The Latest Breaking News from Tamil Nadu

Uttar Pradesh's BJP spokesperson Prashant Umrao Patel filed a petition in the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail after Thoothukudi police filed a case against him for spreading false information in a tweet on alleged attacks on migrant workers from Bihar in Tamil Nadu. Read further…

The sample of a 27-year-old man who died with Covid symptoms in Tamil Nadu's Trichy has been sent for testing to check for the presence of H3N2 virus, officials said on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Tamil Nadu police yesterday booked rightwing blog OpIndia for “spreading false news” about migrant workers in the state. The case was registered against the blog’s CEO Rahul Roushan and editor Nupur Sharma at the Thiruninravur police station in Avadi.

One woman was charred to death while a few people sustained severe burn injuries in a fire at a firecracker shed near Sivanarpuram Village in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday afternoon. Read further on Dynamite News:

A day after Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party chief K Annamalai held the ruling DMK party responsible for the ongoing stir over alleged attacks on migrant labourers in the state, the police have booked him on charges of inciting violence and promoting enmity between groups. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Tamil Nadu police today booked Hindi newspaper Dainik Bhaskar and BJP Uttar Pradesh spokesperson Prashant Patel Umrao for “spreading false news” about purported “attacks” on Bihari migrant workers in Tamil Nadu, the News Minute reported.

Amid pressure from Opposition over alleged attacks in Tamil Nadu on migrant workers from Bihar, CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that a four-member team will visit TN to take stock of the situation. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Arappor Iyakkam, an anti-corruption NGO, on Saturday met with the Election Commission of India (ECI) and submitted a complaint seeking cancellation of the upcoming by-polls in Erode East Assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu. Read further on Dynamite News: