Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and Managing Director Rajesh Adani called on Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at her office in the Secretariat on Thursday. While the government termed it a “courtesy call” lasting barely 10 minutes, the Adani group representatives also were not forthcoming with details on what transpired at the meeting. The Adani Group, one of the leading business houses […]
» Read moreThere is no stopping the AIADMK juggernaut. On Tuesday, 11,967 functionaries from various parties including the DMK, the DMDK, Congress and TMC joined the ruling party as members in the presence of party supremo and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. Welcoming them into the party fold, Ms. Jayalalithaa gave them the primary membership cards and assured that the faith they have reposed on […]
» Read moreThe Tamil Nadu government on Saturday announced that 500 Tasmac shops will be closed from Sunday across the State. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in the run up to the elections had promised phased prohibition and after assuming power announced that initially 500 liquor shops would be closed and a government order was issued. Following the order, the Tasmac managing director has […]
» Read moreIn a shocking incident, a 65-year-old man died while watching a horror movie in a cinema theatre in Tiruvannamalai Town on Thursday night. According to police, two persons, both native of Andhra Pradesh, had gone to watch the night show of the newly released horror movie – The Conjuring 2 – in Sri Balasubramaniar Cinemas in the town. While watching […]
» Read moreChennai: The vice-president of Pudukudi village panchayat in Tirunelveli, arrested by Karnataka Police officers on Monday in connection with the 2013 blast near the BJP office in Malleswaram, Bengaluru, had close connections with subversive elements and sleeper cells of terrorist organisation Al Ummah in Tamil Nadu, investigators revealed on Tuesday. He also supplied them explosives on at least three occasions. […]
» Read moreAlleging that there was an attempt to impose Sanskrit with the support of the ruling party at the Centre, DMK leader M. Karunanidhi on Monday threatened to launch an anti-Sanskrit protest on the lines of the anti-Hindi agitation. Addressing a gathering at the marriage of the daughter of former minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna, he said those who sought to impose […]
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