Chennai: School education minister A Rajmohan on Wednesday defended his cabinet colleague S Keerthana amid criticism over her recent visit to a govt school and her interaction with a student.Rajmohan told reporters that ministerial inspections of schools were a long-standing practice and that the industries minister had not recorded the video herself. He said there…
Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday urged the state and Centre to act on a war footing to offset the likely loss of around 600 govt medical seats if private medical colleges secure UGC approval to become deemed universities.Palaniswami said the conversion of private medical colleges into deemed universities would shrink TN’s…
CHENNAI: India’s dream of a century of Grandmasters is now within touching distance. The country is just two GMs short of the milestone, with three players earning the title in the last 12 days. The latest is Tamil Nadu’s S Aswath, who became India’s 98th GM after securing his third and final norm at the…
Rosewood trees on some private estates in the Nilgiris have been numbered, amid allegations that they are being readied for felling Shantha ThiagarajanMore than a year after the Tamil Nadu Rosewood Trees (Conservation) Act lapsed, the TN govt has neither disclosed whether its promise of encouraging rosewood cultivation has led to new plantations nor responded…
Chennai: The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Indian Bank has approved the public sector lender to raise upto Rs 5,000 crore. In a regulatory filing, the bank said, the issue, offer and allotment shall be either by way of Qualified Institutions Placements (QIPs), Follow on Public Issue, Rights Issue or in combination thereof with or…
Chennai: DMK MP P Wilson on Wednesday opposed Tamil Nadu govt’s reported move to include a University Grants Commission nominee in university vice-chancellor search committees.Wilson told reporters in Chennai that it would dilute the state’s constitutional authority over higher education and cede powers to Union govt. “Including a UGC nominee in the vice-chancellor selection panel…
Chennai: State govt has renamed three Secretariat departments under amendments to the Tamil Nadu Government Business Rules, 1978. Commercial taxes and registration department will now be known as ‘commercial taxes, registration and religious endowments department’; planning, development and special initiatives department as ‘planning and development department’; and tourism, culture and religious endowments department as ‘tourism,…
Announced in Jan, the pods are being set up at a cost of ₹30 crore Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation is building resting pods in its 200 wards for 10,000 sanitation workers to change and freshen up. The facilities are expected to be ready by the end of July.Announced in Jan, the pods are being set…
Chennai: Water released from the Mettur dam a week ago finally reached the Veeranam tank in Cuddalore district on Wednesday, bringing temporary relief to one of the city’s key drinking water sources. However, officials warned that the city’s current reserves may last only about three months if the monsoons fail to deliver sufficient rains.Water Resources…
Chennai: TNCC and the BJP state units were locked in a war of words on Wednesday over Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu dam, with the exchange extending to Centre-state relations, federalism and corruption.TNCC president P Manickam Tagore accused the BJP-led Union govt of fuelling confrontation between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka instead of resolving the Cauvery dispute. “BJP…
