Residents of an area in the Srivilliputhur Assembly constituency boycotted the election to protest the government’s failure to remove the caste name
They received their voter IDs only recently
The community established schools not only in Tirunelveli district but also in other parts of Tamil Nadu. Now, there are 28 schools originally established by the community that are functioning as government-aided primary schools in Tirunelveli
The portal, established under the recently introduced Tamil Nadu Money Lending Entities (Prevention of Coercive Actions) Act, 2025, seeks to regulate money lending activities in the State, especially by preventing coercive, unfair, and illegal recovery practices
In the absence of accepted identity proof, the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation has been holding back fund allocation to ST families, say activists
The horrific crime took place in June 2020 in Sattankulam, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, during the countrywide COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. It shocked civil society and sparked widespread protests