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Topic: Tamil Nadu

Make breastfeeding mandatory: Madras High Court tells Modi govt

The court sent questionnaire to Centre, asking why it should not be the right of a newborn child to be breastfed for at least six months after birth.

Rajinikanth, the politician, wants to clean up ‘rotten’ politics. Mind it.

Rajinikanth will try to fill the huge vacuum in Tamil Nadu politics, which has revolved for the last half a century around larger-than-life figures, whether it was CN Annadurai, Muthuvel Karunanidhi, MG Ramachandran or Jayalalithaa.

आर के नगर का परिणाम तमिलनाडू की राजनीति में करेगा उथल-पुथल

दिनकरन की अप्रत्याशित जीत से सभी ताकतों के पुनर्निर्माण का रास्ता खुलेगा. किस तरह का नया समीकरण बनेगा, यह कहना थोड़ी जल्दबाजी होगी.

तमिलनाडू आर. के. नगर उपचुनाव: दिनाकरण की जीत ने बढ़ाईं भाजपा की दुविधाएं

आर.के. नगर से शशिकला के भतीजे की जीत के बाद भाजपा के लिए समीकरणों को साधना चुनौतीपूर्ण. 2019 के मद्देनजर तमिलनाडू भाजपा के लिए बहुत महत्वपूर्ण.

R.K. Nagar verdict has blown Tamil Nadu politics wide open

Dinakaran’s facile win will ensure realignment of forces. It is too early to predict what kind of realignment, but all options are open to all the players.

Data says India’s safest city for women is Coimbatore. But is it really?

Official data says the city in Tamil Nadu didn't have a single case of rape in all of 2016. That may be too good to be true. 

Kamal Haasan as ‘Citizen K’: blockbuster or cult classic?

It is too filmy to expect Haasan to waltz in and occupy political space. But what if he is not looking for a blockbuster, and prefers to make a niche film?

Hadiya wants freedom and her husband. Only gets to go back to college

Hadiya said she was mentally harassed in the court-mandated protective custody of her parents, and wanted only her husband Shafin Jahan to be her custodian.

This tiny biography of ‘Amma’ tells little about her personal life

The emergence of the Amma phenomenon in Tamil Nadu and the reason behind it do not find any mention in ‘The Empress’

Kamal Haasan is in politics to occupy space left behind by Jayalalithaa

Time will tell if Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth will join hands to create a third front. But TN politics will remain regional; BJP & Congress won’t get in.

On Camera

Corruption, nepotism, and a hit-and-run—how Gen Z anger spilled onto Nepal’s streets

Here is a serious lesson on not to underestimate the power of the young generation, who see the future better than older cohorts. They are frustrated with the ruling class that failed Nepal after 1990 and again after the 2006 mass movement.

What happens to Haryana real estate agents now? Govt agency HSVP to act as broker, take commissions

Gurugram: Stirring a storm in Haryana's real estate circles, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP)—the state's urban development agency—has taken on the role of...

Denmark tweaks its banned exports list, delivery of critical system for Tejas MK 1A starts 

HAL has produced 10 Tejas Mk 1A and is now awaiting further deliveries of engines from American firm GE—delayed by two and half years, so far.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?