Divya Chandrababu is an award-winning political and human rights journalist based in Chennai, India. Divya is presently Assistant Editor of the Hindustan Times where she covers Tamil Nadu & Puducherry. She started her career as a broadcast journalist at NDTV-Hindu where she anchored and wrote prime time news bulletins. Later, she covered politics, development, mental health, child and disability rights for The Times of India. Divya has been a journalism fellow for several programs including the Asia Journalism Fellowship at Singapore and the KAS Media Asia- The Caravan for narrative journalism. Divya has a master's in politics and international studies from the University of Warwick, UK. As an independent journalist Divya has written for Indian and foreign publications on domestic and international affairs.
Articles by Divya Chandrababu
EPS-Shah meet intensifies buzz on BJP, AIADMK ties
AIADMK's Edappadi K Palaniswami met Amit Shah amid talks of a possible alliance with BJP for the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly polls against DMK.
Published on Mar 26, 2025 08:20 AM IST
Will soon make an announcement, says Stalin amid NEP row
Amid the ongoing war on language and delimitation between the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government and the Union government, a special calling attention motion by legislators of the ruling alliance was moved on the first issue
Published on Mar 26, 2025 08:04 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Madras HC bench recuses from hearing TASMAC plea against ED
The development comes days after the Tamil Nadu government and TASMAC moved court challenging ED’s raids at the latter’s headquarters in Chennai between March 6 and 8
Published on Mar 26, 2025 07:56 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
YouTuber Savukku accuses Congress chief over ‘attack’ on his residence
A group of 20 people, some of them dressed as sanitary workers, allegedly barged into Shankar’s residence and dumped sewage waste and human faeces and also verbally abused his mother
Published on Mar 26, 2025 07:54 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Freeze Lok Sabha seats for 25 more years: Oppn
The political parties from different states represented in the meeting will initiate efforts to bring appropriate legislative assembly resolutions in their respective states on the issue and communicate it to the Union government
Published on Mar 23, 2025 06:46 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Initiative to protect the country: Stalin on eve ofDMK’s delimitation meet
Stalin sent letters to the CMs of seven states, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, West Bengal and Punjab
Published on Mar 22, 2025 07:22 AM IST
Tamil Nadu HC directs ED not to proceed further in TASMAC probe case
Madras HC temporarily halted ED searches at TASMAC, citing excessive actions and employee rights violations, until the next hearing on March 25.
Published on Mar 21, 2025 08:58 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Stalin: Unbiased probe in former cop’s murder
The victim, Zakir Hussein, was murdered by a four member gang on Tuesday (Check) while he was returning to his residence on his two-wheeler.
Published on Mar 20, 2025 09:36 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Tamil Nadu government, TASMAC move court against ED raids
The writ petition, filed earlier this week, seeks the court’s direction to order the ED that its searchers without the consent of the state are against federalism.
Published on Mar 20, 2025 09:32 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Puducherry shop names to be in Tamil: CM
The chief minister said that the government has also decided that all invitations for its departmental events should include a Tamil version
Published on Mar 19, 2025 08:56 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
No-confidence motion against Tamil Nadu speaker by AIADMK defeated
AIADMK’s no-confidence motion sought to remove assembly speaker M Appavu was defeated, with 154 MLAs from the ruling DMK and its allies including the Congress against it in a voice vote
Published on Mar 18, 2025 07:38 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Annamalai, BJP leaders detained ahead of protest against TASMAC
Annamalai was detained while he was leaving his residence in Chennai’s Akkarai to proceed towards TASMAC’s headquarters in Egmore in the city
Published on Mar 18, 2025 07:14 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Vijay accuses DMK of indulging in graft, BJP extends support to him
Recently, the ED conducted raids in TASMAC and the agency found irregularities to the tune of ₹1,000 crore and accused that the DMK was using corrupt money to fund its welfare programmes
Published on Mar 17, 2025 07:12 AM IST
Annual growth rate of over 12% needed for TN to become $1 trillion economy by 2030: Survey
The survey was released a day before the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government tables its last full-fledged budget on March 14 ahead of the 2026 assembly elections
Published on Mar 14, 2025 06:48 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
‘Unaccounted’ cash deals worth ₹1,000 cr in TASMAC, says ED
Evidence revealed direct communication between distillery companies and senior TASMAC officials, exposing efforts to secure increased indent orders and undue favours.
Published on Mar 14, 2025 06:44 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Hindi row takes new turn as Tamil Nadu replaces ₹ symbol
In response, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman accused DMK of promoting secessionist sentiments under the pretence of regional pride
Updated on Mar 14, 2025 04:48 AM IST
TN govt replaces rupee symbol with Tamil alphabet in state budget logo
This comes a day after Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin led a state-wide protest against the Union government amid an uproar over the National Education Policy (NEP)
Published on Mar 13, 2025 05:39 PM IST
Stalin leads protests against ‘saffron’ NEP
Tamil Nadu views the three-language formula, a key aspect of NEP, as a “proxy for Hindi imposition”, says Tamil Nadu CM
Published on Mar 13, 2025 05:44 AM IST
Stalin intensifies attack over NEP, slams Pradhan for his ‘arrogance’
Stalin accused Dharmendra Pradhan of “arrogance” and being deceitful in response to the latter’s remarks in the Lok Sabha
Updated on Mar 11, 2025 06:02 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Demanding linguistic equality is not chauvinism, says Stalin
In response, the state’s BJP unit called the Tamil Nadu CM’s fear over the three-language policy as “hallucinatory”
Published on Mar 07, 2025 06:36 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Lift ban on website over Modi-Trump cartoon row, HC directs Centre
The cartoon was deemed by the Centre to be ‘detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of India’ and its ‘friendly relations with foreign states’
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 04:49 AM IST
Kishor meets Vijay ahead of 2026 state polls
Vijay who launched the TVK last year in the peak of his career in Tamil cinema will make his debut in the 2026 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu
Published on Feb 11, 2025 08:20 AM IST
Ex-AIADMK minister boycotts event to felicitate Palaniswami
Sengottaiyan said photos of former Tamil Nadu CM and AIADMK founder MGR and his successor J Jayalalithaa were missing in the hoardings at the event
Published on Feb 11, 2025 08:00 AM IST
TN next target of BJP’s divisive politics, says DMK coalition
The statement was signed by 12 parties in the DMK’s coalition and part of the INDIA bloc, including Congress, Left parties (CPI, CPI-M) and Indian Union Muslim League
Published on Feb 10, 2025 06:46 AM IST
9-year-old girl sexually abused in Trichy, 4 held
Four arrested in Tamil Nadu for alleged sexual assault of a nine-year-old student by a school trustee, sparking outrage and political criticism.
Published on Feb 08, 2025 09:22 AM IST
Woman resists sexual assault bid, thrown from moving train in Vellore
The injured woman was noticed by local residents and passengers near the railway tracks, who alerted the railway police
Published on Feb 08, 2025 09:08 AM IST
TN minister accuses BJP of attempting to stoke violence over Thiruparankundram issue
Madurai district collector MS Sangeetha said in a statement on Wednesday that while the residents are living in harmony, “outsiders” from both sides are creating trouble in the matter
Published on Feb 06, 2025 08:34 AM IST
Woman sexually assaulted inside auto in TN: Police
Police said that the incident took place when the woman was waiting for a bus outside the Kilambakkam bus terminus in Tambaram near Chennai
Published on Feb 06, 2025 07:48 AM IST
Anna varsity case: HC pulls up SIT for ‘harassing’ journalists
Justice GK Ilanthirayan directed the SIT –which was previously constituted by the court– to refrain from harassing journalists under the pretext of questioning them while also instructing journalists to cooperate with the probe.
Published on Feb 05, 2025 08:42 AM IST
TN plans school policy to raise awareness about climate crisis
தமிழ்நாடு முதல்வர் எம்.கே. ஸ்டாலின், பள்ளிகளில் சுற்றுச்சூழல் களஞ்சியங்களை அமைத்து, மாணவர்களுக்கு காலநிலை மாற்றம் பற்றிய விழிப்புணர்வை ஏற்படுத்த அறிவித்தார்.
Published on Feb 05, 2025 07:40 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai