A. Kandasamy

Sasikumar began working in films through his uncle A Kandasamy, who produced the film

Acting quickly in the murder of sub-inspector R Vetrivel in Tiruneveli on Thursday, the police nabbed three persons, including the main accused in the case.

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government has replaced Superintendent of Police, Kancheepuram, S Davidson Devasirvatham by K Premkumar, SP, Cuddalore, who heads the Special Investigation Team in the Kanchi Mutt case.

CHENNAI: In a major reshuffle in Tamil Nadu, the government has replaced the Superintendent of Police, Kancheepuram, Devasirvatham by K Premkumar, SP, Cuddalore.

The Special Court today adjourned to September 14, the disproportionate asset case filed against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.

In a shocking incident to which two state ministers were witness, a police sub-inspector was attacked with bombs and hacked to death by a group of assailants at Alwarkurichi in Tirunelveli district on Thursday.

Department of Mathematics, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal will organize a National Conference on Applications of Mathematics and Statistics in Engineering-2018 (NCAMSE-2018) from June 20- 22.

Furadan is one of the deadliest pesticides available in the Indian market. Known by its trade name of Carbofuran, this chemical causes neurological damage in humans and has been responsible for the deaths of millions of wild birds in many countries.

The green gram and cotton seeds are ready for distribution in every block-level agriculture office, but hardly any farmer has come forward to collect or buy them.

A 43-year-old drunk man tried robbing an ATM on the Sanganoor-Kavundampalayam Road in the wee hours of Monday but ended up getting locked inside it.

News of water being released by the Aliyar Dam spread cheer among farmers of Pollachi and Thirumoorthy Hills.The water is critical for irrigation of paddy wetlands, coconut groves and nurseries too.

A stray elephant roaming in Madukarai created havoc on Thursday night, entering a 17-acre land and destroying 200 banana plants.The caretaker of the land and his family approached the district collectorate for help.

An elephant which has been roaming around in Madukarai has caused havoc again, villagers said. On Thursday night, it entered a 17-acre land and destroyed 200 plantain trees, forcing the land’s caretaker and his family to approach the district collectorate for help.

They also said train timings should be useful for farmers.

Weather experts said parts of the district near the Western Ghats were likely to record up to 150mm rainfall during July 10 to 24, thanks to the formation of a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal near Andhra Pradesh that would lead to a surge in southwest monsoon activity in the Arabian Sea. While the main city areas and agricultural belts are not likely to receive adequate rainfall, dams are expected to get replenished, resolving drinking water and even irrigation issues to an extent.

The weekly farmers' grievance meeting held at the Coimbatore district collectorate on Friday witnessed noisy scenes when the collector's personal assistant announced that Thondamuthur block received 136mm of summer rains.

Even as truck movement at Walayar interstate check-post was hit for the second consecutive day, truckers toughened their stand, threatening to block all the 18 entry points from Tamil Nadu to Kerala.

Ginger cultivation has doubled in the district in the past six months, thanks to a novel initiative by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and the state horticulture department.

Worried farmers across the western region, who have eagerly been waiting for the northeast monsoon, are following the news bulletins carefully. The news of the monsoons reaching Chennai and Coimbatore soon has given them hope about their crop.

This is the harvest season for grape but only a few farms in the region continue to cultivate the fruit.

Tamil Nadu farmers, for long, have learnt to live with the uncertainties posed by interstate water disputes. They struggle without water if monsoon gets delayed or the storage in water bodies dwindles.

After a 10-day delay, farmers in the district block began cultivation of small onions, tomatoes and turmeric, earlier this week.

Turmeric farmers in the region are struggling to make ends meet. With the weather constantly playing truant, the erratic price fluctuations and lack of knowledge and infrastructure to market their products, farmers are stuck in a rut, unable to make a living out of turmeric cultivation.

With fresh showers yet to hit a large part of the district, farmers are a worried lot.The monsoons which are yet to reach the district are delayed by over five days.

An increase in production and harvest of small onions has resulted in the price of small onions falling by more than 50%.