospitalised on Thursday in Tirunelveli district after allegedly consuming sleeping pills. TNM

TN govt school student who secured medical seat thanks actor Sivakartikeyan f..

Education Actor Sivakarthikeyan reportedly funded her private coaching to crack the National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination (NEET) th

Toilet, still a distant dream for many in Open Defecation Free TN

Officials say Covid poured cold water on plans of relocating residents of Chitra Nagar

Four medical counselling candidates test positive for Covid-19

One each from Salem and Tiruchy, and two from Kallakurichi; They were asymptomatic and placed under home quarantine after they travelled ba

Got medical seats, but can their parents pay fees?

Her classmate and friend P Bistis Prisca from Government Higher Secondary School in Velliangadu village in Coimbatore also looked upset for

More squatters evicted from Cooum river bank

The state PWD authorities and Greater Chennai Corporation officials have begun evicting squatters from the Cooum river bank at Padikuppam R

SR adds 40 more trains to suburban services

Southern Railway has increased the number of suburban trains from 204 to 244 a day, including services to Tiruttani and Sulurpeta.

Relief for Amala Paul: Madras HC restrains ex boyfriend from publishing their..

Court Actor Amala Paul had filed a defamation suit earlier this month against her former boyfriend Bhavninder Singh. TNM Staff Facebook/Ama

41 projectors missing from Anna University

Forty-one projectors worth Rs 16 lakh were found missing from Anna University at Guindy on Tuesday night.

NCC laurel for Chennai-based DG Vaishnav College

Associate NCC Officers are teachers from educational institutes that have NCC Cadets.

Chennais new source of water: Five things to know about Thervoy Kandigai rese..

Water resources The reservoir will be declared open on Saturday by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. TNM Staff Image for Representation/Wiki C

How an online platform is bringing TN farmers and consumers closer together

Agriculture Five Minute Farmers, started by an IT professional in Chennai, aims to build a community rather than a marketplace by connectin

Stalker who honey trapped girls, threatened with their naked photos arrested ..

In her complaint the girl said that she had fallen in love with a man she made acquaintence with through social media.

DMK denies internal party rift was cause for MLA Poongothai Arunas hospitalis..

Politics Poongothai Aladi Aruna was admitted to a hospital in Tirunelveli on Thursday in an unconscious state after she allegedly took slee

Sasikala can walk out of prison anytime

Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaaa aide V K Sasikala, now serving a four-year jail term in Karnataka, can walk out anytime, t

DMK MLA admitted to ICU, party stress blamed

Former DMK minister and Alangulam MLA Poongothai Aladi Aruna was admitted to a private hospital in Tirunelveli in a critical condition on T

Metro trains to have more women's coaches

Chennai triple murder: Three arrested in Agra

World Toilet Day: SHG women make it a sweet affair

Video: Elephant trapped in a well rescued after 13-hour operation in Tamil Na..

Wildlife Rescue officials had to tranquillise the elephant twice to complete the task. TNM Staff After a laborious rescue operation that la

Two girls from govt school in TN who cleared NEET in first attempt secure MBB..

NEET 2020 As at the end of second day of counselling, all seats under the 7.5% reservation in Tamil Nadus medical colleges stand filled. Me

Elephant tramples tribal woman to death

Fire breaks out at grocery shop in Trichy

DMK MLA Poongothai found unconscious

Madurai MP slams Hindi reply from Union min

Jharkhand minister's health condition improves

Child abuse: Braille posters launched in Trichy

Elephant falls into well in Tamil Nadu, rescue operation underway

Animal Welfare Rescue operations began around 6 am on Thursday morning and are currently in progress. Anjana Shekar A wild elephant, estima

Teen electrocuted while trying to take selfie

DMK MLA Poongothai Aladi Aruna hospitalised after overdosing on sleeping pill..

Politics The health bulletin issued by the hospital said Poongothai was brought in an unconscious state, and is presently awake and respond

TN youth watches, shares child porn content, held

She was due next week: Kin of pregnant woman who was killed by speeding car i..

Crime Twenty-year-old Sathyapriya died after she was fatally knocked down in Ramanathapuram district by an SUV. Priyanka Thirumurthy The vi

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