A second straight term for Stalin would see him go one better on his father, DMK founder M Karunanidhi. A whittled-down ADMK would be hoping for thrust from tie-up with BJP, while Vijay’s TVK can pose ...

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 ...

Remembering him, Rajinikanth wrote, “The esteemed late Thiru R.M. Veerappan’s son, my dear younger brother Tamilazhagan—a truly wonderful human being.” “His sudden passing causes me immense grief. May ...

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 ...

More than two millennia ago, traders from the Indian subcontinent may have walked through the same arid landscapes that today draw travellers from across the globe. In a discovery that bridges South ...

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 ...

Two senior Congress leaders have questioned Tamil Nadu's ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam over delayed seat-share talks before the Assembly election likely in April. Lok Sabha MPs Manickam Tagore and ...

With only a few months to go for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK), led by T.T.V. Dhinakaran, on Wednesday (January 21, 2026) rejoined the National Democratic ...

For more than two centuries, Tamil tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka have been trapped in poverty, enduring structural discrimination and hazardous conditions despite repeated promises of reform.