Even before Tamil Nadu’s interim Budget was presented on February 17, it was clear that there could be nothing as big as the February 13 announcement of a one-time payment of Rs.5,000 for women under ...

Producer V. Tamil Azhagan, a prominent figure in Tamil cinema and the eldest son of late producer and politician R. M. Veerappan, passed away on February 14 due to age-related health issues. He was ...

A rather unusual situation arose at the famed Dhandayudhapani Swamy Temple in Tamil Nadu's Palani after a youth played a song featuring actor-politician Vijay over the temple's public address system.

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu government on Friday credited Rs 3,000 in advance to 1.31 crore women beneficiaries, along with an additional Rs 2,000 as a "summer special package" under the Kalaignar Women's ...

CHENNAI: In a discovery that reinforces the footprint of ancient Tamil civilisation across the globe, around 30 inscriptions, the majority of them in Tamil Brahmi, the early Tamil script, have been ...

In the dim corridors of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, where New Kingdom pharaohs were buried more than three millennia ago, visitors have long left their marks. Predominant among the graffiti are Greek ...

A Tamil trader who travelled to Egypt around 2,000 years ago carved his name inside the rock-cut tombs of Egyptian pharaohs in the Valley of Kings, and the markings have now been identified by Swiss ...

The findings, which confirm that ancient Tamil traders travelled deep into the Egyptian interior for exploration and tourism, were presented by Swiss scholar Professor Ingo Strauch on the inaugural ...

Of 30 inscriptions uncovered at the Valley of Kings by Strauch and Schmid, 20 are in Tamil. CHENNAI: Around 2,000 years ago, a Tamil trader who visited the rock-cut tombs of Egyptian pharaohs ...

The discovery is expected to provide new evidence of direct, two-way contact between ancient Tamil traders and Egypt during the Roman period._Representative photo Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions in Egypt's ...

A path-breaking finding has shed new light on trade links between ancient Tamilagam, other parts of India and the Roman Empire. Two researchers have identified close to 30 inscriptions in Tamil Brahmi ...

The ECI said it has been a consistent policy that officers directly connected with election work are not posted in their home districts or places where they have served for a considerable period.