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 political slugfest has erupted between the opposition parties and the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) over the horrendous hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi town, 244 km south of the capital Chennai, which has claimed 58 lives so far.
Senior advocate Guru Krishna Kumar also appearing for one of the petitioners told the bench that the Agamic Temples follow certain traditions and procedures for the appointment of priests and the same cannot be interfered with by the State.
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Thursday dismissed DMK leader jailed minister V Senthil Balaji from the Council of Ministers with immediate effect.
State government says multiplexes withdrew the film due to poor response.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Madras High Court order, which quashed a May 2018 notification prohibiting sale, manufacture, and transport of gutkha, and other tobacco-based products in Tamil Nadu.
