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PM urged to secure fishermen`s release from Sri Lanka

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 12:10

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and secure the release of Indian fishermen and their fishing boats from Sri Lankan custody.

Tamil Nadu`s opposition to Sanskrit as old as free India

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 12:04

A circular of the Central Board of Secondary Education to schools under it aimed at promoting Sanskrit and the political row it sparked in Tamil Nadu is nothing new as the State had opposed both Sanskrit and Hindi as early as in 1949 even in the Constituent Assembly.

Flood alert sounded along Bhavani river in TN

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 21:57

With the Pilloor dam, near Mettupalayam in the district, likely to reach its full level of 100 feet by tonight, a flood alert has been sounded.

HC moved for CB-CID probe into girl`s mysterious death

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 20:14

A petition has been filed in Madras High Court Bench here seeking a CB-CID probe into the mysterious death of a teenaged nursing trainee with her mother suspecting rape and murder and alleging police pressure to withdraw her complaint.

121 safe shelters built in TN

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 17:11

A total of 121 safe shelters have been constructed across Tamil Nadu for accommodating people at times of natural calamities, the Assembly was informed on Tuesday.

DMK members barred from attending rest of Assembly session

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 15:55

DMK members in Tamil Nadu Assembly were on Tuesday evicted en masse for the fourth time in the ongoing Budget session, thus attracting a House rule that barred them from attending the rest of the session, slated to end on August 12.

DMK slams Katju for `baseless` allegations

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 13:31

DMK Tuesday slammed former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju for his "wild and baseless" allegation that "TN partner" of the UPA lobbied for a corrupt judge.

Jaya opposes installing buoys on IMBL with Sri Lanka

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 12:58

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa Tuesday termed as "inappropriate" the Centre`s proposal to conduct feasibility study on installing buoys on International Maritime Boundary Line as the state government has not accepted IMBL with Sri Lanka as a settled issue.

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 38 Tamil Nadu fishermen

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 11:53

Thirty-eight fishermen from Kottaipattinam and Rameswaram were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy personnel on charges of crossing International Maritime Boundary Line.

`Water release to TN as per tribunal distress sharing formula`

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 00:48

Denying the Opposition charge that Karnataka has `compromised` the interests of its farmers, Water Resources Minister M B Patil on Monday said the state has released Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as per distress sharing formula of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal.