17 DMK ministers bite the dust in TN polls

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam tidal wave that unseated Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from power in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections swept away as many as 17 senior ministers, including......

TN minister takes on her father's nemesis

Tamil Nadu's high-profile Information Technology Minister Poongothai, a close confidant of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Kanimozhi, is locked in an intense electoral battle with arch-rival All India......

In TN's caste heartland, it's not always suicide

Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu was always a hotbed of casteist violence. But till now there are no incidences of mass caste violence. The caste divide is just below the surface, simmering, as......

Untouchability through the drinking glass in TN

Tirunelveli in southern Tamil Nadu is famous for its paddy fields, the Tamiraparani river, the Nelliappar temple, the Kutralam waterfalls, and the Kalakadu tiger sanctuary. Till a few years ago it......