NIA arrests three more suspects from Coimbatore for alleged IS links
IS LinksThey were arrested after their names were found in the Facebook friend list and the contact list of Abu Basheer, who was arrested last week for IS links, reports The Times of India.TNM...
View ArticleAs Jaya remains hospitalized, partymen continue painful prayer rituals
Jayalalithaa[Warning: Graphic content] In several places in Tamil Nadu, rituals are being held in Jayalalithaa's name, the kind usually reserved for gods.TNM StaffJaya health prayers...
View ArticleAuto drivers and labourers: Meet the Jayalalithaa devotees gathered at Apollo...
PoliticsLife has come to a standstill for some of Jayalalithaa's supporters. Pheba Mathewapollo_Auto_rickshaw_driver.jpgFor 15 days and counting, Apollo Hospital on Greames Road in Chennai has been...
View ArticleRahul Gandhi visiting Jayalalithaa in hospital: More to it than meets the eye?
PoliticsThe sheer unexpectedness of his hospital visit had caught off-guard security officials, political rivals and his own party leaders.Anna Isaacrahul_gandhi-apollo_pti.jpgPTIThirty minutes was all...
View ArticleStalin sets aside political rivalry, visits Apollo Hospital to enquire about...
politics"We hope that she gets well soon," said the DMK TreasurerTNM Staffapollo_stalin.jpgIn a break from bitter rivalry that dominates Tamil Nadu’s politics, Leader of Opposition and DMK Treasurer MK...
View ArticleCoimbatore corporation to seek Rs 100 crore loan as coffers dry up
Senior corporation officials have reportedly sent a loan proposal to the state govt after finding it difficult to pay salaries to its officials.TNM Staffmoney-compressed.jpgThe Coimbatore Corporation...
View ArticleChennai SRM school booked for negligence after Class 4 student falls from...
Police reportedly suspect it to be a case of suicide as a "thank you and sorry" note was recovered from the girl's notebook.TNM Staffbuilding 750x500.jpgImage for representationA school in Chennai's...
View ArticleDoctors assure me that Jayalalithaa is responding to treatment: Venkaiah Naidu
PoliticsThe Union Minister was, however, unable to visit the Chief Minister. TNM Staffvenkaiah_naidu_pti-750x500.jpgUnion Minister for Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu visited Apollo Hospital in...
View ArticleFive killed in TN firecracker unit blast, 10 injured
BlastThe injured have been sent to a nearby hospital.IANSFire_PTI_3x2.jpgImage for RepresentationFive persons were killed and around 10 others injured in a blast in a firecracker unit in Tamil Nadu's...
View ArticleNIA questions 16 men in Coimbatore suspected to have links with ISIS
TerrorismThe NIA team found few documents from Subhani's house.TNM Staffarrest.jpgThe NIA on Sunday interrogated 16 men arrested in Coimbatore in the last week, since they are suspected of having links...
View ArticleTN Hindu Munnani threaten to protest after member kills self over alleged...
ProtestN Anand Kumar, the Kurichi town secretary had died on Saturday TNM StaffCoimbatore bandh.jpgFollowing the protest by Hindu Munnani functionaries last month, they have threatened to protest again...
View ArticlePeriyar group to organize Ravan Leela in Chennai, because ‘Ravan was Dravidian’
Tamil NaduWhy rake up the Ram Leela issue here, when it is hardly celebrated in Tamil Nadu?TNM Staffravana leela pic.jpgEven as several subaltern groups across the country hold ‘Mahishasur Divas’ to...
View ArticleKerala CM Pinarayi is the latest to visit Apollo Hospital, enquires about...
PoliticsHe was accompanied by Kerala Governor P Sathasivam.TNM Staffapollo_pinarayi.jpgPolitical leaders continued to make a beeline to Apollo Hospital in Chennai, where Tamil Nadu Chief Minister...
View ArticleJayalalithaa’s health: Expelled MP warns Governor of ‘forgery’, party starts...
PoliticsUsing the hashags #MyCMisFine and #NoMoreRumours on social media, the party is attempting to dispel the paranoia around her health.TNM StaffJayalalithaa_warns_pti.jpgMore than two weeks after...
View ArticleTwo arrested in TN for spreading rumours about Jayalalithaa’s health
Rumours A case of spreading rumour with intent to cause riots has been registered.TNM Staffjail.jpgImage for representationThe Chennai Crime Branch police arrested two people in Tamil Nadu on Monday...
View ArticleKarunanidhi asks TN Guv to intervene in Cauvery, says govt not functioning as...
PoliticsThe Cauvery issue needs urgent attention and the interests of the farmers are at stake, Karunanidhi stated.TNM Staffkarunanidhi PTI 3x2.jpgDMK chief Karunanidhi wrote a letter to the Tamil Nadu...
View ArticleThe passionate speech by director Pa. Ranjith on caste which should be...
BlogPractise what you preach, says Ranjith as he calls out communists on casteTNM Staffpa ranjith.jpgIt took director Pa Ranjith just 8 minutes to tear through political ideologies, from communism to...
View ArticleDrunk taxi driver kills woman, injures seven people in Chennai
AccidentHe confessed that he was drunk and was driving at a speed of 120 kmph.TNM Staffcar accident.jpgImage: Puthiya Thalamurai In yet another case of alleged drunk driving, a taxi driver killed a...
View ArticleJayalalithaa’s health: Lack of transparency doesn’t justify rabid rumour...
OpinionThere is no doubt that the rumour-mongering has been exacerbated by official silence.Ramanathan S.jaya prayer pti.jpgIt has been nearly three weeks since Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa was admitted...
View ArticleTwo leaders, one hospital, undying secrecy: Jaya’s illness a throwback to...
PoliticsLike her mentor MGR, Jayalalithaa, too has ensured that her medical history is kept under wraps.Anna Isaacmgr jayalalithaa.jpgFor nearly twenty days, Greames Road in Chennai has become the...
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