Tamil Nadu

There is a lot that happens behind the scenes in the corridors of power. Opinions, conspiracies, power games and internal wrangling galore in the political space. Asianet News Network's massive ground presence taps into the pulse of politics and bureaucracy across the country.

Tamil Nadu's health minister said schools would not be closed due to the H3N2 outbreak. The Minister requested that those with a temperature and the flu stay home. Additionally, the Minister has urged everyone to wear masks and maintain a distance from one another.

The two elephants featured in the Oscar-winning documentary 'The Elephant Whisperers' were reportedly chased into the Krishnagiri forest by a few men in an inebriated state a day ago.

There is a lot that happens behind the scenes in the corridors of power. Opinions, conspiracies, power games and internal wrangling galore in the political space. Asianet News Network's massive ground presence taps into the pulse of politics and bureaucracy across the country.

State administration and the police have claimed that the videos showing labourers being attacked are fake and the two incidents occurred much earlier in Tiruppur and Coimbatore. "Both cases were not clashes between the people of Tamil Nadu and migrant workers," they said.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday vowed to protect migrant workers from other states, amid efforts to tackle reports of targeted attacks on people from Bihar that officials have dismissed as fake.

The visit comes hours after Tamil Nadu Labour Welfare and Skill Development minister CV Ganesan denied there being any truth in the news on social media that labourers from north India were being attacked in parts of Tamil Nadu.

Foxconn Technology Group, a major manufacturer for Apple's iPhone, is reportedly planning to invest up to $700 million to build a new plant in India. One of Apple's primary suppliers in India, Foxconn will be investing in India, and in the process it will create 1 lakh jobs.

Khushbu Sundarshifted to the BJP and contested the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls. She was defeated by DMK's N Ezhilan. She has been nominated as the NCW member along with two others.

Born on March 1, 1953, 'Dravida Nayagan,' (Dravidian hero) -- among the choice terms used by party workers and admirers to praise the DMK president -- would turn 70.