Many Farmers in Coimbatore region on Friday threatened that they would resort to mass suicide if government goes ahead with its plan to increase power tariff. Representatives of various farmers’ associations told a public hearing on tariff revision here that the agriculture sector in Tamil Nadu is already in doldrums due to failure of monsoon and resultant drought.

A 19-year old boy has been arrested on charges of kidnapping a minor girl, the police said on Saturday.

Two persons were killed and six others sustained injuries in an explosion at a private fireworks factory at Singampatti near Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday said the Tamil minority now wants to live peacefully in one country and slammed the Tamil diaspora for the lack of support in his reconciliation and rebuilding efforts in the former conflict zones.

Devotees on Thursday thronged the famous Himalayan shrine of Badrinath in Uttarakhand as its sacred portals were thrown open to the public after six months of closure due to snow-bound conditions.

Expressing surprise over S&P's threat to downgrade India's credit rating, industry bodies on Friday termed the global agency's affirming its negative outlook on the country as unfortunate and harsh.

Expressing disappointment over S&P's rating action, the government on Friday said its fiscal policies are on the right track and there is nothing to be worried about.

An employee of the electricity department was forced to return the bribe he had taken from consumers after complaints were lodged on the Facebook page of the district collector.

Veteran Tamil Nadu batsman S Badrinath has been recalled into the Indian Test team as replacement of the just retired VVS Laxman.

The Tamil Nadu State Board of School Examination on Thursday announced results of Higher Secondary (Class XII) for 2013.