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Last Updated: September 24, 2024, 08:36 IST The woman was abducted and sexually assaulted by a gang | Image/Representative A nursing student in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by unidentified persons, the police said on Monday. A nursing student in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by unidentified…
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi’s comment on secularism has raised a huge row New Delhi: A comment by Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on the origin and meaning of secularism has raised a huge row, with leaders of the Congress and other parties calling it an “irresponsible” remark, coming from a person who occupies an…
New Delhi: Maharashtra, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu — home to India’s three largest industrial clusters in the 1960s — have seen their fortunes subsequently diverge when it comes to their share of the national economy since 1960-61, with Mamata Banerjee-led state facing the steepest decline — especially after she became the Chief Minister in…
Tamil Nadu GST Row: The Goods and Services Tax has been a bone of contention between the BJP and the Congress. Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi had once termed it ‘Gabbar Sing Tax’. The Congress got fresh ammunition after a video of a conversation between Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama and Tamil Nadu’s famous restaurant chain…
The Tamil Nadu government inked pacts with leading industrial companies including Nokia, PayPal, Yield Engineering Systems, Microchip, Infinx, and Applied Materials for a commitment of Rs 900 crore to provide employment to 4,100 people in Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai, the government said on Friday. Six companies signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) in the presence…
S Jagathratchakan, a 76-year-old DMK MP representing the Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, has been slapped with a whopping Rs 908 crore penalty by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for violating foreign exchange rules under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). This latest action, announced on Wednesday, follows a prolonged investigation into Jagathrakshakan’s financial dealings…
I was at Ten Degrees, one of my favourite restaurants in Kodaikanal when the conversation with the chef drifted to local ingredients around Kodai. One of the ingredients that cropped up was kalpasi (also known as Dagad phool in Hindi). The chef mentioned that kalpasi also known as black stone flower (Parmotrema perlatum) is essentially…
The amendment in the Waqf Act made by the Congress has given unbridled powers to the Waqf Board to usurp land, ranging from personal property, government land, temple land to gurdwaras, government sources have said amid buzz that the Centre is all set to bring a Bill in Parliament to amend the 1995 law. The…
Tamil Nadu minister and DMK leader SS Sivasankar on Friday triggered a controversy after he claimed that there was no historical evidence to establish that Lord Ram existed. Drawing parallels with Chola dynasty kings, he said that the kingdom’s buildings still serve as a piece of evidence to prove their existence. While speaking at an…
6 minutes ago copy link Kamala Harris’s poster is put up outside the temple in Thulasendrapuram village. Here, prayers are offered every day for Kamala’s victory in the US elections. After Biden’s withdrawal from the US presidential election race, Kamala Harris of Indian origin is considered certain to become the candidate of the Democratic Party….