Former AIADMK minister Vellamandi R Natarajan has switched allegiance, joining the Vijay-led TVK party on May 27. CHENNAI: Former AIADMK minister Vellamandi R Natarajan has joined actor-politician Vijay’s TVK, party sources said on Thursday, marking yet another setback for the AIADMK amid a string of recent defections.Natarajan, who previously served as Tamil Nadu’s tourism minister,…
The rebel camp submitted a letter from Palaniswami requesting the speaker not to initiate action against the MLAs under the anti-defection law. CHENNAI: Chennai: The bitter fortnight-long power struggle within AIADMK ended in a fragile truce on Wednesday, with the rebel camp led by C Ve Shanmugam and S P Velumani negotiating a patch up…
CHENNAI: High drama unfolded in Madras high court on Wednesday, when a vacation bench, made senior IPS officer of ADGP rank A Arun, who now heads the state’s directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC), wait in court through the day because a court bailiff had to wait to deliver summons at the DVAC office.A vacation…
CHENNAI: Madras high court has imposed a blanket ban on slaughter of cow or calf during Bakrid ‘or on any other day’ in the state.A vacation bench of Justice G R Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayanan issued the ban order after saying: “The question that calls for consideration in this PIL is whether cows and…
Chennai: A woman devotee lost a gold wristwatch studded with diamonds worth ₹7 lakh while waiting in the darshan queue at Tiruttani Murugan temple on Tuesday.According to police, Rajendra Prasad from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh had come to the temple along with his family for darshan. While waiting in the queue at the hill temple,…
Chennai: Will the state govt give sovereign guarantee to temple funds invested by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) dept in the Tamil Nadu Power Finance Corporation (TNPFC), Madras high court asked on Wednesday.A vacation bench comprising Justice G R Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayanan raised the query when a public interest writ petition…
Chennai: Safety of women and children remains the top priority for the state govt, and a comprehensive action plan is being implemented to ensure speedy justice in crimes against them, Tamil Nadu govt told Madras high court on Wednesday.The submissions were made by advocate-general Vijay Narayan before a vacation bench comprising Justice G R Swaminathan…
Chennai: Days after facing technical hassle in applying for scanned copies of their class 12 answer sheets, CBSE students have started to face snags in applying for revaluation too.While several students said the website was not loading, some of them were unable to access the revaluation section. A few students who successfully applied said they…
Chennai: Lack of adequate step marks coupled with a stringent evaluation have caused several CBSE class 12 students to rethink opting for revaluation — applications for which commenced on Tuesday.This year, 4.04 lakh students had applied for about 11.31 lakh scanned copies of their answer sheets. Students and teachers, who analysed scanned copies, say that…
Chennai: Thousands of India’s most critically needed super-specialists are waiting for a Supreme Court hearing on May 29 that could break a months-long deadlock over NEET SS 2025 — while the hospitals that urgently need them grow increasingly short-staffed.The crisis has been building since April, when the Centre’s Medical Counselling Committee froze round 2 admissions…
