Tamil

DINDIGUL: The ban imposed on carrying mobile phones by devotees inside the Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple at Palani in Tamil Nadu's Dindigul district came into force on Sunday. To aid devotees, the temple administration set up mobile phone deposit points where phones can be dropped off safely.One of the six abodes of Lord Murugan, the Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple, sees hundreds of...

CHENNAI: The gram sabha meetings in village panchayats will be held across the state on October 2 with the theme 'Everything for Everyone'. Chief minister M K Stalin will make opening remarks for the event, virtually, while ministers would take part in districts. The meetings are held six times a year. The government has chosen 'everything for everyone' as the theme for the upcoming meeting, aiming at...

CHENNAI: A delegation led by DMDK leader Premalatha Vijayakanth on Saturday called on governor R N Ravi and submitted a memorandum, seeking his intervention for speeding up a pending proposal to interlink rivers to ensure equitable distribution of water among the riparian states. It also sought his intervention to resolve the ‘pressing issues’ of Tamil Nadu, through Union and state governments....

CHENNAI: Days after the AIADMK walked out of the NDA alliance, the BJP state unit has convened a meeting of state office-bearers, district presidents and zonal in-charge, besides its core committee to discuss the 'prevailing situation' and strengthening organisational structure for the upcoming LS polls. The party is also engaged in dialogues with 'friendly partners' dismayed by the sudden developments...

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government will make a demand at the Cauvery Water Management Authority’s meeting on Friday afternoon that Karnataka release water at the rate of 12,500 cusecs daily. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of state-wide bandh call given by the pro-Kannada organisations, Tamil Nadu water resources minister Duraimurugan said the state was asking for as it lacked water and not that...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu won the second best state award for the best Smart City projects in the country, with Madhya Pradesh winning the first prize. D Karthikeyan, secretary for municipal administration and water supply department, received the award from President Droupadi Murmu at the Smart Cities Conclave organised by the Union government in Indore on Wednesday. The Greater Chennai Corporation displayed...

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday announced its tourism policy for the first time by which it has given industry status to tourism and aims at attracting Rs 20,000crore investment in the sector. This means tourism projects and stakeholders and others will become eligible for funds that come under development of industries and will lead to better employment opportunities and training....

The 42 samples from bat and other animals, which were sent to National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal, tested negative for Nipah, dealing a setback to the state’s efforts to identify the source of the recent Nipah outbreak in Kozhikode. The second batch of 42 samples were collected from the house and farmland of Mohammedali (deceased index patient in current outbreak) at...

CHENNAI: Thirteen people including seven children fell sick after drinking lemon juice mixed with silica gel in Tiruvallur district. Their health condition is stable and are recovering well, health minister Ma Subramanian told reporters here on Sunday.People fell ill after someone who made lemon juice for distribution added frozen silica gel from an ice pack, mistaking it for ice, as they could not find...

NAMAKKAL: Chief minister M K Stalin unveiled Tamil scholar and writer 'Silampoli' Su Chellappan's statue at Siviyampalayam in Namakkal district on Saturday. He unveiled the statue through video conferencing from Chennai. Recalling Chellappan's passion for Tamil, Stalin said he was the first student who raised voice against the Hindi language when the then central government attempted to make it the...