Tamil Nadu News

Thoothukudi custodial death case involves the 2020 deaths of a father and son after alleged torture by police in Sattankulam. Nearly 6 years later, a Madurai court sentenced 9 cops to death. Case exposed serious issues of police brutality, lack of accountability and system failures. It led to nationwide outrage and is seen as a landmark verdict.

World Idli Day is celebrated on March 30, and its story is as inspiring as the dish itself. M Eniyavan, a former auto driver and Class 8 dropout, turned his life around through his love for idlis. From a small home kitchen in Chennai to showcasing 1,000 idli varieties, his journey reflects hard work and creativity.

A Chennai temple has been cooking daily Iftar meals for Muslims during Ramzan for about 40 years. Started by a Hindu refugee family after Partition, the Sufi Dar Temple now prepares food for 1,000-1,200 people each day and sends it to Wallajah Mosque

A woman in Chennai is accused of drugging her daughter and allowing her boyfriend to sexually assault her. The woman escaped in February and informed relatives. Doctors confirmed a 7-week pregnancy and performed a medical termination with consent.

A CCTV video from Salem, Tamil Nadu, shows a biker being crushed by a speeding bus at a junction. One bus had stopped for pedestrians, blocking visibility, when another bus overtook at speed and hit the biker, who was not wearing a helmet.

A police case has been registered against BJP Karur president VV Senthilnathan for allegedly making obscene and derogatory remarks about Congress MP S. Jothimani during a February 10 protest in Karur. Jothimani condemned the comments as sexist abuse.

Sahil Reddy, son of Y.S. Sunil Reddy and nephew of Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, married Vedika on February 7, 2026, at Chennai’s Leela Palace. Educated in Chennai and the US, he is Founder and CEO of Bubbl.cards.

Kerala’s Alappuzha Cyber Crime Police arrested a 23-year-old man for cheating an elderly person of Rs 8.08 crore through a fake online share trading scheme. The victim was misled via WhatsApp calls, a fake app, and false profit claims. 

Tamil Nadu Youth Congress has demanded a ban on Sivakarthikeyan’s film Parasakthi, calling it pro-DMK and anti-Hindu. The party alleges the film distorts history, especially events linked to Indira Gandhi and the 1965 anti-Hindi protests.

A sexual assault case in Tamil Nadu, allegedly spanning over 4 years, has led to the arrest of three accused. The incident sparked a political row after BJP MLA Vanathi Srinivasan accused DMK govt of shielding the accused and failing on law and order