The findings, which confirm that ancient Tamil traders travelled deep into the Egyptian interior for exploration and tourism, were presented by Swiss scholar Professor Ingo Strauch on the inaugural ...

Of 30 inscriptions uncovered at the Valley of Kings by Strauch and Schmid, 20 are in Tamil. CHENNAI: Around 2,000 years ago, a Tamil trader who visited the rock-cut tombs of Egyptian pharaohs ...

The discovery is expected to provide new evidence of direct, two-way contact between ancient Tamil traders and Egypt during the Roman period._Representative photo Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions in Egypt's ...

A path-breaking finding has shed new light on trade links between ancient Tamilagam, other parts of India and the Roman Empire. Two researchers have identified close to 30 inscriptions in Tamil Brahmi ...

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi walked out of the state assembly on Tuesday before delivering his inaugural address, expressing disappointment over what he said was a lack of respect for the ...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has published the draft electoral roll of voters in Tamil Nadu on Friday (December 19, 2025), after carrying out the much-debated Special Intensive Revision (SIR ...

A 40-year-old man died after setting himself on fire in Madurai this evening in an incident the police suspect is suicide linked to the ongoing controversy over the lighting of a deepam on a pillar at ...

Cyclone Ditwah is heading towards the coast of Tamil Nadu and is causing widespread rainfall in various districts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh. Amid the severe weather conditions, ...

Amid the ongoing intense rainfall in Chennai, various parts of Tamil Nadu, schools and colleges in Chennai, other districts in Tamil Nadu are likely to be closed on Thursday, November 27. However, as ...

A landslide in Java, Indonesia, has killed 11 people. The landslide hit Cibeunying village on November 13, after days of heavy rain. Twelve people are still missing, with victims buried up to 8 metres ...