Chennai, May 21 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has reiterated that Katchatheevu, the fishing islet has to be retrieved back by India in an endeavour to provide a permanent solution to the problem of Indian fishermen.

Ooty (Tamil Nadu), May 18 (ANI): Floral sculptures of the globe, a house and bright coloured flowers mesmerised tourists visiting the 117th Floral Carnival being held here.

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), May 15 (ANI): Artists associated with India's circus industry have expressed their distress over a ban on the use of wild animals, claiming that half of the circus companies have shut their operations.

Dhanushkodi (Tamil Nadu), May 6 (ANI): At least 15 Indian fishermen were reportedly attacked by Sri Lankan Navy personnel on Monday, while they were fishing near Dhanuskodi.

New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea seeking a stay on the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu.

Chennai, May 3 (ANI): Former Union Minister and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Friday termed his arrest by the Chennai Police as an act of political vendetta by the AIADMK Government in Tamil Nadu.

Sivagangai (Tamil Nadu), April 29 (ANI): Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, who was on a weekend visit to his parliamentary constituency of Sivagangai in Tamil Nadu, has revealed that the government has plans to open at least 7000 new bank branches every year across the country.

Thiruvananthapuram, April 29 (ANI): The Governments of Kerala and Tamil Nadu have agreed to sharing water under the Parambikulam-Aliyar River Pact after thrashing out details at a meeting held here over the weekend.

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), April 28 (ANI): To overcome a chronic power shortage, a Ganesha Temple at Coimbatore has set up solar panels to generate its own power.

Chennai, April 28 (ANI): The seven-year-old girl who was rescued from a 900-foot-deep borewell in a village in Tamil Nadu's Karur District after remaining inside for 16 hours, has died.

Chennai, April 28 (ANI): A seven-year old girl, who fell into a 900-foot deep bore well on a farm in Tamil Nadu's Suryapalli Village, was pulled out late on Saturday night, ending her 16-hour-long ordeal.

Kovalam (Kerala), Apr. 26 (ANI): Union Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma today reviewed industry-related issues with the state governments of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, in Kovalam, Kerala.

New Delhi, Apr. 25 (ANI): Union Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma will leave for a two-day visit to Kerala today during which he will review issues pertaining to Commerce, Industry and Textile in the southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh tomorrow.

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), April 25 (ANI): A massive fire in a building in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore District claimed four lives.

Chennai/Bangalore, April 23 (ANI): Karnataka Police and the Intelligence wing of Tamil Nadu have arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in the bomb blasts outside the Bangalore office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Chennai, April 23 (ANI): Chennai Police reportedly arrested two persons late on Monday for their alleged role in perpetrating the bomb blast near the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) office in Bangalore last week. Media reports quoted city police officials, as saying that the arrested persons have been identified as Peer Mohideen from Bangalore and Basheer from Tirunelveli. The media reports further revealed that the arrests were effected through a joint security operation of the Chennai Police and the Bangalore Police, besides other law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement authorities are claiming that they have been successful in cracking a new terrorist module that had not been previously known to exist. The Hindu newspaper quoted police officials, as saying that the two arrested persons had played a "vital role" in the blast, and were tracked down through scrutiny of mobile phone call records of suspects in the Bangalore blast. According to a CNN-IBN report, Mohideen and Basheer were identified on the basis of two computer-aided portraits of two persons drawn from inputs provided by the person who sold the motorcycle that was alleged used in the blast. Based on those portraits, a Bangalore police team arrived in Chennai on Sunday and carried out investigations with Tamil Nadu Police. The chassis number and engine number of the motorcycle too provided crucial leads that led up to the arrested persons, reports the Indian Express. The chassis number led the police, through the vehicle manufacturer, to its first owner, R. Prakash, a resident of New Perungaulthur near Chennai. From Prakash, the police traced the second buyer, who had identified himself as Anwar Basha, but had allegedly used fake identity proof. Police also probed the call details relating to 'Basha's' mobile SIM card, which then led them to others he was in touch with, who too were using SIM cards bought with fake identities. Police officials claimed that while the terrorist module in Tamil Nadu had been identified as having been responsible for the Bangalore blast, it wasn't immediately clear where they learnt to put together the bombs and plan out the attack.

Colombo, April 4 (Xinhua-ANI): The Government of Sri Lanka has rejected efforts to block trade with Tamil Nadu and has insisted that economic relations should not be disrupted despite political tensions.

Beijing, Apr. 3 (Xinhua-ANI): Trade unions manning Sri Lanka's main port have threatened to block about 2 billion U.S. dollars' worth of imports and exports to the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu after tensions flared, local reports said here on Wednesday.

New Delhi, Mar.29 (ANI): Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam has expressed his anxiety and concern over a plethora of issues, including the safety of the Sri Lankan cricket players and other visitors in Tamil Nadu.

Chennai, Mar 28 (ANI): Communist party of India (CPI) General Secretary, D Raja on Thursday expressed his disappointment over the Tamil Nadu Government's response on the anti-Sri-Lankan resolution, and urged the state government to take action in the wake of the Tamil Nadu State Assembly's resolution.

Islamabad, Mar 28 (ANI): Former captain Arjuna Ranatunga has urged Sri Lankan players to reject the Indian Premier League (IPL) after they were barred from playing in Chennai following Tamil Nadu government's refusal to host them in their state.

Chennai, Mar.27 (ANI): Scores of college and school students staged a mass protest here on Wednesday against alleged war crimes committed on Tamils by the Sri Lankan Government and its army during the country's over two decade old civil war, which ended in May 2009.

Chennai, Mar. 27 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu State Assembly has adopted a resolution asking the Central Governmente to stop treating Sri Lanka as a friendly country.

Chennai, Mar.27 (ANI): Thousands of devout Hindus with numerous needles and spikes pierced through their bodies as mark of penance converged at temples dedicated to Lord Murugan in Tamil Nadu on the occasion of Panguni Uthiram, a festival observed ahead of the full moon in spring.

New Delhi, Mar. 26 (ANI): In the wake of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa firmly stating that no Sri Lankan cricketer will be allowed to play Indian Premier League matches in Chennai, the chairman of the IPL Governing Council, Rajeev Shukla, has said the safety of the Sri Lankan cricketers is paramount.