Former Indian national cricketer VB Chandrasekhar has died in what investigators suspect was suicide prompted by worries about debt, police said Friday. Chandrasekhar, 57, was found in his bedroom by his family in the southern city of Chennai on Thursday evening, police investigator Senthil Murugan said.

Former Indian cricketer VB Chandrasekhar passes away

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday said that isolated places over Saurashtra, Kutch, ghat areas of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Mahe and Coastal and South Interior Karnataka are likely to receive very heavy rainfall on Sunday.

Heavy rainfall alert issued for Gujarat, Tamil Nadu

A suspected meteorite the size of a football plunged into a rice field in Madhubani's Laukahi, Bihar startling farmers to the point of amazement, authorities said Thursday.

India farmers shocked as suspected meteorite crashes into rice field

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday bid farewell to five of its members from Tamil Nadu who have completed six years of their term. The five retiring MPs are Maitreyan, D Raja, KR Arjunan, R Lakshmanan and T Rathinavel.

Rajya Sabha bids farewell to its five outgoing members

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at the residences of 14 men who were deported to India from the UAE and were arrested on July 15th for owing allegiance to the proscribed terrorist organizations ISIS/ Daesh, Al-Qaeda and Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), while being within and beyond India.

Tamil Nadu: NIA raids 14 locations across state in connection with terror gang 

Forty-two bonded labourers, including children, were rescued from two wood cutting units on the same day from Kancheepuram and Vellore districts of Tamil Nadu. After a tip-off from an NGO, sub collectors of Kancheepuram and Vellore visited the spots and were shocked to see the reality.

Bonded labourers rescued from two Tamil Nadu districts; families complain of inhuman treatment, torture

The Madras High Court has ruled that although there is unemployment, candidates with Higher Educational Qualification than the basic, stipulated qualification for a particular job cannot demand their right to be offered the job.

Overqualified candidates can’t be appointed to menial jobs: Madras High Court

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami will chair an all-party meeting in Chennai tomorrow to take their views on 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections, state Minister RB Udaykumar said on Sunday.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to chair all-party meet on Economically Weaker Section quota on Monday

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Monday announced the names of its three nominees for the ensuing Rajya Sabha polls. DMK President MK Stalin nominated M Shanmugham of DMK and advocate B Wilson for the Rajya Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu to be held on July 18.

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam announces 3 candidates for Rajya Sabha seats from Tamil Nadu

The Madras High Court while urging the Tamil Nadu government to work with organisations interested in conservation of water bodies, in the wake of severe water crisis faced in several parts of the state, has told the state government not to prevent protests highlighting the water woes in the state, news agency PTI reported.

Tamil Nadu government told not to prevent protests over water crisis

Bringing huge respite for shriveled Chennai, rains lashed several parts of the city here on Saturday. This comes on the same day as the Tamil Nadu government, resorting to prayers in the face of acute water scarcity, conducted special `Yajna` at Patteeswarar temple in Perur.

Heavy rains bring respite to drought-hit Chennai

Three persons of ISIS module were arrested and remanded to judicial custody till June 28 on Tuesday, news agency ANI reported. An FIR into the matter has been registered.

Tamil Nadu: 3 arrested in connection to ISIS module, remanded to judicial custody till June 28

Three terror suspects arrested in connection with the Kerala-Tamil Nadu ISIS module case were on Saturday sent to judicial custody. Principal Judicial Magistrate Saktivel sent accused Mohammad Hussain, Shajahan and Safiullah to judicial custody after the trio was presented before him at his residence.

Kerala-Tamil Nadu ISIS module: 3 terror suspects sent to judicial custody

Anitha, a 24-year-old woman from Ariyalur in Tamil Nadu committed suicide after being scolded for spending too much time on video sharing mobile application TikTok.

Asked to stop using TikTok, Tamil Nadu woman kills self; records act on app

The National Investigation Agency Thursday continued raids here for a second day in connection with the ISIS Kerala-Tamil Nadu module case. After carrying out searches at seven locations in the city on Wednesday, the NIA had detained six people for questioning and arrested prime accused Mohammed Azarudeen, who was a Facebook friend of Sri Lankan Easter Day blasts mastermind Zahra Hashim.

NIA searches continue for second day in ISIS Kerala-Tamil Nadu module case

The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday arrested Mohammed Azarudeen, the alleged mastermind of ISIS Tamil Nadu module who was a Facebook friend of Sri Lankan suicide bomber Zahran Hashim after it carried out searches at seven locations in Coimbatore, officials said.

NIA arrests mastermind of ISIS Tamil Nadu module after searches

The National Investigating Agency on Wednesday carried out searches at various places in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in connection to Easter day blasts in Sri Lanka. As per reports, the agency has arrested four people so far.

NIA raids in Tamil Nadu: Four arrested in connection with Sri Lanka blasts

DMK leader MK Stalin on Wednesday demanded Tamil be made compulsory in all central government offices in Tamil Nadu. "Now central government is trying to impose Hindi in the name of triple language system.

Tamil should be made compulsory in Central government offices: Stalin

Due to rising temperature, several districts in Tamil Nadu are facing acute water shortage. According to reports, there has been a 40 per cent cut in the piped water supply in capital Chennai.

Tamil Nadu faces huge water scarcity

With the DMK's resounding electoral victory in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu, Stalin has cemented, firmly, his place as the party leader. Thalapathy (commander) as he is popularly known among DMK carders, who bequeathed enormous responsibility from his father who died in August 2018, proved his mettle and made the detractors, who questioned his leadership style over the past few months, eat their own words.

M K Stalin's magnanimity ensured BJP-AIADMK rout in Tamil Nadu

South Interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are likely to witness thunderstorm and lightning accompanied with gusty winds (40-50 kmph) tomorrow, the India Meteorological Department said on Saturday.

IMD issues thunderstorm, lightning warning for Karnataka and Tamil Nadu tomorrow

DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) in Tamil Nadu appeared headed for a clean sweep as it led in 35 of the 38 Lok Sabha seats in the state Thursday. The ruling AIADMK, which had registered a landslide in the 2014 elections under the leadership of its supremo late Jayalalithaa, is trailing in most of the 20 seats it contested as also its allies, including the BJP.

DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance appears on course for sweep in Tamil Nadu, leads in 35 seats

The National Investigation Agency officials from Kochi carried out searches at 10 locations in Tamil Nadu on Monday in connection with an alleged conspiracy to form a terrorist group by some youngsters.

National Investigation Agency raids 10 places in Tamil Nadu in Islamic State module case

Barely five days ahead of the results to country's general election, best-selling author Chetan Bhagat was in Chennai to launch his latest non-fiction work ‘India Positive’.

Ahead of Lok Sabha polls result, Chetan Bhagat launches non-fiction book titled ‘India Positive’

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