Reversing the DMK regime’s pet projects, the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu on Friday scrapped housing and insurance schemes named after M. Karunanidhi and announced a probe into alleged irregularities in the construction of new Assembly-cum-secretariat complex.

Chennai: With the model code of conduct coming into force for the April 13 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, the Election Commission today ordered stoppage of distribution of free colour TV sets, the rulin

Chennai: Battle lines are being drawn for the Assembly polls due in April-May in Tamil Nadu with major political parties firming up or in the process of striking alliances.

While the ruling DMK had

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not inaugurate Tamil Nadu government's ambitious Adyar Eco Park as scheduled during his visit here on Monday, as the union environment ministry has not given its clearance for the project.

"Since the union environment ministry has not given its clearance to the proposal sent by the Tamil Nadu coastal zone management authority, the Prime Minister will not inaugurate it as scheduled on January 3," the state government said in an official release here on Wednesday.

Chennai: AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday blamed DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi for not opposing the common medical entrance exam and for the Rs.3 hike in p

Chennai: AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa today slammed arch rival, DMK president and Chief Minister M Karunanidhi for attending a film function when the state was reeling under the monsoon fury, and liken

Chennai: Tamil Nadu counted its losses on Tuesday and life limped back to normal as heavy rains abated after claiming over 200 lives and damaging thousands of homes and roads, as also crops, in the st

A French national, convicted in his country for raping girls in an orphanage, has been arrested here, police said today.

A CB-CID team arrested Eric Martin (53), who was hiding in the city by changi

Chennai: Two men, one a management graduate from Britain and the other an engineering student, were Wednesday arrested for kidnapping a schoolboy two days back. The Rs.1 crore ransom money his parents

Chennai: Two MBA graduates who masterminded the kidnapping of 13-year-old Keerthi Vasan, a student of DAV public school in Mogappair, were nabbed by the police on Wednesday.

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