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Palani temple has no record of its priests

12 hours ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

The Tamil Nadu Information Commission has asked the authorities to create a database..

Allies pledge support to DMK, Cong.

13 hours ago

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Vaiko urges MDMK cadre to work hard for the victory of the coalition..

Will highlight govt.’s failures, says Alagiri

13 hours ago

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Rahul to be invited to campaign..

Kamal Haasan’s MNM not to contest Vikravandi, Nanguneri Assembly by-elections

yesterday

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The by-polls will be nothing more than a power struggle between the ruling party and the Opposition, says party founder..

Congress confident of victory in Nanguneri

yesterday

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Kumari Anandan keen to contest seat..

DMK to contest from Vikravandi, leaves Nanguneri to Congress

yesterday

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AIADMK calls for applications for Oct. 21 bypolls..

Weaver to get treatment under CM’s health insurance scheme

yesterday

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He was diagnosed with multiple health issues..

DMK to contest in Vikravandi, Congress in Nanguneri

yesterday

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Parties reach pact after announcement of by-poll dates..

President Ram Nath Kovind accepts Justice Vijaya Tahilramani’s resignation

2 days ago

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Justice Vineet Kothari appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court..

Rumour-mongers will face action: Nilgiris Collector

2 days ago

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Nilgiris District Collector, J. Innocent Divya, on Friday warned people spreading false information about her or the district administration on social..

HC defers verdict on PIL against CJ’s transfer

2 days ago

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Petitioner questions Supreme Court collegium’s authority..

Voters’ list for T.N. civic polls on October 4

2 days ago

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Circular issued to election authorities..

Govt. effects major reshuffle of officers

2 days ago

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Tiruppur, Namakkal and Nagapattinam districts get new Collectors..

Draft rules to regulate social media ready: Government

2 days ago

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May be notified soon, Central government’s counsel tells Madras High Court...

BJP man booked for video on Periyar

3 days ago

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Accused is seen slapping cow dung on a poster of Periyar in the video..

Pricol declares production holidays

3 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

Decision taken owing to slowdown in auto industry..

Court seeks clarification on CJ’s order in preparing roster

3 days ago

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Contempt pleas had been pulled from judges whose orders had not been reportedly complied with..

Govt. signs pact with Gates Foundation

3 days ago

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Tamil Nadu government on Thursday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) over faecal sludge treatmen..

Volunteers donate hair for cancer patients

3 days ago

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Vellore Ladies Circle, Adyar Cancer Institute and the NSS Unit of Auxilium College jointly organised ‘Hair for Hope’, a hair donation campaign, on Thu..

Arakkonam records 16.6 cm of rainfall

3 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

Showers hit Vellore, Tiruvannamalai..

Governor did not ask us to drop protest, says Baalu

3 days ago

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Decision taken after Amit Shah’s clarification: Stalin..

V.O. Chidambaranar Port sets new record

4 days ago

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Port handles a vessel with highest capacity of 95,692 DWT and a parcel size of 89,777 tonnes..

No differences with CM, says Deputy CM Panneerselvam

4 days ago

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O. Panneerselvam terms T.T.V. Dhinakaran as a non-entity..

DMK postpones anti-Hindi stir after meeting Governor

4 days ago

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Purohit assures Stalin that Hindi will not be imposed on the State..

14 night patrol teams to enforce ban on banners

4 days ago

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Cleaning work of Swachatha Corporation to be monitored..

Insurance investigators can call for road accident records

4 days ago

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Police can’t deny information treating them as ‘third party’, rules panel..

Proposals for oceanarium, virtual reality park discussed with CM

4 days ago

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₹289.82 crore sanctioned for infrastructure-related projects..

Common language not possible in India: Rajinikanth

4 days ago

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Actor-politican weighs in on Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s proposal of ‘one nation, one language’..

Clean-up campaign along NMR line: 400 kg waste collected

5 days ago

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Campaign focuses on cleaning plastic waste from all railway buildings and premises and creating awareness among traders and the public against the use of plastic items..

TNCC to greet Amit Shah with black flags when he visits Tamil Nadu

5 days ago

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State-wide stir planned on Wednesday..

Common exam: Minister says status quo will remain for 3 years

5 days ago

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‘We need time to upgrade educational skills of students’..

Trailer owners’ strike hits exim trade in Chennai

5 days ago

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Agitation set to continue for the third day as talks with CFSs fail to make progress..

Reconsider minimum age for admission to professional courses: HC

5 days ago

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Academically bright students should not suffer because of age factor, says judge..

Law students stage protest

5 days ago

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Demand PG course, hostel for women..

Centre, State must work closely to resolve issues facing investors: Banwarilal Purohit

6 days ago

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T.N. has excellent educational infrastructure: Purohit..

Beauty of Tamil lies in its diversity: Ki.Ra.

6 days ago

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A pioneer in penning stories in regional dialects, the 97-year-old has collected and recorded 200 folk stories of Puducherry..

Keen to be part of India’s development: SL Minister

6 days ago

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SL to India is more important than SL to China, says Ganesan..

Plea against diversion of construction workers welfare fund to Amma Canteens

6 days ago

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Petitioner says money is being paid to Amma Canteens to serve free food..

Tamil Nadu is being systematically punished: Stalin

7 days ago

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State is forced to protest for everything, he says..

Fourteen women get Homepreneur Awards

7 days ago

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Fourteen women entrepreneurs emerged winners in the Naturals Homepreneur Awards 2019 in 12 different categories. In the third season of the award anno..

Shrimp hatchery owners allege harassment by local residents

7 days ago

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‘They demand exorbitant amounts to allow business to operate smoothly’..

Annadurai’s birth anniversary observed in Vellore Collectorate

7 days ago

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Cooperate to make district hoarding-free, says Collector..

Kamal meets Subasri’s parents

7 days ago

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Tamil actors appeal to fans not to put up banners..

‘Onus is on police, not politicians, to crack down on illegal hoardings’

7 days ago

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Parties are threatening printers against following the rulebook on banners: activist..

‘Medicine should be practised more as an art’

8 days ago

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Science is systematic, artful practice of truth: Sudha Seshayyan..

Plan to hold public exam for class V, VIII draws mixed reaction

8 days ago

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Minister says it will improve learning levels; parents fear dropout rate will go up..

‘State’s rank in Swachh Survekshan should improve’

8 days ago

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Joint Secretary says Vellore, Tiruchi have strictly adhered to SWM rules..

Loans for ₹7.45 lakh settled

8 days ago

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Ranipet Taluk Legal Services Committee and State Bank of India jointly organised a Lok Adalat at the Ranipet Court, where defaulters settled loans to..

Residents list traffic problems in their areas to Police Commissioner

8 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

Many were unhappy that the meet was convened at a short notice..

BJP attempting to homogenise India: VCK

8 days ago

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‘Ruling party will claim that no religion apart from Hinduism exists’..

Chennai Metro Rail conducts another trial run with 2.5 minute frequency

8 days ago

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If there are no signalling or any other train related issues, then it is likely that Chennai Metro Rail will run services with a frequency of 2.5 minutes...

Kanimozhi takes up fishermen issue with Ranil

9 days ago

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During private visit to Colombo, she raises treatment meted out to them by Sri Lankan Navy..

Jolarpet-Chennai water supply resumes

9 days ago

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Comes after a two-day stoppage due to repair works..

Students undergo CPR training programme

9 days ago

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More than 300 schoolchildren learn life-saving skills..

Women in Vellore raise slogans seeking basic amenities

9 days ago

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Plagued by irregular water supply and bad roads, around 100 women gathered in front of an E-Seva centre at Thuthipattu village in Pernambut block and..

Off-site emergency exercise training held at Kalpakkam

9 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

The Kalpakkam off-site emergency exercise training for district officials was inaugurated by Kancheepuram Collector P. Ponniah on Friday.There are man..

Four of family killed in accident near Kallakurichi

9 days ago

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Car driver lost control of the vehicle following a tyre burst..

Flex board accident: Madras HC comes down heavily on politicians, bureaucrats

10 days ago

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“How many more litres of blood do the officials want the roads to be painted with before they turn sensitive?”..

Tirumala to get ‘temple experience gallery’ soon

10 days ago

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Project will be ready by month-end..

Police deny permission for septuagenarian’s jeeva samadhi

10 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

News of the ascetic’s announcement went viral on social media..

Stalin should give himself a Tamil name, says Jayakumar

10 days ago

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DMK leader had urged cadre to give Tamil names to children..

Cogent reasons for High Court judge transfers: Supreme Court

10 days ago

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The Collegium recommendation to the government to transfer Madras High Court Chief Justice V.K. Tahilramani to Meghalaya High Court had triggered a spate of critical articles and opinions in the media. Justice Tahilramani has since then conveyed her resignation...

DVAC searches office of sub-registrar on Arni Road

10 days ago

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Action comes after complaints of bribery..

Groom stops marriage citing bride’s mental health

10 days ago

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Was forced by relatives though bride has an ‘unsound mind’, he alleges..

Yamaha reaches three year wage pact at Chennai plant

11 days ago

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India Yamaha Motor (IYM) Pvt. Ltd. on Thursday reached a three -year wage pact for its Chennai factory with the company’s internal employees union Ind..

Heavy downpour in Tiruvannamalai district

11 days ago

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Light rains expected till Friday..

VIT placement drive: over 2,000 students land jobs

11 days ago

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As many as 719 companies hand out a total of 4,397 offers..

Nalini seeks extension of parole till October 15

11 days ago

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She wants her mother-in-law’s presence for her daughter’s wedding..

Woman missing after coracle topples

11 days ago

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A woman went missing after a coracle capsized near Hogenekkal on Wednesday. According to the police, Anjelatchi, 51, her husband Mano, 58, daughter M..

‘CM not concerned about Kollidam water going waste’

11 days ago

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DMK leader flays Palaniswami’s planned trip to Israel..

Criticising State government is Stalin’s only objective: CM

11 days ago

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Palaniswami questions DMK’s record in bringing investment..

T.N. Ministers, Stalin pay homage to Dalit leader Immanuel Sekaran

12 days ago

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On the 62nd death anniversary of the freedom fighter, hundreds of people gather at his memorial in Paramakudi..

Class IV student electrocuted in Nilgiris

12 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

A boy was electrocuted after he caught hold of a power line running above a building he had climbed to retrieve a ball in Devala on Tuesday. The polic..

Clearing of weeds, slush from moat in Vellore Fort resumed

12 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

Once work is completed, water will automatically fill all four sides, says ASI source..

Villagers beat up teacher in Namakkal school

12 days ago

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A teacher at a panchayat union elementary school in Budhansandhai was beaten up by the villagers on Tuesday over his alleged illicit relationship with..

Stalin demands White Paper

12 days ago

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DMK president M.K. Stalin on Tuesday demanded that Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami publish a detailed White Paper within two days on the invest..

Tamil Nadu ranks lowest in coverage of iodised salt

13 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

First of its kind survey finds national average for household coverage is 76.3%...

‘Case against Karti rightly shifted to special court’

13 days ago

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HC Registrar General makes submission in tax evasion case..

Two Class IX boys die in road accident

13 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

Two Class IX boys died after a mini-lorry hit their bicycles near Chithode here on Monday. The deceased were identified as Darshan of Telephone Nagar..

Madurai Meenkashi temple named second-best ‘Swachh Iconic Place’

13 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

Ten spots identified by the Centre as part of initiative..

It is no longer Greek and Latin

12 hours ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

Experts are working on Tamil equivalents for medical terminologies..

AIADMK to hold meeting tomorrow

13 hours ago

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Election work on the agenda..

Will lead campaign: Vasantha Kumar

13 hours ago

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‘Brother Kumari Ananthan is unlikely to be the Congress candidate in Nanguneri’..

Vineet Kothari is Acting Chief Justice

yesterday

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Central government notifies resignation of Justice Tahilramani..

Time not yet ripe for withdrawing reservation, says SC judge

yesterday

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Supreme Court judge says country yet to achieve goal of equality..

Security stepped up at railway stations

yesterday

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

Security has been enhanced at important railway stations across Vellore district following a terror threat letter received at the Salem Railway divisi..

Farmers’ mela focuses on ways to tackle crop loss

yesterday

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Water conservation among the major issues discussed..

Vikravandi, Nanguneri bypolls on October 21

2 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

Counting of votes will be taken up on October 24...

Water flow in Ponnai and Kallar brings cheer to farmers, residents

2 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

It was in 2015 that the Ponnai river last received water, say residents..

GST collection up 7% in Tamil Nadu

2 days ago

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Compliance culture healthy in State: Krishnan..

Dravidian scholar Iravatham Mahadevan’s bust unveiled

2 days ago

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Speakers reminisce about their interaction with him..

Voters’ list for civic polls on October 4

2 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

Circular issued to election authorities..

Thoothukudi: CBI submits report to HC

2 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tamil Nadu

Bench adjourns hearing to next week..