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Meet Udaya Kumar, DMK leader's son whose ₹ symbol is dropped by DMK govt

The rupee (₹) symbol was introduced less than 15 years ago, chosen from thousands of designs. Incidentally, the design that was selected was created by the son of a former DMK MLA

Tamil Nadu's Economic Survey: State eyes over 8% growth amid challenges

Tamil Nadu is projected to grow over 8% in 2024-25, driven by policy reforms, infrastructure development, and economic diversification

Tamil Nadu drops official rupee symbol from state Budget amid language row

This marks the first time a state has rejected the national currency symbol, taking Tamil Nadu's resistance to the NEP to a new level

BS Round Table: TN takes 'product nation' route on road to $1 trn economy

Industries minister TRB Rajaa bats for 'Making in Tamil Nadu for world', says state's manufacturing talent pool on a par with Japan

Business Standard Round Table: GCCs can help TN become $1 trn economy

Jaikumar Subramanian, partner at Deloitte India, said as the state aimed to treble the size of its economy in five years, it should focus on a closer collaboration of industry, academia, and startups

Understanding delimitation process and why Tamil Nadu opposes it | MK Stalin | Congress

Lately, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and several opposition parties have been raising strong objections to delimitation. Their main concern?

Jaguar Land Rover shelves plan to build EVs at Tata's Tamil Nadu plant

The British luxury car unit was unable to find the right price-quality balance for locally sourced EV parts

BS round table: Reimagining Tamil Nadu's road to a knowledge economy

The event is being organised in Chennai, in collaboration with the State Planning Commission, and Guidance Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Round Table 2025

Watch policymakers and industry experts discuss Tamil Nadu’s path to a knowledge-driven economy, covering AI, Global Capability Centers (GCCs), advanced manufacturing, and key policy reforms.

DMK MP Kanimozhi demands apology for Dharmendra Pradhan's 'abusive' remarks

Kanimozhi, the MP from Lok Sabha constituency Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu, said the Union Minister's remarks were undemocratic and demanded an apology

Godrej Consumer Products Tamil Nadu FMCG unit eyeing US, LatAm markets

The plant officially started operations with the ceremonial activation of the production line by Chief Minister M K Stalin, who marked the occasion by turning on the first production run

TN CM slams Pradhan for 'arrogance', tells him to control his tongue

The CM's remarks came in the wake of the exchange between the DMK MPs and Pradhan in the Lok Sabha over the PM SHRI scheme and fund allocation to the southern state

Periyar to Stalin: A look at Tamil Nadu's unyielding battle against Hindi

Tamil Nadu has long opposed Hindi imposition, arguing it threatens linguistic identity. With past protests turning violent, the state's resistance remains firm as tensions with the Centre escalate

Southern states will lose 26 seats in LS after delimitation: Chidambaram

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has called for a joint effort from various political parties to raise their voices against Delimitation, calling for a Joint Action Committee meeting on March 22

Signature drive on 3-language policy will shape TN's fate: BJP's Annamalai

Annamalai accused DMK of "making" Tamil a commercial language for sixty years and allowing the trilingual policy only in private schools

Amit Shah asks Stalin to impart medical, engineering education in Tamil

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to commence engineering and medical education in Tamil in the state. Targeting the chief minister on the language issue, especially given Stalin's opposition to Hindi, Shah said the Narendra Modi government effected changes and now ensured that the CISF aspirants could write the exam in their respective regional languages. "Now the PM Narendra Modi government has ensured that the exam can be written in Tamil too," the home minister said, speaking at the 56th Raising Day of the CISF at RTC Thakkolam in Ranipet, about 70 km from Chennai. He further said, "I appeal to the Tamil Nadu chief minister to start the engineering and medical education in Tamil in the state for the benefit of students." He said Tamil Nadu's culture played a vital role in strengthening India's cultural stream. "Be it administrative reforms, attaining spiritual heights, education or the unity and integrity of the nation - Tamil N

Education minister faces fallout for reviving lost battle: TN CM Stalin

He further alleged that the row over the imposition of the three-language formula had become a laughing stock in Tamil Nadu

The Wealth Company eyes expansion, targets three-fold growth in Tamil Nadu

Currently, Chennai accounts for 5.15 per cent of the company's AUM, a figure that The Wealth Company aims to increase to 15 per cent

'Hindi zealots are true anti-nationals': MK Stalin amid language row

In a long post on X, DMK chief MK Stalin recalled the 1967 Tamil language protests led by party founder CN Annadurai and urged Tamil Nadu to rise against the alleged 'imposition of Hindi'

LS delimitation: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin moots Joint Action Committee of MPs

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday proposed a Joint Action Committee comprising MPs and party representatives from southern states at an all party meeting on Lok Sabha seats delimitation here. Moving a resolution, Stalin said that in the event of increase in the number of seats in Parliament, 1971 Census should be the basis for it. Also, the 1971 Census should be basis for delimitation of LS seats for 30 years from 2026, he asserted. The all party meeting is expected to pass a resolution on the issue of delimitation. Principal opposition party AIADMK, the Congress and Left parties, actor-politician Vijay's TVK among others attended the meeting which was boycotted by the BJP, Tamil nationalist Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) and former union minister GK Vasan's Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar). The ruling DMK has been staunchly opposing the delimitation exercise, with party president and chief minister Stalin claiming it will lead to reduced LS seats in TN. He has wondered