MLA ties knot with woman IAS officer

Unidentified persons hurled a petrol bomb at the district CPI(M) office in Coimbatore early today, prompting condemnation from opposition parties in the state. Though nobody was injured in the incident, a car parked there was partially damaged, police said.

Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah has said his party has not come to power for mere 5 or 10 years, but at least 50 years and called upon workers to strengthen the party and take it to every part of the country.Shah also said that though the BJP appears to be at its peak with a majority government at the Centre and 1,387 MLAs in states the workers feel the party has still a long way to go.'Today, we have a majority government at the Centre with 330 MPs, and also have 1,387 MLAs in ...

Cadres of Congress' Tamil Nadu unit led by its chief Su Thirunavukkarasar today blocked the road near Valluvar Kottam here to protest against the attack on the convoy of party vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat. The protesters squatted on the road in ...

Chennai may be one of the top metropolitan cities in the country, but the city's rank in the latest Tamil Nadu Human Development (TNHD) Report 2017 is not so good. Chennai, ranking fourth, is trailing behind three districts — Kanyakumari, Virudhunagar ...

The Deputy Superintendent of Police (Erode town) Suresh Kumar was suspended today, just two days priot to retirement, as there is a pending enquiry into an alleged lock up death in his earlier stint as Inspector. The order in this regard was isued by the ...

The issue of lynchings resonated in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday where the Opposition alleged involvement of 'some members' of Bharatiya Janata Party and Sangh Parivar in these incidents even as the government said communal colour should not be given to such violence; while in the Lok Sabha, the Opposition accused the government of not being sensitive towards farmers' issues. Rajya Sabha As the House took up a discussion on the mob lynching issue, ...

A special flying squad comprising officials from several departments has been formed and appropriate monitoring was on to prevent beach sand mining, Chief Minister K Palaniswami informed the Assembly today. Although beach sand mining was banned by the ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today expressed grief over the killing of Amarnath yatris by terrorists and criticised the Centre for failing to provide protection to the people. "I am sad that pilgrims going to Amarnath were shot. The Centre has ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday successfully launched its workhorse rocket Polar Launch Satellite Vehicle (PSLV) carrying Cartosat-2 series satellite a dedicated satellite for the defence forces and 30 nano satellites into orbit. The ...