Tamil Nadu

Collector V. R. Subbulaxmi has declared May 15 a local public holiday in Vellore for the annual Sirasu festival at the Arulmigu Gangaiamman Temple in Gudiyatham.

2026년 05월 09일 AI에 의해 보고됨

The Centre’s high-level group has begun reviewing three proposed extensions to the Chennai Metro Rail network. The projects cover routes from the airport to Kilambakkam, Poonamallee to Parandur, and Koyambedu to Pattabiram via Avadi. Detailed project reports sent last year remain under examination by the Network Planning Group.

Voting has begun at 7 a.m. across 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu. Over 5.73 crore voters will decide the fate of 4,023 candidates in the high-stakes polls. Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik said the state is fully prepared for the democratic exercise.

2026년 04월 21일 AI에 의해 보고됨

Authorities in Dindigul district have formed 230 teams to transport Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and other poll materials to 2,301 polling stations across seven Assembly constituencies. Dindigul Collector S. Saravanan inspected the installation of GPS devices on the vehicles. The vehicles will carry EVMs from strong rooms to the polling stations on April 22.

V.K. Sasikala, leader of Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam-linked All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, criticised DMK and AIADMK on Friday for promising freebies amid Tamil Nadu's mounting debt and cash crunch, ahead of the state assembly elections.

2026년 04월 07일 AI에 의해 보고됨

A Madurai court in Tamil Nadu on April 6, 2026, sentenced nine policemen to death for the custodial torture and murder of trader P. Jayaraj (58) and his son J. Benicks (31) in Sattankulam, Thoothukudi district, in June 2020. The father and son were detained at Sattankulam police station for allegedly violating COVID-19 lockdown norms by keeping their mobile phone sales and service showroom open. The case shook civil society and became a political issue.