Chennai: Governor R V Arlekar held separate meetings with the state chief secretary, M Sai Kumar, and DGP Sandeep Rai Rathore, amid political developments in the state on Thursday.Sources said Sai Kumar met the governor at Raj Bhavan around 3.30pm, while Rathore met him at 4pm. Each meeting lasted around 20 minutes. Officials said the…
Chennai student secures 595 marks, aims for Chartered Accountancy CHENNAI: V Sandhya, daughter of autorickshaw driver R Saravanan, broke down in tears on Friday after learning that she had emerged as the school topper in the Tamil Nadu Class 12 board examinations with 595 out of 600 marks. A student of Government Girls Higher Secondary…
CHENNAI: TN BJP state president Nainar Nagendran on Friday said the BJP would not involve itself in any effort to form the government in Tamil Nadu following the Assembly election results.In a statement, he said the party had contested the elections with the aim of serving the welfare and progress of the people of Tamil…
Chennai: Defending Congress’s decision to extend support to TVK in the post-election scenario, the party’s leader C Rajesh Kumar on Thursday rejected allegations that the move amounted to “betraying” the people of Tamil Nadu or “stabbing them in the back”.Rajesh Kumar said Congress had remained with DMK front despite other options because of its resolve…
Puducherry: Chief minister N Rangasamy submitted his resignation to lieutenant governor K Kailashnathan on Thursday. He would be staking claim to form the next govt in the wake of AINRC-led NDA’s victory in the Puducherry assembly election. Rangasamy later told reporters that he will stake a claim to form the govt after a meeting with…
TVK general secretary N Anand urged party legislators not to panic after MLAs staying at a resort in Mamallapuram arrived at the party headquarters in Panaiyur. CHENNAI: Uncertainty over the formation of a government led by C Joseph Vijay continued on Friday after Tamil Nadu governor R V Arlekar reportedly told the actor-turned-politician that the…
DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan said an alliance with AIADMK was “not possible”. CHENNAI: With government formation in Tamil Nadu still hanging in balance after the fractured 2026 assembly verdict, major political parties on Friday continued hectic parleys over possible alliances, even as leaders publicly denied tie-ups and urged caution over speculation.Senior leaders of the ruling…
Senior AIADMK leader Thambidurai has indicated confidence in Edappadi K Palaniswami’s return to power in Tamil Nadu CHENNAI: Senior AIADMK leader Thambidurai has indicated confidence in Edappadi K Palaniswami’s return to power in Tamil Nadu, as political negotiations intensify following a fractured mandate in the state assembly elections.After meeting EPS in Chennai on Friday, Thambidurai…
Chennai: A 34-year-old software engineer has been arrested for creating and sharing AI-generated intimate images of a colleague on social media platforms. He also tagged these images with the location of her house.The 24-year-old married woman, who is also a software engineer, is employed at a private IT firm in Perungalathur. According to police, the…
Chennai: The model code of conduct, which came into force on March 16 across Tamil Nadu following the poll notification by Election Commission of India, was lifted on Thursday. It, however, did not make much difference, as offices of key departments remained silent both at the Secretariat and at the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC).The heads…
