‘Untouchability at IIT Madras’: Segregation of dining hall for ‘pure vegetarian’ students sparks row

RR North Indian Students Mess has designated separate entrances and even wash basins for vegetarian and non-vegetarian students.

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Sri Sri’s Art of Living and the art of hosting a private event at heritage temple site in Tamil Nadu

A state government department played a key role in getting permission from the ASI for Thanjavur’s Brihadisvara temple where private events are prohibited.

S Senthalir

· Dec 06, 2018 · 10:33 pm

‘We are not spies’: French journalist booked by Tamil Nadu Police dismisses trespassing charge

Jules Giraudat also says two Indian reporters on police radar did not help him and his colleague enter restricted area in Kanyakumari.

S Senthalir

· Dec 06, 2018 · 06:30 am

Sterlite Copper row: Activists question neutrality of NGT panel that found closure of plant illegal

The National Green Tribunal will hold the final hearing in the case on December 7.

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· Nov 29, 2018 · 07:46 am

Cyclone Gaja: Absence of local body officials has crippled relief, rebuilding process in Tamil Nadu

Ten days after disaster struck, the majority of those affected are still in camps and the government is struggling to bring things back to normal.

S Senthalir

· Nov 27, 2018 · 09:00 am

Love in Hosur: Couple who wanted to build a life across caste lines are strangled, thrown into river

As another inter-caste couple in Tamil Nadu is murdered, activists demand new law to prosecute such crimes.

S Senthalir

· Nov 21, 2018 · 09:00 am

Gen ’92 on Ram temple: ‘It’s more important to focus on the development of the country’

A Tamil literature student in Coimbatore rues the fact that the national discourse still revolves around eulogising Ram.

S Senthalir

· Nov 13, 2018 · 08:30 pm

In Tamil Nadu, outrage mounts as Adivasi girl dies – family says police refused to register rape

The police failed to arrest the accused while doctors at two government hospitals were negligent in treating the victim, the parents allege.

S Senthalir

· Nov 11, 2018 · 06:00 am

Uproar over ‘Sarkar’ is evidence that the ruling AIADMK has lost the plot in Tamil Nadu

Actor Vijay’s announcement that he intends to join politics has set the party on edge – and made the rival DMK nervous too.

S Senthalir

· Nov 10, 2018 · 06:30 am

How did the police fare in implementing Supreme Court restrictions on firecrackers?

On Wednesday evening, reports from across India said that the court deadline was being violated. Earlier, Scroll.in checked how sales were being policed.

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Arunabh Saikia

· Nov 08, 2018 · 06:30 am

#MeToo: The fight against sexual harassment has left four garment workers in Tamil Nadu without jobs

The #MeToo movement in India is yet to reach the garment industry.

S Senthalir

· Nov 05, 2018 · 09:00 am

In Tamil Nadu, beheading of a 14-year-old is suspected to be a caste crime

Police are also looking into the victim’s family’s charge that the accused sexually harassed her.

S Senthalir

· Oct 27, 2018 · 09:43 pm