Articles by KV Lakshmana
9 killed as portion of transport corporation building collapses in Nagapattinam
A portion of an over six-decade-old building of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation’s Porayar branch in Nagapattinam district collapsed this morning killing eight crew members

Updated on Oct 20, 2017 04:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
Devotee falls to death during ritual walk around hill temple in TN’s Namakkal
The Lord Sanjeevi Rayar Perumal temple is situated atop a 2,400-feet high hill near the border of Namakkal and Triruchirappli districts. The path around it is narrow and steep, looking down at rocky surface, with no safety railings or wall.

Updated on Oct 16, 2017 09:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana, Chennai
Honour killing: Parents kill girl near Madurai for relationship with Dalit boy
Honour killing reared it head once again, this time in a village in Madurai where an upper caste girl paid with her life for her friendship with a boy of another caste.

Updated on Oct 14, 2017 04:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
40 die of dengue in Tamil Nadu, activists say numbers could be double
Healthcare activists say cases are underreported and the death toll could be double the number.

Updated on Oct 11, 2017 06:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
SC ban on firecrackers: Industry stares at Rs 1,000-crore loss, layoffs
Workers from the firecracker industry lamented, saying crackers cause pollution only for a week at best, but vehicles pollute 24x7 all 365 days.

Updated on Oct 09, 2017 11:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
M Natarajan’s organ transplant stirs row
Tamil Nadu BJP raises questions over treatment provided to Sasikala’s husband.

Updated on Oct 06, 2017 12:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
Sasikala’s husband undergoes organ transplant surgery, recovering at Chennai hospital
The kidney and liver were acquired from the body of Karthik, a daily wage labourer who was involved in a fatal accident. The organs were brought to the TN capital by air ambulance on Monday night.

Updated on Oct 04, 2017 06:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
Unable to pay for dengue treatment, Tamil Nadu woman throws son into well, kills self
Around 3.30am, the husband found his wife and six-month-child missing and it was in the morning that his neighbours found their bodies in the well near their house; dengue has claimed 27 lives in Tamil Nadu so far.

Updated on Oct 04, 2017 05:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
‘It takes more than stardom to be successful in politics’: Rajinikanth takes a dig at Kamal Haasan
This is the first time the two actors, who have both hinted at plans for politics, shared a stage with members of the state Cabinet after Haasan attacked the ruling AIADMK.

Updated on Oct 01, 2017 11:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
AIADMK tussle may throw up new Tamil Nadu guv Banwarilal Purohit’s first big test
Experts say Purohit will likely give the BJP and the RSS an advantage as it tries to expand in the southern state

Updated on Oct 01, 2017 08:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana, Chennai
Rushed to hospital unconscious, high sugar levels: TN oppn seeks answers on Jaya
The DMK reiterated its demand for a CBI probe into the death of the former chief minister.

Updated on Sep 28, 2017 04:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
Madras HC asks EC to explain Jayalalithaa’s thumb impression on election form
Advocate for DMK’s P Sarvanan questioned the authenticity of Jayalalithaa’s thumb impression that was affixed on the ‘C form’ that has to be signed by a candidate’s party chief.

Updated on Sep 27, 2017 03:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
Website gets threat calls over story on half-naked girls in Madurai temple
The story had spurred the local administration to launch a probe which seems to angered many supporters of the temple ritual.

Updated on Sep 27, 2017 01:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
Claims, counterclaims on Jaya’s hospitalisation deepen ‘mystery’ over Amma death
A raft of statements by several Tamil Nadu ministers comes before a one-man panel begins a probe into the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa

Updated on Sep 27, 2017 12:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
Madurai professor stabbed by ex-guest lecturer for not renewing contract
The woman professor, who heads the journalism and science communication department, was stabbed by the guest lecturer over her refusal to renew his contract.

Updated on Sep 26, 2017 07:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
With AIADMK leaders taking on masters, DMK could be the real gainer in Tamil Nadu
Far from its image of a well administered state, Tamil Nadu has reached a point where it is run by judicial fiats. The government seems hamstrung even in making routine administrative decisions

Updated on Sep 26, 2017 12:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KV Lakshmana
65-yr-old woman may get pardon for killing son who tried to rape his daughter
Local police officers say they are sympathetic to the old woman. Sivaganga SP said the investigating officers were asked to discuss with legal officers how best she could be helped.

Updated on Sep 22, 2017 12:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
Focus on fighting corruption, says Kamal Haasan after meeting Kejriwal
Kamal Haasan said he was honoured by Kejriwal’s visit and his endeavour was to seek advice from anyone fighting against communalism and corruption.

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 09:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
Madras HC stays floor test till Oct 4, Dinakaran says ‘justice on our side’
Eight of the 18 MLAs had moved court challenging the action against them under the anti-defection law as ‘unauthorised’ and ‘illegal’.

Updated on Sep 20, 2017 06:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
Madras HC says no Tamil Nadu floor test for now
With the disqualification of 18 dissident MLAs, the magic number in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly comes to 108, giving CM Palaniswami an upper hand in the AIADMK power struggle.

Updated on Sep 20, 2017 04:41 PM IST
Chennai, Hindustan Times | KV Lakshmana
Will disqualification of 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs stand legal scrutiny? Experts divided
The disqualification was a boost to chief minister E Palaniswami because it brought the halfway mark in the 234-member assembly to 108 from 117. The AIADMK government claims the support of 114 MLAs

Updated on Sep 19, 2017 10:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
AIADMK power struggle: Madras HC says no floor test before September 20
The order by Madras high court came on a petition by expelled AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran, who claims he has the support of enough MLAs to bring down the government.

Updated on Sep 14, 2017 08:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | KV Lakshmana
AIADMK crisis: Dinakaran complains Tamil Nadu police harassing MLAs loyal to him
TTV Dinakaran is the nephew of sacked party chief VK Sasikala, who had appointed him her deputy before going to jail for corruption in February. Her political ambitions triggered a split in the AIADMK.

Updated on Sep 13, 2017 07:45 PM IST
Chennai, Hindustan Times | KV Lakshmana
AIADMK removes Sasikala from all party posts, Jaya to be ‘eternal general secy’
The meeting was convened after two rebel factions headed by O Panneerselvam and E Palaniswami merged last month.

Updated on Sep 12, 2017 10:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
Medical admission suspended as CMC Vellore could not follow own processes
A Christian Medical College official has said that NEET gives only the scores and it is clearly not enough to judge a candidate

Updated on Sep 06, 2017 05:21 PM IST
Tamil Nadu: Jallikattu-type stir in the making on NEET petitioner Anitha’s suicide
Slowly but surely, protests over Dalit girl S Anitha’s suicide are building into another Jallikattu type stir with student unrest spreading across Tamil Nadu

Updated on Sep 06, 2017 12:15 AM IST
Hindustan times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
EPS camp claims majority after AIADMK meet, but Dinakaran and Stalin not convinced
Although Palanisami has supposedly managed to shore up his strength to 111 MLAs, his government is still short of six legislators to achieve the magic figure of 117 in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly.

Updated on Sep 05, 2017 06:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
‘I do not know what is NEET’: Tug of war over eligibility test destroyed Anitha’s dreams
Anitha had said in a video: “I want to work for my society as a doctor. I have four brothers and father. His name is Shanmugam and he is a coolie... Can you help me study medicine?”

Updated on Sep 06, 2017 09:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana
Can Blue Whale game be banned, Madras HC asks govt to explore possibility
The Blue Whale Challenge is reportedly a suicide game in which the player is given certain tasks to complete over a period of 50 days and the final task leads him or her to commit suicide.

Updated on Sep 04, 2017 05:39 PM IST
Press Trust of India, Madurai | KV Lakshmana
Protests in Chennai over NEET petitioner Anitha’s suicide, Centre blamed
The Tamil Nadu girl was among a handful of students who petitioned the Supreme Court against NEET, who claimed it was detrimental to interests of students from rural areas.

Updated on Sep 03, 2017 08:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai |
KV Lakshmana