Tamil lyricist and author R. Vairamuthu has been selected for the Jnanpith Award, the nation’s highest literary honour. He is the third Tamil literary figure to receive the award, after a gap of 24 ...

This was announced by the Bharatiya Jnanpith on Saturday. The 60th Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour, for the year 2025 will be conferred on distinguished Tamil poet, lyricist and writer ...

Tamil Nadu, one of the three Opposition-ruled states going to polls in this round of assembly elections along with Bengal and Kerala, is expecting to see a tough contest between the ruling DMK of ...

Over 15% of Tamil Nadu electors have been deleted from the voter lists as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. In Chennai alone, more than 35% of voters’ names ...

Among them, 12.51 lakh are aged 18-19, 4.63 lakh are persons with disabilities, and 3.99 lakh are senior citizens aged 85 and above. The rolls were revised between October 27, 2025, and February 23, ...

The emergence of actor-turned-politician Vijay and his party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has become one of the most closely watched developments in the run-up to the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative ...

Ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly elections 2026, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) finalised its seat-sharing arrangement, with BJP to fight on 27 seats out of 234 while All India Anna Dravida ...

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JDK 26 moves to general production availability. This short-term release is backed by six months of Premier-level support. Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, the latest standard Java release from Oracle, ...

The Great Living Chola Temples were built by kings of the Chola Empire, which stretched over all of south India and the neighbouring islands. The site includes three great 11th- and 12th-century ...

The VCK earlier sought ten seats, and finally settled for eight during the second round of discussions held on Tuesday.