The priests have been given training on how to conduct prayers in Tamil. (Representative image from AFP) According to the new plan, the priests have been given training on how to conduct prayers in Tamil. The current option of offering prayers in Sanskrit will also continue. News18.com New Delhi Last Updated:August 05, 2021, 21:23 IST … Read more
The Tamil Nadu government will soon enact a law banning online gaming of rummy and poker keeping in mind public welfare, state Law Minister S Reghupathy said on Wednesday. His statement comes a day after the Madras High Court declared as unconstitutional, Part II of the TN Gaming& Police Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021, which banned … Read more
A reward of Rs five lakh was announced by the NIA Rahman Sadiq, 41, a resident of Thirubhuvanam and administrator of ‘Dawah’ (calling one to Islam) of PFI Thanjavur district, was hiding at different places in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh for the last two years before being apprehended on Monday, an NIA spokesperson said. … Read more
He was a painter based out of Kovilpatti’s Stalin Colony. The body was sent for post-mortem at the Kovilpatti government hospital. A 17-year-old boy was arrested by the police in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin district after he was accused of allegedly killing another man. The deceased person has been identified as 22-year-old P. Madankumar. He was … Read more
CHENNAI: The Union government on Tuesday stated that no proposal to bifurcate any state in the country, including Tamil Nadu, was under its consideration. Union minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai gave a reply to this effect to MPs T R Paarivendhar and S Ramalingam in Lok Sabha. “Presently no such proposal is … Read more
The second wave of Covid-19, which started affecting Tamil Nadu at the end of March 2021, peaked in the months of May and June. After that, the numbers of cases were on a downward spiral. However, in the last four days, a spike in the number of cases was reported, giving rise to fears and … Read more
The Government of Karnataka has finally decided to move ahead and build a dam across the Cauvery River near Mekedatu in Ramanagar District of Karnataka. However, this has not gone down too well with the Tamil Nadu government and farmers of the state have been protesting against this decision. Also, the Puducherry government is not too pleased with this … Read more
The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday said it was mandatory for people coming from Kerala, to the state to carry a negative RT-PCR test report or vaccination certificate of two COVID doses from August 5, in the wake of a spike in infections in the neighbouring state. Addressing reporters, Medical and Family Welfare Minister Ma … Read more
New Covid-19 infections continued to rise for the third day in a row in Tamil Nadu with 1,986 people testing positive, pushing the overall tally to 25,59,597, while 26 deaths took the toll to 34,076. Recoveries outnumbered new infections with 2,178 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 25,04,805, leaving 20,716active infections, … Read more
For the second consecutive day, Tamil Nadu on Friday reported a surge in new infections with 1,947 people contracting the contagion and pushing the tally to 25,57,611 till date, said the Health Department. Deaths mounted to 34,050 with 27 succumbing to the virus. Of the deceased, there was a 15-year-old boy from Salem, a bulletin … Read more