Grieving over the death of her daughter, Anitha’s father on Saturday said that his daughter managed to study hard in even difficult circumstances and was concerned about the NEET exam. The 17-year-old Dalit girl, who led a campaign against National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) exams, committed suicide on Friday.[Read More…]
S.Anitha, the state board student who filed a case in the Supreme Court against National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for medical admissions, has allegedly committed suicide at her house at Kuzhumur village near Sendurai on Friday. The 17-year old Dalit girl, who was a daughter of a daily wage[Read More…]
A 12-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu allegedly killed herself on Monday after her teacher scolded her in class for staining her uniform with menstrual blood. The girl jumped off a 25-foot-high building in her hometown in Tirunelveli, over 600 km from Chennai. She was studying in class 7. She had[Read More…]
The Centre on Sunday agreed to grant an exemption to Tamil Nadu from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses this year. The decision was announced by union minister Nirmala Sitharaman at an event in Chennai. State health minister, Vijayabaskar confirmed that the[Read More…]
The Madras High Court on Tuesday made the singing of Vande Mataram in schools, government offices, private entities and industries compulsory in Tamil Nadu. Justice M V Muralidharan stated that schools must sing it at least once a week either on Monday or Friday, and offices should sing it at[Read More…]
Actor-filmmaker, Kamal Hassan has indicated his entry into politics after he tweeted a Tamil poem on Tuesday night. “Let us criticise as nobody now is the king. We will stand up as we are not a king like you. Defeated and dead then militant. If I decide, I am Chief Minister.[Read More…]
A school in Tamil Nadu demonstrated before the District collector’s office on Monday demanding for adequate teaching staff. As the Government Adi-Dravidar High School of Kettavaram Palayam has only two teachers to handle all the 145 students in classes 1-10. “We have been repeatedly petitioning the Collector to address the[Read More…]
On Friday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Edappadi K Palaniswami, said that it is becoming a sort of ‘fashion’ that women and children are coming out in protest against Tasmac liquor shops in the state. He remarks came while the assembly was debating over the demands for grants for the home[Read More…]
Just when you thought that humanity is dead, this autorickshaw driver in Tamil Nadu is giving free rides to kids and pregnant women! This local superhero of Tamil Nadu city, Karuppusamy, a 25-year-old guy refuses to take money from pregnant women and schoolchildren for the rides he offers. This act[Read More…]
While protests against mob-lynching are intensifying across the country, especially when hate crimes have become an everyday phenomenon, an incident in Tamil Nadu, saw police thrashing cow vigilantes who resorted to violence in Dindugal district. As per NewsMinute reports, the vigilantes (members of the Hindu Munnani group) waylaid a truck[Read More…]
The local authorities say that the city of Chennai is facing an acute crisis of drinking water as the four major lakes of the city have dried up. Tamil Nadu is witnessing the worst drought in 140 years. The city requires 830 million litres of water a day, but the[Read More…]
Robert Payas, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case wrote to Tamil Nadu government seeking mercy killing. He said he should be killed on grounds of mercy and his body should be sent to his family. “Payas has petitioned the government through the Puzhal prison authorities,” said[Read More…]
According to the sources, the Tamil Nadu government is soon going to construct two lakh houses for the marginalised at a cost of Rs 7,800 crore. The initiative has been taken under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). As per the reports of Express, under Beneficiary Led construction (BLC) 1.84 independent[Read More…]
Health Minister, C Vijaya Basker, said on Thursday that the Tamil Nadu government is examining legal options for providing sub-quota for rural students in medical admission. The statement came when the Assembly witnessed the intense debate over the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test. It was a response to the issue[Read More…]
In order to provide a central point for processing of blood and their supply, a Metro Blood Bank is going to be launched in Chennai very soon. A state-of-the-art facility will coordinate with other health centres and will provide blood to the needy. The announcement was made by the Health[Read More…]
Transport Minister and Transport Secretary, M R Vijayabaskar and P W C Davidar, inspected a model electric bus on Monday, week after announcing the launch of electric buses in Chennai. The buses were manufactured by Ashok Leyland and the trial was taken at the Pallavan Salai MTC depot. However, Vijayabhaskar termed[Read More…]
Poes Garden witnessed a high drama on Sunday morning when Late Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa’s niece Deepa Jayakumar, tried to enter her aunt’s bungalow and was allegedly stopped by Dinakaran’s supporters. She alleged that the ruling AIADMK Deputy General Secretary, T T V Dhinakaran’s supporters restricted her from entering her aunt’s[Read More…]
In a recent development, Madras High Court on Saturday directed CBSE, Medical Council of India (MCI) and the Union and Tamil Nadu governments’ health departments to furnish their replies to the 12 questions raised by the court when the NEET matter is taken up further on June 27. The Madras High Court asked whether[Read More…]
In order to promote agricultural activities and turning the dry land into a fertile area, the state government is going to employ 200 clusters in 25 districts in Tamil Nadu. The initiative has been taken under the Mission on Sustainable Dryland Agriculture (MSDA) which will further improve the livelihood of[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu’s smart city projects will now move faster at a different pace. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Germany assured that Indo-German pacts would boost the TN smart city projects further. According to Secretariat sources: “TN is looking forward to German technologies to execute smart city projects and[Read More…]
A 15-year old girl was allegedly raped in Tamil Nadu by two drivers and a conductor in a bus. The three men, who committed the crime on Tuesday night have been arrested. However, the incident brings back the haunting memories of Nirbhaya, December 16, 2012. The incident came to the[Read More…]
On Monday, AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran, who is on bail in a case of alleged bribery sticking to his previous statement said that a section of state ministers had revolted against him due to ‘some fears’. However, he declined to say what these ‘fears’ are. The ‘fears’ were ‘selfish’ in[Read More…]
On Saturday, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said that Tamil Nadu would soon come out with an aerospace and defence policy aimed at benefitting companies planning to invest in these sectors. “I am happy to inform that the state Government, along with Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation, is engaged in setting[Read More…]
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced its result for class X today on its official website cbse.nic.in. Until now, the results of 11 regions, including, Allahabad, Chennai, Delhi, Dehradun, Trivandrum, Ajmer, Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Madras, Guwahati and Patna have been announced. However, the board informed that the results of[Read More…]
Continuing the family tradition, a group of ten women dabbawalas have been delivering hot lunches to office-goers at their workplaces for the past 20 years. The group, led by G Malliga, is the third generation of a family that had been distributing lunch boxes from their homes to the office[Read More…]