Author Nirmala Lakshman explores Sangam poetry and Tamil history in a conversation at The Purple Turtles on February 11.

Long before Rome, before China's Iron Age, Tamil Nadu was already forging some of the world's finest swords. New archaeological discoveries reveal that South India's iron technology dates back over 5, ...

History-sheeter 'Odappu' Siva detained under Goondas Act for ganja peddling, with eight pending cases against him.

Mohamed Shanavas, who said setting up a museum showcasing the town’s Buddhist heritage would be a milestone in Tamil Nadu’s history. “People following Buddhism in various countries visit ...

Tamil Nadu's archaeology department recently released stunning evidence that Chief Minister MK Stalin said showed the Iron ...

DOHA: Tamil Literary Club of Birla Public School has celebrated Tamil Language Day in the Basant Kumar Birla Auditorium. The ...

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Thursday joined a protest led by the DMK students wing at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi ...

They argued that literature could just be a figment of the author’s imagination and cannot stand scrutiny in the study of history. But adamant Tamil historians insisted that there indeed was a ...

A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural ...

History was made on January 27 when Samsung India Workers Union (SIWU) was registered by the Tamil Nadu government. But this ...

Sri Lankan civil war; mass evacuation in Haicheng earthquake; McCarthy gives first anti-communist speech; Nepal abolishes ...