Heavy rains continue to batter Chennai, suburbs on Thursday

Chennai/UNI: Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds battered Chennai and its adjoining districts and parts of coastal and delta districts as the depression moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 14 kmph and lay centered over southwest and adjoining the west-central Bay of Bengal about 80 km east-southeast of Chennai and 140 km east-northeast of Puducherry on Thursday.

Six die in cracker unit blast in Tamil Nadu

Tiruvarur, Mar 27 (UNI): Six employees of a firecracker manufacturing unit were killed in an explosion at Mannai Nagar near Mannargudi in this district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.

Few students trapped in Tamil Nadu forest fire rescued, operation on to evacuate rest

Chennai, Mar 11 (IBNS): Few students have been rescued as more than 20 of them were trapped in a forest fire in Theni district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday.

Tamil Nadu: 20 students trapped in forest fire in Kurangani, IAF called in for rescue operation

Kurangani, Mar 11 (IBNS): The Indian Air Force has been pressed to service to evacuate 20 students who have been trapped in a forest fire that broke out in Tamil Nadu's Kurangani hills, officials said.

Dy CM Panneerselvam gets Planning, Legislative Assembly, Elections & Passports as additional portfolios

Chennai, Aug 22 (IBNS): Tamil Nadu's Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has been given Planning, Legislative Assembly, Elections & Passports portfolios, in addition to those allotted to him on Monday, including Finance, according to media reports on Tuesday.

Factions of AIADMK to merge soon?

Chennai, Aug 21 (IBNS): The two factions of the AIADMK might join hands to unite on Monday, media reports said.

Tamil Nadu: Dinakaran moved from AIADMK party post, rivals factions likely to merge

Chennai, Aug 10 (IBNS): The removal of TTV Dinakaran, Sasikala's nephew, from the post of AIADMK's deputy general secretary, on Thursday, has fuelled speculations that a merger between the Panneerselvam and Palaniswami factions is likely anytime soon, according to media reports.

Theatre owners call off strike in Tamil Nadu on fourth day of strike

Chennai, July 6 (IBNS): Tamil Nadu theatre owners called off their strike against double taxation as it entered the fourth day on Thursday, media reports said.

GST: Double taxation forces theatre owners to down shutters in TN

Chennai, Jul 4 (IBNS): The Goods and Services Tax (GST), a sweeping tax reform in India, has already claimed its first victim, within few days of its roll out.

Madras High Court asks Tamil Nadu govt not to open TASMAC liquor shops for three months

Chennai, Apr 25 (IBNS): The Madras High Court, on Tuesday, asked the Tamil Nadu government to not open liquor shops for three months, according to media reports.

IT officials raid Gokulam Chit Fund branches in Tamil Nadu and other southern states

New Delhi, Apr 19 (IBNS): The Income Tax department on Wednesday conducted raids in about 80 locations spread across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala in an alleged tax evasion case, according to media reports.

Tamil Nadu: Chief Minister Palaniswami seeks confidence vote

Chennai, Feb 18 (IBNS) All eyes are on the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Saturday as Sasikala loyalist chief minister E Palaniswamy is seeking a trust vote on the floor of the House this morning even as one more legislator of the ruling AIADMK has declared to vote against him.