Udupi: Marking the 50th anniversary of Kilvenmani massacre, Dalit writer and activists G Rajashekhar has slammed the media for ignoring the serious issues related to Dalit atrocities in India. Rajashekhar stated that media has been ignorant in covering the intolerance against Dalits and minorities. District units of Karnataka Komu Souharda[Read More…]
Tag: Tamil Nadu
Proud moment! NASA features Tamil Nadu boy’s painting in 2019 New Year Calendar
It’s a proud moment for India that National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) selected and featured a Tamil Nadu boy’s painting in its 2019 New Year Calendar. N Thainmulkel, a 12-year-old student hailing from Dindigul district sent the agency a painting by him with ‘Space Food’ as the theme. His work was[Read More…]
Congress pays lip service to farmers, national security punching bag: Modi
New Delhi: In the wake of defeat by the Congress in Assembly elections in the Hindi heartland, with agrarian crisis as a major poll plank against his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress of paying only “lip service” to farmers while ignoring their welfare. Video-interacting with[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu: 7-year-old girl files police complaint after father fails to build toilet in home
Whether inspired by PM Modi’s ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ or Akshay Kumar’s movie – Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, this 7-year-old girl from Tail Nadu is adamant on having a toilet in home. The girl filed a complaint against her father accusing him of ‘cheating’. The girl told the cops that she[Read More…]
TNMRB Assistant Surgeon Exam Result 2018 declared @ mrb.tn.gov.in, know how to check scores
TNMRB Assistant Surgeon Exam Result 2018 update: Tamil Nadu Medical Services Recruitment Board has announced the TNMRB Assistant Surgeon Exam Result 2018. Candidates who appeared for the TNMRB Assistant Surgeon Exam, held on December 9 in Chennai, can now check their result on the official website. Guide to download TNMRB[Read More…]
Race to Rajya Sabha: Congress eying on Kanimozhi’s seat for Manmohan Singh
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Rajya Sabha term is ending on June 14, 2019, and Congress party is trying to send him to the upper house from Tamil Nadu where six Rajya Sabha seat will be vacated in July. According to sources, Congress party is trying to nominate Dr[Read More…]
NEET 2018: SC scraps decision to award 196 grace marks to candidates who took the exam in Tamil
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of Madras High Court over awarding the 196 grace mark for students, writing exams in Tamil under National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). 24,000 students were earlier given the grace mark for writing the exam in their native language. A[Read More…]
Gaja cyclone: Rajnath promises all help to Tamil Nadu
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday took stock of the situation in Tamil Nadu where severe cyclonic storm Gaja has battered coastal areas leaving 11 dead so far, and assured Chief Minister E.K. Palaniswami of all possible Central assistance. The Minister spoke with Palaniswami on phone and[Read More…]
Cyclone Gaja live updates: 13 killed in Tamil Nadu; over 81,000 people evacuated
A partially-damaged statue of Jesus Christ at Velankanni in cyclone-hit Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority (TNSDMA) has issued warning to Tamil Nadu fishermen for the next 24 hours valid from 6pm on Friday. It has said winds will blow at speeds ranging from 30-40kmph to 50kmph[Read More…]
Sonia Gandhi to unveil Karunanidhi’s statue at DMK head quarter
New Delhi: Former All India Congress Committee (AICC) President and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi is going to unveil the late Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Chief M Karunanidhi’s statue at DMK’s Head Quarter in Chennai on December 16. A formal invitation to this ceremony will be conveyed by DMK President[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu celebrates Diwali, police cracks down for violating cracker norms
Chennai: People in Tamil Nadu celebrated Diwali with traditional fervour, starting off with special sesame oil bath, wearing new clothes and bursting firecrackers, while police registered cases against several of those who violated the cracker bursting time slot ordered by the government. Unlike previous years though the sound of the[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu celebrates Diwali
Chennai: People in Tamil Nadu celebrated Diwali with traditional fervour starting of with special sesame oil bath, wearing new clothes and bursting fire crackers. Unlike previous years though the sound of the bursting of fire crackers was rather subdued following the he Supreme Court-imposed restrictions. The state government has permitted[Read More…]
Rebel AIADMK MLAs prefer bye-polls to challenging disqualification
The Madras High Court order upholding disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs paves the way for immediate by-elections to fill the vacancies, along with two other seats that fell vacant due to death of incumbents. The disqualified MLAs on a Wednesday declared they will face bye-elections rather than move the Supreme[Read More…]
DMK’ mouthpiece resorts to damage control after criticizing Rajinikanth
2 days after publishing a scathing article, DMK mouthpiece Murasoli’s editor, S Selvam came up with a statement saying that the editorial team has been advised to take care while publishing such write-ups. “Who is the black sheep…Mae..Mae…Mae”, titled op-ed, comprised of a conversation between Mr Rajinikanth and an “innocent”[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu: With 20 seats vacant, it will be mini-assembly poll
Chennai: A total of 20 assembly seats are vacant in Tamil Nadu as of Thursday following the Madras High Court judgment in the AIADMK MLAs case and it will be a sort of mini-assembly elections if bypolls are to held simultaneously. The bypolls for 20 seats will be an acid[Read More…]
HC upholds TN Speaker’s decision disqualifying 18 TN MLAs
Chennai: The Supreme Court appointed third judge, Justice M. Sathyanarayanan of the Madras High Court, on Thursday upheld the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker’s decision disqualifying 18 AIADMK legislators in 2017. Pronouncing his decision in the split verdict that had previously been delivered, Sathyanarayanan upheld Speaker P. Dhanapal’s disqualification order. With[Read More…]
One-eyed people in Tamil Nadu denied driving license despite Centre’s order
The never-ending struggle of physically impaired and differently-abled people doesn’t seem to end in Tamil Nadu as the government in the state denies a license to the persons with monocular vision. Despite the Centre’s order to permit license to those who are legally blind in one eye in the country,[Read More…]
Air India plane survives disaster after hitting wall
Trichy/Mumbai: Passengers and crew on board an Air India Express flight from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu to Dubai escaped a disaster early on Friday when the aircraft’s wheels hit the airport’s outer wall while taking off. Although parts of the Boeing B737-800’s undercarriage were damaged, the pilots, unaware of the[Read More…]
Air India diverts flight to Mumbai after freak accident in Tamil Nadu
Trichy/Mumbai, Oct 12, The wheels of an Air India Express flight to Dubai from Tiruchirappalli or Trichy in Tamil Nadu hit the airport’s compound wall while taking off with 136 passengers on Friday. All passengers and crew are safe, an official said. The flight IX-611 which took off at around[Read More…]
Modi failed to secure pensioners’ rights, say protesters
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) A large number of elderly people and those with disabilities from across the country protested here on Sunday in support of their demands and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of failing to secure their right to pension. Converging on Parliament Street, the protesters, mostly labourers[Read More…]
DMK chief MK Stalin undergoes minor surgery
Chennai, Sep 27 (IANS) DMK President M.K. Stalin has undergone a minor surgery for removal of cyst from his right thigh, said Apollo Hospitals. In a statement issued here on Thursday the hospital said Stalin was admitted to the hospital late on Wednesday. “He underwent a minor surgical procedure for[Read More…]
DMK chief Stalin condemns killing of 15-yr-old boy for alleged mobile theft
DMK President M.K. Stalin on Monday demanded action against those who beat to death 15-year-old P. Balasubramani for allegedly stealing a mobile phone. In a statement issued here, Stalin said the killing of the boy, who belonged to Tamil Nadu’s Karur district, is condemnable and not acceptable in a civilised[Read More…]
Education remains a distant dream for students with disabilities in Tamil Nadu govt schools
To utmost contentment for Dev Nath and his parents, the teenager had passed his class 10th exams with flying colours. He was on cloud nine because he had scored 84 marks in Science while his teachers told him that he cannot pass and that he was a bad student. The[Read More…]
Jayalalithaa Death Probe: Apollo hospitals claim CCTV footage of her stay deleted
A new development has emerged in the investigation case of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalihaa’s death case where, the judicial commission probing the matter has failed to retrieve the crucial CCTV footage of the AIADMK chief’s final days. The commission, probing the circumstances leading to Jayalalithaa’s death, had asked[Read More…]
DUSU President Ankiv Baisoya’s degree is fake: Thiruvalluvar University
Newly elected Delhi University Students Union President Ankiv Baisoya is found to have submitted fake mark sheet and certificate for admission in Delhi University. Newly elected DU President Ankiv Basoya of ABVP, furnished fake marksheet & certificate for admission in DU, from Thiruvalluvar University. When NSUI in Tamil Nadu wrote[Read More…]