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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister K. Karunanidhi. (Photo: PTI/File)

Pall of gloom descends on native village of Karunanidhi

Villagers turned up in large numbers to pay floral tributes at a portrait of the DMK patriarch at his house in...

8 Aug 2018 9:58 AM IST

DMK chief M Karunanidhi being laid to rest at Marina Beach. (Photo: ANI)

End of a political era in TN as DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi is laid to...

Former Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi passed away on Tuesday at the age of 94.

8 Aug 2018 9:50 AM IST

A highly imaginative Karunanidhi did not leave any opportunity to show his historical knowledge and interest in organising functions. (Photo: File/PTI)

3,500 sq ft for Jayalalithaa but AIADMK refusing 6 ft for Karunanidhi:...

DMK said AIADMK's refusal to permit the burial was plain and simple 'political vendetta' and 'reeks of pettiness'.

8 Aug 2018 9:12 AM IST

Late DMK president Muthuvel Karunanidhi.

DMK's key test to live up to Karuna's legacy

There are two prisms through which we must look at the passing of Muthuvel Karunanidhi, the DMK patriarch, which was...

10 Aug 2018 12:47 AM IST

Mullaperiyar Dam. (Photo: DC/file)

After Kerala complaints, SC asks TN to keep Mullaperiyar water level...

Supreme Court asked Tamil Nadu govt to maintain the water level at Mullaperiyar dam at 139 feet till August 31.

24 Aug 2018 1:30 PM IST

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to register three separate cases to probe the alleged irregularities in certain contracts awarded by the Delhi governments Public Works Department (PWD).

Bank fraud: ED conducts raids in Tamil Nadu

The ED has filed its PMLA case against the firm based on a CBI FIR and charge sheet against R Shenbagan and others.

9 Sept 2018 12:23 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC Girish Vyas raised the issue of sale of gutka in the state.

Chennai Gutka Scam: CBI raids TN minister, top cop among 40 others

The Madras High Court in April ordered the CBI to probe sale of chewing tobacco, which is banned in Tamil Nadu.

5 Sept 2018 11:24 AM IST

Lois Sofia was arrested after the plane landed in Tuticorin and Tamilisai filed a complaint with the airport police. (Photo: File)

Student arrested for shouting 'BJP-RSS fascist government' on plane...

Lois Sofia, a research scholar in Canada, and Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan, were on flight to Tuticorin.

4 Sept 2018 1:12 PM IST

Madras High Court (Photo: PTI)

Madras HC stays state govt order on admission in minority institutions

TN said all minority educational institutes should admit not less than 50 pc students from minorities per yr to retain...

12 Sept 2018 4:40 PM IST

Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. (Photo: AFP)

Dilemma over Rajiv killers

The clemency process was exhaustive and mercy pleas were rejected by the governor and President.

12 Sept 2018 1:08 AM IST

The two were taken to the district hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead, police said. (photo: Representational)

Tamil Nadu couple, questioned on extra-marital affair, electrocute...

The two were suspected to have taken the step as woman's husband had reprimanded them after coming to know about their...

10 Sept 2018 5:10 PM IST

A mother of a six-year-old, Ruby was abandoned by her husband because of her physical appearance and was body shamed for being overweight. (Photo: ANI)

Body shamed by husband, TN woman, mother of 6-yr-old, now bodybuilding...

Ruby has won nationals in Assam in bodybuilding and won Miss Chennai as well. She wants state govt to help her grow...

25 Sept 2018 2:26 PM IST