Chennai: DMK promises aplenty in manifesto
Chennai, Mar 19 (UNI/IBNS) The Opposition DMK on Tuesday made a slew of promises in its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls, including separate budget for agriculture, increasing IT exemption limit, release of Rajiv convicts, Tamil as official language and holding referendum among Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Chennai: 1.25 kg gold seized at airport, woman passenger held
Chennai, Mar 16 (UNI) Customs officials on Saturday seized 1.25 kg gold worth Rs 40 lakh from a woman passenger, who arrived from Sharjah, at the Anna International airport here.
Modi's policies setting Kashmir on fire: Rahul Gandhi in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, Mar 13 (IBNS): Addressing the youth in Tamil Nadu's capital city, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday blamed the polices of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for the ongoing crisis of cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
#GoBackRahul trends on Twitter as Congress chief visits Tamil Nadu
Chennai, Mar 13 (IBNS): #GoBackRahul is trending on micro-blogging site Twitter as Congress president Rahul Gandhi is set to address a meeting in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
Chennai Central Station to be renamed after MGR: Narendra Modi
Chennai, Mar 6 (IBNS): Visiting Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that Chennai Central Station will be renamed after southern actor-politician Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran (MGR).
1.1 kg gold seized at airport, 20 passengers grilled
Chennai, Mar 6 (UNI) Customs officials seized 1.1 kg of gold bars and jewellery worth Rs 37 lakh from passengers who arrived from Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai and Colombo at the Anna International airport here on Wednesday morning.
Over 100 cars were gutted in blaze at Porur
Chennai, Feb 24 (UNI) A fire broke out in a private car parking facility opposite Ramachandra hospital on Sunday in Porur, where about 100 hundred cars went upto flames.
Tamil Nadu: Three persons killed in road accident near Pollachi
Chennai, Feb 24 (UNI/IBNS) Three persons of a family were killed in a car accident, when the car collided with a cement loaded truck at Karumapuram near Pollachi on Sunday.
Sonia Gandhi unveils DMK leader Karunanidhi's statue in Chennai
Chennai, Dec 16 (IBNS): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday unveiled the statue of late Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader M. Karunanidhi at Anna Arivalayam in Chennai.
Cyclone Gaja to make landfall near Nagapattinam in Chennai tonight
Chennai, Nov 15 (IBNS): Cyclone Gaja is all set to make a landfall in Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam on Thursday night.
Jayalalithaa's new statue unveiled at party headquarters in Chennai
Chennai, Nov 14 (IBNS): A new statue of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was unveiled at the ruling AIADMK headquarters in Chennai on Wednesday, media reports said.
Cyclone Gaja to make landfall in Tamil Nadu on Thursday, state on high alert
Chennai, Nov 13 (IBNS): Cyclone Gaja, which was some 730 km away from the Chennai coast, is likely to make a landfall between Nagapattinam and Chennai on Thursday, media reports said.
Gutkha scam: CBI searches residences of TN Health Minister and others
Chennai, Sept 5 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searched residences of Tamil Nadu Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar, Director General of Police TK Rajendran, former state minister BV Ramana and others in connection with the Gutkha scam on Wednesday, media reports said.
Two die, two injured in stampede in front of Chennai's Rajaji Hall
Chennai, Aug 8 (IBNS): Two people died and two others were seriously injured in a stampede outside Rajaji Hall in Chennai on Wednesday as a sea of people kept swelling to get a glimpse of the mortal remains of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, media reports said.
Madras HC grants permission to bury Karunanidhi in Chennai's Marina Beach
Chennai, Aug 8 (IBNS): Quashing the AIADMK-led state government's opposition, the Madras High Court granted permission to the DMK to bury the mortal remains of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M Karunanidhi, in Chennai's Marina Beach, media reports said.