In photos | Members of the Thamizhnadu Brahmin Association (TAMBRAS) staged a demonstration at Valluvar Kottam in Chennai on Sunday in support of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam
#CAAProtests
#CAA_NRC
Two girls who studied at the Government Higher Secondary School at Velliangadu, near Karamadai, in
#Coimbatore
district have cleared the
#NEET
in their first attempt without any special coaching
Following the announcement of the
#completelockdown
in
#TamilNadu
, residents of
#Chennai
thronged markets on Saturday morning. Photos: M. Karunakaran, M. Vedhan and R. Ragu/The Hindu
Actor
@Suriya_offl
, who co-produced and starred in the widely acclaimed film
#JaiBhim
that portrayed the custodial death of Rajakannu in the 1990s, has decided to deposit ₹10 lakh in the name of Parvathi, the victim's wife.
K. Chitra, a popular TV actor, was found dead in a hotel room in
#Chennai
, in the early hours of Wednesday. Police suspect that she ended her life, though no suicide note was found. An RDO enquiry has been ordered
#Chitra
The carcass of a blue
#whale
was washed ashore at Valinokkam seashore in
#Ramanathapuram
district on
#Sunday
. The 20-meter long whale weighed about 7 tonnes. Photo : L. Balachandar / The Hindu.
Just In | An FIR has been registered against actor Varadharajen for a video clip where he cited difficulty in finding a hospital bed for his friend who had
#COVID19
symptoms. He has been booked under sections of IPC, Epidemics Act & Disaster Management Act
@SIVARAMAN74
reports
People throng to buy grocery items at Kothwalchavadi market on Sunday ahead of the intense lockdown in
#TamilNadu
from 4 a.m. on May 24 to 6 a.m. on May 31, with severe restrictions that will shut all shops, including provision and grocery stores.
📷 R. Ragu
#Rajinikanth
fans, dressed like his film characters, gather in front of his house in
#Chennai
Poes Garden on his birthday on
#Saturday
. Photo : S. R. Raghunathan / The Hindu
B. Karthik Rajan, a Class 12 student who is a resident of Tirunagar in Madurai, has made a nadaswaram out of stone during the lockdown period. His father is a sculptor who makes idols for temples. Photo: R. Ashok / The Hindu.
Roller safety barriers have been installed at 8 places along
#Udhagamandalam
- Kallatty,
#Masinagudi
ghat road where frequent accidents take place. Installed for a length of 312 meters, the rollers will push vehicles to roadside, during impact
🎥: M. Sathyamoorthy / The Hindu
Just in |
#Rajinikanth
says he had a vision for "alternative politics." His party will not have "unnecessary party posts". His party will give tickets to youngsters and those under 50 years, retired bureaucrats and "good people" who have joined from other parties.
#Chennai
's 49th mayor is 28-year-old R. Priya, a councillor from Kolathur, who holds a post-graduate degree in commerce reports
@aloysius_axl
Photo: Pichumani K/The Hindu
A school girl is brought on a float from waterlogged areas at Dhanalakshmi Nagar of Iyyappanthangal in
#Chennai
on Thursday, to board the school van. The locality remains flooded following the recent rains.
📸: M. Vedhan / The Hindu
#TamilNadu
Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, and S. S. Kim, MD & CEO,
#Hyundai
Motor India Ltd., at the roll-out of the 10 millionth car from the company, at its plant near
#Chennai
on Wednesday
Photo: Velankanni Raj B/The Hindu
Just in | Madras HC begins hearing case filed by script writer K.P. Selvah to restrain the release of Vijay-starrer
#Bigil
on the ground that director
@Atlee_dir
had plagiarised his script on football.
-
@imranhindu
reports
@TheHinduCinema
In order to create awareness about the global soil extinction, the volunteers of the Save Soil movement will organise a marathon on June 5 to World Environment Day..
Students of Pondicherry University extends support to their counterparts in Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University in Lucknow
#JamiaProtest
#JamiaMilia
#Pondicherry
Naam Tamilar Katchi
#NTK
chief coordinator Seeman on Wednesday said he would continue to contest alone in the parliamentary elections in 2024 and State Assembly election in 2026
@udhavn
The Golden Lotus Tank of Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in
#Madurai
shimmers in the reflection of the '
#Karthigai
Villakus' that adorn the side walls of the tank on
#Friday
. Photo, Moorthy G/ The Hindu.
Naam Tamilar Katchi coordinator Seeman on Sunday introduced the party’s 234 candidates — an equal number of women and men — at a public meeting held at Royapettah in
#Chennai
.
#TNElection2021
#TamilNadu
today I It looked like life returned to normalcy during
#lockdown3
with vehicles plying on the roads in thousands. (Clockwise from left) Scenes from Coimbatore, Dindigul and Thoothukudi. Photos: M. Periasamy, G. Karthikeyan and N. Rajesh / The Hindu.
Union Minister Pon. Radhakrishnan, and relatives and friends pay their last respects to CRPF jawan G. Subramanian at Madurai airport. | Photo: S. James
#PulwamaTerroristAttack
#VaikunthaEkadashi
| Sri Namperumal attired in ‘Ratnangi’ passing through the Paramapada Vasal on the occasion of
#VaikundaEkadasi
festival at Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in
#Srirangam
on Saturday.
📽️: M. Moorthy / The Hindu
A policeman carrying an elderly man into the polling booth in Tiruthangal in Virudhunagar district as the man was unable to walk beyond a point.
Photo G. Moorthy
#TNAssemblyElection2021
In the absence of a bus shelter, commuters, in a bid to escape from scorching sun, wait inside large concrete pipes at Pallavaram - Thuraipakkam Radial Road in Pallavaram,
#Chennai
on Monday.
📸: B. Velankanni Raj / The Hindu
Kishore K. Swamy, 41, a social media commentator, has been arrested by
#Chennai
police on charges of circulating defamatory content against former CMs and DMK veteran leaders — C.N. Annadurai and M. Karunanidhi and the present CM M.K.Stalin
During his leisure time, traffic policeman Mr. Srinivasan waters and maintains the vertical gardens set up around the pillars of an overbridge at Vannarpettai in Palayamkottai of
#Tirunelveli
district, in
#TamilNadu
.
📸: A. Shaikmohideen / The Hindu
As parts of
#Chennai
continue to remain waterlogged, residents parked their cars on high ground -- on the flyover near MRTS Velachery Station
#ChennaiRains
#TNRains
Video: Karunakaran M/The Hindu
A view of an MTC bus in
#Chennai
near Padi junction on Tuesday, on day 2 of the resumption of public transport services
#unlocktn
Photo: K. Pichumani/The Hindu
The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) buses, especially outstation bound buses, are covered with advertisements or stickers except for the front windshield preventing passengers from knowing the routes.
It has been a month since faeces were found in water tank that supplies potable water to
#Dalit
families at
#Vengaivayal
village in
#Pudukkottai
district. On Wednesday,
#NaamTamilarKatchi
leader
#Seeman
visited the villagers & demanded arrest of culprits
📸: M. Moorthy
#TamilNadu
Chief Minister
#MKStalin
hoisted the national flag, inspected the parade, and gave a speech at Fort St. George in Chennai on the occasion of India's 75th year of independence.
#IndependenceDay
📸 Raghunathan SR
Just In I Singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam (
#SPB
) has been moved to ICU. He is on life support and his condition remains critical, says hospital.
#COVID
-19
A coal-fired steam locomotive, manufactured by the Golden Rock Railway Workshop in
#Tiruchi
for the Nilgiri Mountain Railway service, began its trial journey from Mettupalayam to Coonoor
Video: Sathyamoorthy M/The Hindu
A pregnant woman from
#Thoothukudi
, had tested positive for
#COVID19
while being admitted to a hospital for her delivery. She delivered triplets. 15 days later, and now cured from COVID-19, she and her babies were discharged from the hospital on Tuesday.
📸 Rajesh N
In a social media post, actor Rajinikanth said that he was shocked at the incidents that have unfolded after the
#custodialdeaths
of the father and son due to police brutality came to light
#Sattankulam
The
#TamilNadu
government has announced free travel for all working women and girls pursuing higher education on board government buses (ordinary fare) in cities across the State from Saturday.
📷 Vedhan M
As schools continue to remain closed owing to the
#COVID19
pandemic, a student in
#Chennai
studies at the back of a cycle cart
Photo: R. Ragu/The Hindu
Members of the
#RSS
also took out a march at
#Kallakurichi
in
#Tamil
Nadu to mark 75 years of India’s Independence and the 153rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, today.
🎥: Lakshmi Narayan E/The Hindu
On June 2, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) will commence services at 4.30 a.m. with a frequency of a train available every half hour till 6 a.m to help those writing the UPSC examinations.
A Nataraja idol, which was stolen 37 years ago from a temple at Kallidaikurichi in Tirunelveli district and smuggled outside the country, is on its way back from Australia
#TamilNadu
"I wanted to come up with an alternative politics. I respect Arignar Anna. I want to create leaders like how Anna created,"
#Rajinikanth
says.
#Rajinikanthpoliticalentry
The
@chennaicorp
has begun installing sculptures made from automobile scrap in the city. The sculptures are being installed at 14 locations
@aloysius_axl
Photos: Velankanni Raj B./The Hindu
The swift action of a
#Chennai
sub-inspector of police in nabbing two men accused of stealing mobile phones, who were on a motorcycle, received wide appreciation following a video which went viral on social media
Despite years of struggle, many public places continue to remain inaccessible to persons with disabilities
#Chennai
#Disability
Photo: R. Ravindran/The Hindu
#Chennai
woke up to thunderstorms and flooded roads on
#Thursday
morning as Northeast
#monsoon
set in vigorously. Anna Salai - GP Road junction, Ponnamalee High Road and Anna Nagar West seen flooded here. Photos: S.R. Ragunathan, R. Ragu, K. Pichumani
#ChennaiRains
Actors Sarath kumar, Yogibabu, Saranya and Vikram visit actor
#Vivekh
's house in Saligramam to pay their last respects to the actor who suffered a massive heart attack on Friday, died early Saturday morning.
📷 Velankanni Raj B
M. Sakthivel of Guruvarajapet in
#Ranipet
district, is elated now. He has scored 674 out of 720 in
#NEET2020
cracking the exams with the help of social media and some books as his father could not afford fees for private coaching institutes
Just in: Justice CV Karthikeyan of
#MadrasHC
comes down heavily on
#Patanjali
for attempting to make profits by exploiting fear of
#COVID19
. Directs it to pay Rs.10 lakh in costs to Cancer Institute, Adyar in Chennai and Govt Yoga & Naturopathy hospital.
-
@imranhindu
reports
The Madras High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by
#actorvijay
in 2012, seeking exemption of Entry Tax for his Rolls Royce Ghost, imported from England. Justice S.M. Subramaniam said real heroes are those who remit their taxes promptly
@imranhindu
#TamilNadu
has bagged the first place under the ‘Best State’ category under the National Water Awards 2019, presented by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
#SuriyaSivakumar
rejected PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss’s charge that the actor’s recent film, Jai Bhim, had insulted the Vanniyars. He said he and the film crew had no intention to insult any community
The
#Chennai
Traffic Police have now introduced an LED traffic pole that changes colour according to the traffic signal, on the arterial Kamarajar Salai. It will be visible to motorists from a distance
The CM and party chief will be two different persons and the party chief will act like a opposition head, critically looking at the functioning of the government:
#Rajinikanth
says.
#Rajinikanthpoliticalentry
Just in | Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes his maiden visit to Meenakshi Sundareshwara Temple. He was received by temple thakkar, Karumuthu T. Kannan at Amman Sannathi.
@SundarSubbiah
reports. Photo by: Ashok R / The Hindu
Annaatthe Annaatthe, the first single from Superstar Rajinikanth’s upcoming film Annaatthe, was released on Monday, leaving fans of the late legendary singer S.P. Balasubramanyam in a state of joy and sadness, as the track is his final film song
Tamil Nadu has always maintained
#NEET
robs students from poor background of their medical dreams. Now, there is data to substantiate. And, the Madras High Court too thinks so.
@imranhindu
reports.
"I am a small part in bringing a change in the State. I don't want to be someone who splits votes," he says.
#Rajinikanth
appeals his fans to take his message to people. Only if people believe in my "revolution," I will come to
#politics
, he says. | Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingm