The Kumbakonam connection of MGR, M.K. Nambyar and M.S. Swaminathan
The families of the iconic film star and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, the distinguished constitutional lawyer, and the celebrated agri…
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The 1995 caste reprisals that scarred southern T.N. also touched Communist leader Nallakannu’s life
On December 3, 1995, Nallakannu’s 84-year-old father-in-law, A.K. Annasamy, was murdered by a gang while he was asleep at his house in Maru…
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Kerala power crisis: Regulatory panel urges KSEB to ‘improve’ electricity demand forecasts
Commission notes that any decision on power purchase based on incorrect demand and supply position is likely to result in operational chall…
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Woman, Husband Kill Her Lover In Thane Flat. Then A Voicemail Confession
The identity of the victim was yet to be established. (Representational)
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Congress slams Centre over handling Wangchuk, exam issues; opposes Higher Education Bill
The Congress leader alleged that despite repeated question paper leaks, Mr. Pradhan continued in office and remained “unperturbed,” while t…
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Dolphin City: Chennai’s dolphinarium that shaped national debate on marine mammal captivity over 25 years ago
Hosting a dolphinarium in Chennai turned into controversy as all the three dolphins died, setting off one of the country’s earliest debates…
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When a 16-day strike by transport employees and a bus accident on Deepavali shook Tamil Nadu in 2001
In November 2001, transport corporation employees’ unions struck work demanding the Tamil Nadu government to increase annual bonus to 20%. …
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Reassessing Periyar E.V. Ramasamy’s take on Tamil, which he called a barbarian language
The Dravidar Kazhagam founder believed that Tamil lacked sufficient literature that would pave the way for human development and cultivatio…
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J. Sivashanmugam Pillai: a tall leader of Tamil Nadu belonging to what was once known Depressed Classes
J. Sivashanmugam Pillai was the first Scheduled Caste member to become the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker in 1946. He was known for impartiali…
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Udhagamandalam’s own Charing Cross and its London disconnect
It has long been the entrance to Udhagamandalam, the headquarters of The Nilgiris district. It shares its name with a junction in Westminst…
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A Lok Sabha election defeat and dismissal of the MGR Government
Nearly a month later when there were talks in the corridors of power that the Indira Gandhi Government may dismiss governments in oppositio…
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TVK govt. in Tamil Nadu faces a fiscal test in balancing populism and prudence
“We can have a welfare State only if we work for it and step up production,” said the then Chief Minister C. Rajagopalachari in June 1952
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Prohibitory orders in Mumbai from July 23 to August 6; cops cite likelihood of public order disturbance
The order will not cover gatherings at courts, government offices and local bodies for official work, academic activities in schools, colle…
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How ordinary people of Tamil Nadu participated in the making of the Constitution
A resident of Kattunedungulam village of the Sivaganga district, sent a hand-written note with a demand that members of his community shoul…
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A wildlife association that helped conserve the Nilgiris’ biodiversity
The NWEA came into existence in colonial India, when British colonists discovered a “hunters’ paradise” in the Nilgiris
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M.G. Ramachandran’s hospitalisation in the U.S. and homecoming after treatment
MGR was flown to America on November 6, 1984, on a chartered Air India flight and was admitted to the Downstate Medical Centre in Brooklyn,…
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How Tamil Nadu’s two-language policy impacted the teachers of other languages in 1968
On January 23, 1968, the first DMK government, headed by C.N. Annadurai, adopted a resolution in the Madras Assembly scrapping the three-la…
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Documents on anti-Hindi agitation wiped out on order by Tamil Nadu’s last Congress CM Bhaktavatsalam
On February 24, 1967, a day after the Assembly election results were declared, the outgoing Chief Minister M. Bhaktavatsalam wrote a note t…