Death toll in Tamil Nadu cracker unit fire rises to 32

PALLIPAT - The death toll in Friday’s cracker godown fire in Pallipat near Tamil Nadu rose to 32 after two more bodies were pulled out of the godown.

Dinosaur eggs vandalised in Tamil Nadu

SENTHURAI - Police have mounted vigil after villagers vandalised a newly discovered cluster of fossilised dinosaur eggs unearthed from a riverbed in Tamil Nadu.

Ramakrishnan’s teacher says the spark was there even during college days

CHIDAMBARAM/CHENNAI - Even as a student, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry, had the spark in him to climb great heights, his former teacher N.S Govindaraj said.

National road racing championship held in Tamil Nadu

IRUNGATTUKOTTAI - Spectators thronged to witness the finals of the national road racing championship held in Irungattukottai city of Tamil Nadu.

CPI (M) politburo member Brinda Karat arrested in Tamil Nadu

MADURAI - CPI (M) politburo member Brinda Karat was arrested on Saturday at a village in Tamil Nadu.

Rahul Gandhi promises to take fishermen’s issues with Centre

NAGERCOIL - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday had an hour-long interaction with the fishermen community of Tamil Nadu, and he promised to take up their woes with the Centre.

Elephant dies while rescuing its calf in Tamil Nadu

BARLIYAR - An elephant died while trying to save its calf which had slipped and fallen into a pit near Katteri village in the Barliyar forest range of Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu on Thursday.

Illegal liquor factory busted in Tamil Nadu

KADAMPADI - Tamil Nadu police busted a factory making illicit liquor in Kadampadi village on Wednesday.

Andhra takes to Jasmine cultivation

KRISHNAGIRI - Grown extensively over almost 800 hectares of agricultural land in Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu, Jasmine flower is changing the lives of the farmers exporting it to the Gulf countries.

Transsexuals participate in a weeklong festival in Tamil Nadu

VILLUPURAM - Transsexuals from across the country are participating in a weeklong “Koovagam” festival at Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu.