The Budget session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly will begin on March 14 with the presentation of the Budget for 2025-26, Assembly Speaker M Appavu informed on Tuesday. State Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu will present the Budget when the Assembly meets at 9.30 am, he said. “The duration of the session would be decided by the Assembly Business Advisory Committee… Continue reading "Tamil Nadu budget to be tabled on March 14"
AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami announced on Sunday that his party would form a grand alliance for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections to challenge the ruling DMK and secure victory. Addressing a public meeting organised by the party’s Ilaigyargal-Ilam Pengal Pasarai wing in Vellore district, Palaniswami took aim at Stalin’s recent remarks about ideological unity within the DMK-led… Continue reading "AIADMK promises ‘mega alliance’ to overthrow ruling party in Tamil Nadu"
Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai has alleged that illicit liquor trade is rampant across the state, raising concerns over law and order. In a statement, Annamalai referred to a shocking incident in Muttam village, Mayiladuthurai district, where two young men, including an engineering student, were brutally murdered by illicit liquor traders for questioning their activities. “I express my deepest condolences… Continue reading "Tamil Nadu BJP President Annamalai alleges rampant illicit liquor trade"
In a shocking incident, a pregnant woman was allegedly sexually harassed and pushed from a moving train near K.V. Kuppam in Vellore district. The police have arrested the accused, identified as Hemaraj, a resident of Pooncholai village. The victim, a four-month pregnant woman from Avinashi, Tiruppur district, was traveling on a train from Coimbatore to Tirupati. While the train was… Continue reading "Man held for sexually harassing pregnant woman in moving train near Vellore"
The Supreme Court collegium on Wednesday approved the proposal for appointment of five additional judges of the High Courts of Madras and Telangana as permanent judges. The collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, held its meeting on Wednesday. “The Supreme Court collegium in its meeting held on February 5, 2025 has approved the proposal for appointment of… Continue reading "SC collegium approves judges’ appointment as permanent to Madras HC"
Voting for the bypoll for the Erode East Assembly constituency concluded on Wednesday peacefully and the voter turnout is expected to cross at least 72 per cent, election authorities said. People turned up enthusiastically at the polling stations to cast their votes in the bypoll to the Erode East segment and those who were in the queue at the closing… Continue reading "Erode (East) bypoll 2025: Voter turnout of 72% recorded"
The scenic Thiruparankundram hill town, where the abode of Lord Subrahmanya graces devotees, has turned into a police citadel on Tuesday with over 4,000 police and officers from 10 districts taking control following the prohibitory orders clamped by the Madurai district administration. About eight activists from the Hindu Munnani, which had announced an agitation to protest against a section of… Continue reading "Thiruparankundram turns into police fortress as 4,000 officers enforce prohibitory orders"
Sri Lankan Navy caught a boat consisting of 10 Indian fishermen hailing from the Mandabam area in Ramanathapuram for alleged violation of IMBL. The arrested fishermen have been taken to Mannar Port for further legal proceedings. Reportedly hundreds of boats ventured into the Gulf of Mannar from Mandabam South base on Monday. While the boats were fishing near the IMBL,… Continue reading "Ten fishermen from Mandapam arrested by Lanka Navy"
The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a plea seeking a direction to the Secretary of the President of India and others to immediately recall Tamil Nadu Governor R. N. Ravi from his office. As per the cause list published on the website of the Apex Court, a bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar will… Continue reading "SC to hear plea to dismiss Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi"
The Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy says that according to initial investigations, the two Indian fishermen who were injured when the Sri Lanka Navy apprehended an India fishing boat poaching off Kankesanthurai (KKS) have been wounded due to the accidental discharge of a firearm of a Navy personnel. Speaking during a press conference at the Defence Ministry, Vice Admiral… Continue reading "Sri Lanka Navy chief says accidental firing injured Indian fishermen"