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Quick Reads Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. Tamil Nadu anticipates increased rainfall as the southwest monsoon begins. MK Stalin has directed collectors to ensure emergency control rooms operate. Districts must prepare rescue vehicles and equipment for potential emergencies. Chennai (Tamil Nadu): As the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai …

Chennai: A sessions court in Coimbatore has convicted all nine men accused of sexually assaulting and blackmailing several women in Tamil Nadu’s Pollachi, the trial for which had gripped massive public attention in 2019. Judge R Nandhini Devi found them guilty of gangrape and repeated rape. The punishment will be …

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, chastened by the Supreme Court for holding up 10 bills for over three years, has now landed in a fresh row, after allegedly asking students at a function to chant “Jai Shri Ram”. His action has been condemned by leaders of the ruling government and …

Chennai: The BJP has elected Nainar Nagenthiran as the President of its Tamil Nadu unit. Mr Nagendran, a three-time MLA from Tirunelveli, replaces K Annamalai in the top job and his first job will be to jumpstart the party’s fortunes in next year’s Assembly election – in a state that has …

Chennai/New Delhi: Tamil Nadu’s opposition party AIADMK and the BJP will contest the state elections together under the leadership of former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS), Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today at a joint press conference in Chennai. The two parties were in an alliance earlier too. …

Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s Forest Minister K Ponmudy‘s misogynistic remarks – laced with caste undertones -have landed Chief Minister MK Stalin and his DMK in controversy, inviting fierce criticism from women’s rights activists, opposition political parties, and even from within the ruling party. Mr Ponmudy – whom Mr Stalin re-inducted into …

New Delhi: In a massive win for the MK Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government, the Supreme Court today ruled that Governor RN Ravi’s decision to withhold assent to 10 key Bills was “illegal” and “arbitrary”. The court ruled that the Governor cannot reserve Bills for the President after withholding assent. “The …

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remark that the Centre allocated for Tamil Nadu’s development three-time higher funds compared to the period before 2014. The former Union finance minister said even a first-year economics student would be able …

Chennai: Tamil Nadu‘s battle for exemption from the National Entrance and Eligibility Test, or NEET – the all-India entrance test for admission to medical courses – suffered a setback Friday after President Droupadi Murmu rejected a bill to exclude the state from its purview and allow it to use Class …

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday searched the Tamil Nadu and Kerala premises of Gokul Chit Fund, a financial services institution that is also one of the producers of the new Malayalam movie ‘L2: Empuraan’. The searches come amid controversy over the movie which released last month and refers, …