The Regional Meteorological Centre has issued orange and yellow alerts warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in several districts. The prospects of rain spell continuing in the State next week hinge on the low pressure area expected to develop in the Bay of Bengal on Friday

The principal interventions proposed under the Comprehensive Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Scheme include hanging solar fences at vulnerable locations and community-based protection of forests

The Peelamedu police booked two classmates of the Class 11 student, his teacher Vijayakumar, and the school’s principal Arunkumar late on Wednesday on charges of abetting suicide; the teacher was arrested on Thursday

He accused the BJP of copying the Congress’s ‘Pehli Naukri Pakki’ poll promise without understanding its objectives

Officers of the Tamil Nadu State Civil Service, who were recently appointed to the Indian Administrative Service, also called on Mr. Vijay at the Secretariat on Thursday

Retired IAS officers Reeta Harish Thakkar and Mythili K. Rajendran, retired district judge S. Kirubaharan Mathuram, and retired engineer-in-chief K. P. Sathyamurthy have been appointed as members of the authority

The Collector’s vehicle, which was proceeding towards Erode from Gobichettipalayam, hit Shanmugam’s two-wheeler as he attempted to cross the road

Justice G. Arul Murugan winds up hearing oral arguments on applications filed by the Leader of the Opposition to reject the election petition and strike off pleadings

Mamallapuram recorded the highest rainfall at 9 cm, followed by Tenkasi and Sattankulam in Thoothukudi district, which received 6 cm each. Tirunelveli, Mayiladuthurai and Tiruvarur recorded 5 cm each

The team apprehended one of the suspects and seized the country-made gun and explosives from him

A case was registered and special teams were formed to nab the suspects

The restoration work was carried out at a cost of ₹11.54 crore

Former BJP Tamil Nadu president poses a series of questions on the Centre’s handling of the Cockroach Janta Party’s protest in New Delhi

The Madras Government, in April 1959, banned popular actor M.R. Radha’s Tamil play Thooku Medai. He submitted the script of another drama Kathal Bali to the Madras Commissioner of Police and obtained a licence to perform it. On noticing that the play was similar to the banned Thooku Medai, the police registered a case.