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Maha' Governor Vidyasagar Rao to take charge of TN, no extension for Rosaiah
GovernorThe tenure of Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah ended on Tuesday while that of Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav will come to an end on September 7.IANSYouTube ScreenshotPresident Pranab...
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Remembering Immanuel Sekaran: Brave Dalit leader who lost his life to savarna...
CasteOn September 11 every year, the man who fought to emancipate Dalits is remembered.TNM StaffVinavu.comDefying all caste norms and leading the Dalit struggle in the early 1900s in a district as...
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Protests intensify in Coimbatore over Kerala’s Siruvani dam project
Political activists are demanding that the project be abandoned immediately.Pheba MathewScreengrabWith Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the...
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Amma bonanza: Nine months maternity leave for TN govt employees
Maternity leaveShe also proposed upgrading of facilities in various small government hospitals at a cost of Rs 131.43 crore.TNM StaffHere’s some good news for women government employees. The Tamil Nadu...
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The one indulgence Karunanidhi cannot live without
CricketWhenever India lost a match, he would go into a foul mood wondering why they ended up on the losing side.Sameera AhmedCourtesy: SifyForty seven years ago, a relatively young Karunanidhi was the...
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Aircel-Maxis deal: Karti Chidambaram fails to appear before ED, may be taken...
Aircel-MaxisThe Aircel-Maxis deal is being probed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as part of the larger probe into the 2G scam. TNM StaffFormer finance minister P Chidambaram’s son...
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After top babu suspensions, TN IAS officers’ association seeks meeting with...
NewsThe association unanimously resolved to seek an appointment with the CM on recent developments. TNM StaffFile photo: PTIThe Tamil Nadu IAS Officers Association on Thursday reportedly sought an...
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Madras HC orders stay on 18 defamation cases against Nakkeeran editor Gopal
Defamation CasesGopal was also excused from personal appearance in courts dealing with the complaints. TNM StaffYouTube ScreenshotTamil biweekly Nakkeeran’s editor, R Gopal has got some relief from the...
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Strike fails to affect normal life in Tamil Nadu
StrikePublic transport buses plied on the roads but in less numbers.IANSNormal life was largely not affected in Tamil Nadu owing to the nationwide strike by major trade unions protesting against the...
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What's in a name? Tamil Nadu's stormy past with caste names on street corners...
CasteHow caste names have stoked tensions and violenceDivya KarthikeyanRecently, the Madras High Court closed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition that sought a direction to the Tamil Nadu...
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Chennai fishermen’s call to residents: Join our campaign to save Ennore...
Environment A power plant will last only 30 or 40 years. A port will last a hundred. The river is forever.Nityanand JayaramanFor nearly four years now, I have been visiting the region that I will...
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For the third time in a row, Tamil Nadu reports highest number of child...
Statistics/CrimeThe state accounted for 26.2% all child marriage cases in India.Geetika MantriImage for representationTamil Nadu has reported the highest number of child marriage cases in the country...
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No CBI probe into Swathi murder, Madras HC calls conspiracies a figment of...
Swathi murderRamkumar's mother had alleged a larger conspiracy, asking for the case to be transferred to the CBITNM StaffThe Madras high court on Friday refused to entrust the Swathi murder case probe...
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The Sandwich Prince: The humble man who built Chennai’s Royal Sandwich syndicate
FoodMeet Sheik Dawood, whose cheesy sandwiches with the delicious green chutney inspired a city.Ramanathan S.Dawood is everything his name does not inspire.Sheik Dawood, Chennai’s Sandwich Don, is a...
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Meet the people who are reviving the art of storytelling in Chennai
StorytellingShe just wishes people could take some time out from their focus on electronics and graphics to experience storytelling. Pheba MathewIf you miss your grandma’s story telling sessions,...
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Isha Yoga row: Parents complaining out of vested interests, says Jaggi Vasudev
Isha Foundation On August 1, the parents had approached the District Collector for help alleging that their two daughters were being held captive by Isha Yoga centre and had been made sanyasins. TNM...
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One more dies of fever in Thiruvallur district, count reaches seven
FeverThiruvallur police are in search of the quack who treated Hemalatha first.TNM StaffFollowing the death of six people in Thiruvallur district, one more child died of fever on Friday night at the...
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Meet the doll-maker who has made kids smile for over four decades
Doll-makingSuguna Rangaswami has been making a variety of dolls since 1970s and plans to do so for as long as she can.Geetika MantriIf Barbie isn’t your idea of a doll to gift, then Suguna Rangaswami’s...
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TV's kangaroo courts? Solvadhellam Unmai’s Lakshmy on participant's suicide...
TVNagappan was outed as a paedophile on Sollvathaellam Unmai, and then he killed himselfDivya KarthikeyanYouTubeOn August 23, 45-year-old Nagappan was found dead in his home in Perumbakkam. His suicide...
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As deaths due to quacks rise, TN health dept plans crackdown in Thiruvallur...
QuackTwo teams of the public health department are visiting clinics and enquiring about more quacks in the district.TNM StaffImage for representation/Pixabay.comFollowing the death of an eight-year-old...
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