Tamil Nadu

Hindu activist Rangarajan Narasimhan stated that calling Pujaris and archakas for a 'review meeting' is illegal and requested the Hindu priests not entertain the whims and fancies of the HR&CE Department.

The Madras High Court on Saturday said that the FIR registered into the Anna University sexual assault case blames the victim, and slammed the police for ‘wrong wordings’ in the FIR

This comes just a week after the southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Kerala government to remove hazardous biomedical and solid waste that was illegally dumped in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India was of the view that anti-Brahmin ‘activists’ such as Periyar should be placed in a mental asylum, meant for the treatment of ‘perverted minds.’

While the closure of the Sterlite Copper plant sas resulted in the loss of over 1500 direct jobs and over 40,000 jobs, the impact of the shutdown over alleged pollution is much bigger on the Indian economy

Truck owners, who previously relied on transporting materials for Sterlite Copper Plant, were forced to sell their vehicles as they were unable to pay their loans. Around a million daily wage workers have been left unemployed. Many businesses in the region that relied on industrial demand have now been forced to shut their shutters.

Several BJP leaders and workers including Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai was arrested on Friday in Coimbatore while taking out a Black Day rally against the DMK govt.

On 14th February 1998, Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani was scheduled to address a rally at RS Puram in Coimbatore. Before he could reach the venue, bombs went off in several parts of the city. The bombs were concealed in cars, motorcycles, bicycles, side boxes of two-wheelers, denim and rexine bags, and fruit carts. SA Basha was the prime accused in the case.

Cyclone Fengal, which made landfall on the coasts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Saturday, November 30, has caused widespread flooding in several areas, particularly in Cuddalore.

Chennai International Airport has been temporarily shut down till 7 PM on Saturday in view of cyclone Fengal making landfall today evening