Tamil Nadu to ban use of plastic items from 2019
The Tamil Nadu government today announced the banning use of plastic items, including non-biodegradable bags, from January 2019 in the interest of the environment and...
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Parties must be ‘tolerant to diverse ideologies’, says Venkaiah Naidu
Addressing a gathering after releasing Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi’s book “Straight Talk”, Venkaiah Naidu said the committee, he formed to review the Rajya Sabha rules...
AIADMK fires Hari Prabhakaran over tweet calling journalists “Street Dogs”
Hari Prabhakaran, a leader of Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK was sacked from all party posts today after he abused journalists, who were barred from Deputy...
Internet services restored in Tuticorin
Internet services in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu were restored yesterday. “The internet facility we are restoring it from tonight, the people can avail the facility without...
Advocate files plea seeking probe into Thoothukudi deaths
A petition was moved before the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking direct intervention of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) or an independent probe into...
Anti-Sterlite protests: Death toll rises to 13, internet suspended for 5 days
The death toll in the anti-Sterlite protests in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin has risen to 13 and more than 70 people who were injured in the...
Is “misjudgement of people’s anger” reason enough to see so many deaths?
How does a protest that went on so peacefully for 99 days, face a violent turn on the 100th day? Yesterday, was another shameful day...
700 DMK party workers arrested for waiving black flags against Governor
Villupuram: The Tamil Nadu police today arrested around 700 DMK workers for staging a black flag demonstration against Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit’s visit to...
SC holds Centre in sheer contempt over Cauvery row
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Centre was “in sheer contempt of this court” for disobeying its order to frame a Cauvery water sharing...
Cauvery dispute: Karnataka responds to Tamil Nadu’s plea in SC
Tamil Nadu on Monday said Karnataka could “easily spare” 4 tmc ft. for May, to which Karnataka retaliated by saying that it has already released 116.697...