Palaniswami gets the portfolios of public, police, home, finance, PWD, highways and minor ports and personnel and administrative reforms.

Jayalalithaa's Cabinet is a mix of those who had previously been ministers during 2011-16, in previous AIADMK tenures and new faces.

The Centre would share 50 per cent, the state would bear 40 per cent of the cost and beneficiaries would pitch in with 10 per cent in the c...

Five Indian guars were found dead in a reserve forest at Karalayam Village near Kadambur in Sathyamangalam in Erode district on Friday.

A 20-year-old male elephant was found dead due to an ailment at nearby Kadambur range this morning, forest department officials said.