Tamil Nadu government today filed a defamation complaint in a court here against an English daily over a news report published by it earlier this month.
City Public Prosecutor M L Jegan filed the complaint against the daily on behalf of state Revenue Minister R V Udayakumar in the First Additional Judge court.
The complaint contended that the article captioned 'TN response to flood was slow, says Central Report', published on February 2 last, was defamatory.
It has been filed against the editor, printer and publisher and the reporter of the daily.
