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Rameswaram fishermen stage protest condemning attacks by Sri Lankan Navy

Fishermen in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram on Sunday staged a protest condemning the imprisonment and attacks by the Sri Lankan Navy on Indian fishermen.Earlier on July 20, the Sri Lankan Navy arrested six Indian fishermen and a seized their boat after they had gone fishing from Rameswaram, claiming that they had crossed the border, which had caused consternation among Indian fishermen.Following this, the Rameswaram fishermen have been on a strike for the past three days, condemning the serial attacks by the Sri Lankan Navy on the Tamil Nadu fishermen, and their engagement in the violations of an agreement including the capture of the fishermen, seizure of the boat, and demanding the immediate release of the captured fishermen and their boat.Fishermen protested in front of the Rameswaram bus stand, condemning the Lankan Navy, which is engaged in violations against the Katchatheevu Agreement with an anarchic trend, and criticised the central and state governments for not opposing it.The ...

TN sends over 40,000 tonnes of relief material to crisis-hit Sri Lanka

DMK MP Kanimozhi flagged off the third consignment of 16,595 tonnes of the items through the sea route from the VOC Port in Tuticorin in the presence of state ministers on Saturday.

M K Stalin invites Telangana CM KCR for inaugural of Chess Olympiad

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has invited his Telangana counterpart K Chandrashekhar Rao to attend 44th FIDE International Chess Olympiad to be held in Chennai from July 28 to August 10

Centre advances paddy procurement in Tamil Nadu to September: Tomar

Paddy procurement in Tamil Nadu has been advanced by one month to September of the 2022-23 kharif marketing season following a request fro the state, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said

With 44th Olympiad a week away, Tamil Nadu is going to town with chess

The story of how Mamallapuram came to be the venue began far away from Indian shores

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 6 Indian fishermen, boat seized on charges of IMBL

The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested six Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu, and impounded their mechanized boat

NIA raids 22 places in Tamil Nadu amid drugs, arms smuggling from Sri Lanka

NIA on Wednesday conducted searches at 22 locations of Tamil Nadu in connection with operations of narco mafia of Sri Lanka operating in collusion with Pakistan-based drug and gun runner

Madras HC grants possession of AIADMK headquarters to Palaniswami

Madras High Court set aside the proceedings of the Tamil Nadu Revenue department locking and sealing the AIADMK headquarters and directed that key be handed over to party chief K Palaniswami

Nissan Motor to invest over Rs 2 cr to upgrade Chengalpet hospital

Nissan Motor has committed an investment of over Rs two crore to upgrade the infrastructure at the medical college and hospital in neighbouring Chengalpet district, the company said

AIADMK to protest on July 25 against proposed power tariff hike in TN

The opposition AIADMK will conduct protest marches across Tamil Nadu on July 25 against the proposed power tariff hike in the state. The protests will be held at all district headquarters

NIA raids Trichy special camp lodging foreigners with criminal records

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at Trichy (Tiruchirappalli) special camp in Tamil Nadu where foreigners with criminal records are lodged, the agency said

There's fear of Sri Lanka crisis spillover, says EAM S Jaishankar

To help island nation engage with IMF, other debtors, says Jaishankar after all-party meet

Tea production in Nilgiris increases by 6.9% due to heavy rainfall

The Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu, the largest producer of tea in South India, has witnessed an unprecedented increase in the production after heavy rainfall

Tamil Nadu govt hikes power tariff, but spares 10 mn consumers

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday announced a hike in the power tariff for TANGEDCO consumers proposing an increase of Rs 27.50 (per month) for those using up to 200 units

BJP adopts wait-and-watch policy on power tussle within ally AIADMK

A senior BJP functionary maintained that the power tussle between EPS and OPS is an internal matter of AIADMK

GST on packaged food from July 18: Rice will become costlier in Tamil Nadu

The rice merchants and rice mill association have urged the Tamil Nadu government to exert pressure on the Union government for a roll back to bring the food products under GST

Tamil Nadu logs 2,340 new Covid-19 cases, active cases stand at 17,228

Four of the 38 districts recorded most of the infections with Chennai seeing 607 cases, Chengalpet 306, Coimbatore 165, and Tiruvallur 149 while the rest were spread across other districts.

Tamil Nadu records 2,312 new Covid-19 cases,1 death; active infections dip

As many as 2,682 persons were cured of the virus on Friday, a government bulletin said.

Suspected gas leak from CPCL in Chennai, TNPCB monitors air quality

A senior officer with the TNPCB while speaking to IANS said, "We have received complaints from residents of Jyothi Nagar in Tiruvattiyor and in Manali areas. We are monitoring the air quality

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin hospitalised after testing Covid positive

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, who tested positive for COVID recently, was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai for "investigation and observation for COVID19-related symptoms"