Sidelined AIADMK leader and R.K. Nagar MLA T.T.V. Dhinakaran on Thursday announced his new political party – Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK). At a public meeting organised at Melur, near Madurai, Mr. Dhinakaran also introduced the party flag that has black, white and red stripes and an image of former Chief Minister and AIADMK former general secretary Jayalalithaa at the […]
» Read moreThe 69th head of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, passed away on Wednesday morning. He was 83. His end came in a hospital near the mutt in Kancheepuram where he was taken after suffering from breathlessness. Born as Subramaniayam in Irulneeki, a small hamlet near Mannargudi, in Tamil Nadu, he was initiated into sanyasam by his predecessor at […]
» Read moreKarti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, on Wednesday was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Sumeet Anand in New Delhi. He was arrested early on Wednesday morning at the Chennai airport by a special team of the CBI’s Economic Offences Wing soon after his arrival from London. A CBI official said the team from Delhi interrogated Mr. Karti in […]
» Read moreBinu Pappachan, the gangster who was wanted by city police on Tuesday surrendered before police. He was reportedly traveling constantly in a car across the state after fleeing from the police during his birthday party at Malayambakkam where over 100 people gathered in a lorry shed near Poonamallee. Over 75 persons were arrested on the same day.
» Read moreThe Rajapalayam South Police has registered a case under three different sections of IPC against lyricist Vairamuthu in Virudhunagar on Saturday. Following a complaint from Hindu Munnani town secretary Suri, the police registered a case against the lyricist. The charge was that Mr. Vairamuthu had spoken ill of Goddess Andal at a function held in Rajapalayam on January 7 and […]
» Read moreTamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam was on Thursday named the Leader of the State Legislative Assembly, the post he had held when Jayalalithaa was the Chief Minister, and for a brief period after her death. The decision to make Mr. Panneerselvam as the Leader of the House comes ahead of the Assembly session scheduled to commence on January […]
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