The actor-turned-politician had been a prominent face and the national spokesperson for the party in the state for the past six years. Ending months-long speculation about a growing rift with the party, actor-turned-politician and national spokesperson, Khusbhu Sundar, announced her resignation from the Indian National Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in an event ...

Tamil Nadu’s incumbent chief minister EPS will be projected as the party’s chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming assembly elections next year. The weeks-long tussle between Chief Minister Edapaddi Palanisami (EPS) and Deputy CM O Paneerselvam (OPS) was finally put to rest with the announcement on Wednesday that the former will be the party’s chief ...

On Wednesday, PM Narendra Modi in a video conference urged the Chief Ministers of seven covid affected states’ to do a critical evaluation of the 1-2-day lockdowns that few other states have been implementing and the disadvantageous of this on economic activity. He stressed that the states should strengthen their contact tracing strategies to contain ...

A curious statement by senior BJP leader in the state has left their major ally in an uncomfortable position. With election season kicking in in Tamil Nadu, the war of words between parties has begun. Alliances are still fluid and there is still a lot of testing of waters. This could possibly be the reason ...

Ushering in the election season true BJP-style, a serendipitous video and a twitter war has brought Hindus to the centre of the debate in Tamil Nadu. In Tamil Nadu, the BJP’s ideology stands clear. And, for now, alone. It might not have yet successfully replicated here the messaging that has served it so well across ...

The policeman was the last of the five to be arrested in the case and has been handed over to CB-CID. The district Superintendent of Police confirmed the arrest of head constable Muthuraj, who had been missing since the arrest warrants were issued. Five police officers – one inspector, two sub-inspectors and two constables – ...

The duo was arrested in southern Tamil Nadu for violating lockdown restrictions and later died in police custody. When 58-year-old Jayarajan and his 31-year-old son Bennix were picked by the police in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu on June 19, little did they know that their lives would abruptly end just days later. The father-son ...

Friday started with Chennai going under complete lockdown in an attempt to curb the rapid increase in coronavirus cases in the state of Tamil Nadu. On Monday Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced complete lockdown in four districts – Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur from June 19 to June 30. The decision was ...

With the second-highest number of cases in the country, the southern state is embarking on an intensive new strategy for containment zones. In order to control the spread of the virus in the 34 most-affected wards in the capital city of Chennai, the health ministry and city corporation launched an intensive ‘micro plan’ spread over ...

Liquor (like most of the West) makes India go around too. But a prolonged Corona Virus lockdown across the nation of 1 billion people has led to an unbearably stretched dry spell. Centre has been under immense pressure to open up liquor stores. But this isn’t because people are suffering due to withdrawal. It is ...