Days after hooch tragedy, TN amends Prohibition Act

Days after the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy in the state that claimed over 60 lives, the Tamil Nadu government on Saturday amended a prohibition act to substantially enhance the punishment, which......

PMK breaks ranks with ally BJP to back TN resolution against NEET

The Tamil Nadu assembly on Friday once again passed a unanimous resolution urging the Centre to exempt the state from National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test and allow it to admit students to......

Hooch Tragedy: Will TN Go Dry?

Rival governments in Tamil Nadu expend the most on social welfare schemes, especially targeting women and youth and children, but that money comes only by selling more liquor. There is always the......

10 dead, over dozen ill after consuming illicit liquor in TN

Over 20 people from Kallakurichi district in the northern part of Tamil Nadu were hospitalised and at least 10 persons died after suspected consumption of illicit 'packet arrack', officials said on......