A battle of two ex-MoSes in Arakkonam

What happens when two former ministers go up against each other?No sparks fly, reports A Ganesh Nadar from the Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, but it is the summer heat that has the......

What next in Puducherry?

Will acting LG Soundararajan invite N Rangaswamy to form a government or recommend President's rule, so close to the assembly election, asks N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: V Narayanasamy hands over his......

DMK names Kanimozhi, Maran, Raja among LS candidates

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Sunday announced former Union ministers Dayanidhi Maran, A Raja and T R Baalu and its Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi among its candidates for the 20......

PM announces Rs 1,000 cr flood relief for Tamil Nadu

After an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced an immediate release of Rs 1,000 crore for relief and rehabilitation works in Tamil Nadu. "A sum......

Strike hits MRF plants in TN, Puducherry

Production at Arakkonam, which produces motor tyres and tubes, and at the radial tyre-manufacturing unit of MRF at Puducherry has been hit following a sit-in strike by over 3,000 workers in both......