Fight for lost rights will continue: Jayalalithaa

Leaders from various Opposition parties and State Ministers showered rich praise on Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in the Assembly today, as she completed two years in office. Finance Minister and Leader of the House O Panneerselvam said the needs of ...

The State government is not opposed in principle to implementing total prohibition, but the move would pave the way for bootleggers to smuggle liquor from neighbouring States into Tamil Nadu, Minister for Prohibition and Excise Natham R. Viswanathan ...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday witnessed an interesting debate on implementation of total prohibition in the state as the Jayalalithaa government defended its policy of allowing sale of Indian Made Foreign Liquor, saying it was implementing ...

Six decades after India's partition made Muslim politics a dirty word, parties founded by Muslims to espouse the cause of the country's largest minority are again making a mark. Muslims in Varanasi, India, February 2009 ( Toby Williams | ...

Health Minister K C Veeramani on Monday told the Assembly the government had taken substantial steps to combat a mystery fever that has hit a village in Ramanathapuram District. Veeramani's statement came in response to a call attention motion made ...

The Assembly on Tuesday reduced from one year to six months the quantum of punishment handed to six members of the Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam. On Monday, the members were suspended from the Assembly for one year following a recommendation ...

The Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, on Tuesday demanded firm diplomatic action from the Centre to stop the frequent attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy. The Sri Lankan envoy in New Delhi should be summoned to lodge India's strong ...