Madras  

In what appears downright Muslim appeasement, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has allocated more funds for minority affairs and madrasahs than to higher education. The money allocated for madrasahs is in excess of Rs 4,000 crore while the funds for higher education stood at Rs 3,964 crore

Madras HC directed the Tamil Nadu government to provide maximum subsidy for transponders to fishermen of the state. Transponders fitted in boats are substitutes for satellite phones.

The Madras high court lawyers, on Tuesday, helped the Chennai Police arrest a man who pretended to hold several important positions in the CBI, Interpol and the Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

Of the four properties of late Jayalalithaa, attachment notices for three, including the Poes Garden house, were served in 2007, whereas for the one on St Mary's Road, notice was served in 2013

As the deadline is over, Tamil Nadu student Gokul requested the court to initiate contempt proceedings against the teachers.

PILs were filed in the Madras high court against using public money to construct a memorial for former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa at the Marina Beach in Chennai

Sayan and Manoj, accused to be part of the gang in Kodanad break-in case in Tamil Nadu, were picked up by the police officials in New Delhi. Reports state that the two had been picked up for inquiry based on a complaint filed by AIADMK leader Rajan Chelappan's son Satyan.

Supreme Court also stayed the December 21, 2018 decision of the Madurai bench of Madras High Court which had ordered status quo in respect of re-opening the plant in Tamil Nadu

On December 19, a few producers protested against TFPC president Vishal and locked down his office. They claimed that he didn’t fulfill the promises made during the election in 2015. 

An IIT Madras student said the posters had been put up near two entrances of the north Indian mess located on the second floor of Himalaya Mess Complex, specifying separate entry points and wash basins for non-vegetarian and vegetarian students.

An IIT Madras student said the posters had been put up near two entrances of the north Indian mess located on the second floor of Himalaya Mess Complex, specifying separate entry points and wash basins for non-vegetarian and vegetarian students.

Men and woman in the IIT-M hostel alleged that officers barge inside their rooms and click pictures without their consent.
 

The Madras high court has said that distribution of free rice has made the people of Tamil Nadu lazy and observed that free PDS rice given to ration card holders should be restricted only to families below the poverty line.

The coastal and delta districts of Tamil Nadu, including Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Ramanathapuram, Thiruvarur, Thanjavur, Trichy, Pudukottai, Dindigul and Puducherry have seen massive destruction after the storm ― Cyclone Gaja ― hit these areas.