NDTV News - Tamil-nadu

Tamil Nadu's Rajya Sabha elections present new partnerships

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:37:57 GMT

The Rajya Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu, scheduled for next month, are forging new alliances and testing old ones.

Eight Tamil Nadu fishermen remanded in Sri Lanka

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:08:40 GMT

Eight fishermen from Tamil Nadu, arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy near Katchatheevu, were remanded in judicial custody till June 27 by a court in the island nation.

8 Tamil Nadu fishermen remanded in Sri Lanka

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:47:05 GMT

Eight fishermen from Rameswaram, arrested by the Sri Lankan navalmen near Katchatheevu, were on Sunday remanded in judicial custody till June 27 by a court in the island nation.

Copper smelter Sterlite re-opens after protests: sources

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:03:35 GMT

India's top copper smelter re-opened on Sunday after complaints from residents forced a two-month shutdown, a company source directly involved with the court-mandated process and a source at a local p...

Rajya Sabha elections: D Raja enters fray, hectic lobbying on in Tamil Nadu for actor Vijayakanth's support. Is there horse trading?

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:42:50 GMT

With the Communist Party of India (CPI) nominating its sitting MP D Raja for a re-election to the Upper House, the electoral battle for Rajya Sabha turned interesting in Tamil Nadu.

Jayalalithaa demands rollback of petrol price

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:30:54 GMT

Demanding immediate rollback of petrol price, which was hiked by Rs 2 a litre yesterday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa asked the Centre to take steps to explore new oil and gas fields and c...

D Raja, Kanimozhi contesting Rajya Sabha election

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:57:17 GMT

The election for six Rajya Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu is turning into a high-impact zone. D Raja of the CPI is seeking re-election. So is M Kanimozhi, the daughter of the DMK president, M Karunanidh...

CPI leader D Raja to file nomination for Rajya Sabha polls tomorrow

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:03:03 GMT

CPI leader D Raja will file his nomination for the June 27 Rajya Sabha biennial elections from Tamil Nadu tomorrow.

Kanimozhi's assets register three-fold increase

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:18:24 GMT

DMK Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi's assets have registered over three-fold increase in the last six years to Rs 26.67 crore from Rs 8.56 crore.

BJP slams decision to discontinue telegram service

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:21:14 GMT

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday slammed the Centre's decision to discontinue the 160-year-old telegram service from July 15, saying it was the first step at weakening the postal department and...

Kanimozhi contests election for Rajya Sabha

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:21:46 GMT

DMK chief M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi today filed nomination for a second term in Rajya Sabha. Her current term as MP ends next month.

No takers for Chidambaram's 'don't buy gold' appeal

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:50:28 GMT

Finance Minister P Chidambaram's appeal asking people to not buy gold seems to have very few takers. The Finance Minister had explained India does not produce gold and import of the yellow metal only ...

Kudankulam's commissioning shifted to next month

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:55:14 GMT

In further delay, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has postponed the expected date of commissioning of the first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant to July.

IPL betting scandal: Hotelier Vikram Aggarwal granted bail

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:33:56 GMT

A court in Chennai today granted bail to hotelier Vikram Aggarwal, who was arrested by Tamil Nadu Police and was interrogated by the police for three days.

Rajya Sabha polls: Jayanthi Natarajan meets Karunanidhi as DMK seeks Kanimozhi's re-election

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:52:17 GMT

Union Environment Minister and Congress leader Jayanthi Natarajan today met DMK chief M Karunanidhi at his Chennai residence. The meeting came a day after Mr Karunanidhi said he will seek the support ...

Man reportedly chained by parents for 18 months

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:23:56 GMT

A twenty-six-year-old mentally challenged was kept chained for 18 months in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district by his parents.

IPL betting: Tamil Nadu police to seek information from Mumbai Police on Vikram Aggarwal

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:53:26 GMT

The Tamil Nadu police would soon approach the Mumbai police asking to share information on what Chennai-based hotelier Vikram Aggarwal, who was arrested on Monday, had told them during interrogation.

Tamil Nadu doctor arrested for kidney sale racket

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:00:21 GMT

Tamil Nadu Police on Wednesday arrested a doctor based in Salem for his alleged involvement in the kidney selling racket, said police.

DMK working to get Kanimozhi re-elected to Rajya Sabha

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:45:30 GMT

DMK Chief M Karunanidhi has said his party would seek the support of other parties ahead of elections for Rajya Sabha scheduled for July 22.

DMK in discussion with all parties ahead of Rajya Sabha poll

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:25:20 GMT

DMK president M Karunanidhi today said the party would talk to all parties seeking their support for its candidate in the June 27 Rajya Sabha elections.

Four killed, ten injured as bus rams into lorry in Tamil Nadu

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:31:36 GMT

Four persons were killed and 10 persons were injured when a state-owned transport corporation bus and a tanker lorry collided near Perambalur in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday evening, police said.

Jayalalithaa replaces one of her candidates for Rajya Sabha polls

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 02:33:15 GMT

A day after it announced the names of five candidates for June 27 biennial election to the six Rajya Sabha seats from Tamil Nadu, AIADMK replaced one of its candidates on Tuesday.

273 bonded labourers from Odisha rescued in Tamil Nadu

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:40:28 GMT

In a major operation, as many as 273 persons from Odisha employed as bonded labourers in a brick kiln in Tiruvallur district near Tamil Nadu were rescued on Tuesday.

Fire breaks out in match box factory in Tamil Nadu, four killed

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:46:09 GMT

Four women were killed today in a fire that broke out in a matchbox factory in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district.

100 huts gutted in fire near Nagapattinam

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:44:32 GMT

A total of 100 huts were gutted and property worth several lakhs of Rupees destroyed in a fire at a colony in Mayiladuthurai in the district, but no casualties were reported, police said.