Opposition AIADMK leader Edappadi Palaniswami on Friday mocked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, saying that as an astrologer, he predicts the potential collapse of the DMK regime and that his forecast will come true in the 2026 assembly election.
Opposing the Hindi month celebration along with the golden jubilee of DD Tamil (Doordarshan Chennai), Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put an end to holding such events in non-Hindi speaking states.
Even as the Met office has advanced the red alert for extreme heavy rainfall for Chennai and neighbouring districts to Tuesday evening itself, many areas of the city and its suburbs are already flooded with knee-deep water as heavy downpour continued since the early hours.
Together with a cyclonic circulation in the Bay of Bengal and a low pressure area in the Arabian Sea, north-east monsoon is set to commence on October 16 and 17 following which a red alert has been issued for extreme heavy rainfall for Chennai and neighbouring districts of Tamil Nadu for the two days.
With the indefinite strike by workers at the Samsung plant on Chennai's outskirts nearing the fifth week to press for trade union right, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, MK Stalin, on Saturday tasked three ministers to resolve the issue and bring to an end the ongoing protest.
A globe-trotting self-styled spiritual guru, Maha Vishnu, who faced controversy for justifying rebirth based on sins committed in previous lives during a lecture at a government school on Teacher’s Day, was detained upon his arrival at the Chennai airport on Saturday.
The Headmaster of Ashok Nagar Government Girls School, R Thamizharasi, and the Headmaster of Saidapet Government Model School, Shanmughasundaram, involved in organising the lecture, have been transferred.
Joining issue with Governor RN Ravi, Tamil Nadu Sports and Youth Welfare minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday said only those who could not stomach the vibrancy of the State Board curriculum were opposed to it.
Even as Tamil Nadu is opposed to a new dam by neighbouring Karnataka across the Cauvery at Mekedatu near the interstate border, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said it would be more advantageous to downstream Tamil Nadu the most.
The deals signed at Silicon Valley will generate 4,100 jobs across the state, the chief minister said in an X post.
