On Tuesday, a number made news: 13.18 lakh crore. That, in rupees, is Tamil Nadu’s combined debt and financial liability, said finance minister Marie Wilson. Some gasped, some frowned; economists just paused to ponder.The promised document of C Joseph Vijay’s govt has sparked a debate over the state’s debt levels, revenue performance and fiscal management….
Chennai: Madras high court on Wednesday restrained Tamil Nadu police from filing the final report in a criminal case registered against Ponraj, political commentator and former scientific advisor to the late President A P J Abdul Kalam, for alleged derogatory remarks against women followers of TVK. Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan passed the interim order on…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University on Wednesday released the cut-off marks for five-year integrated law courses. At the School of Excellence in Law, BCom LLB course has the highest cut-off for open competition with 98.25 marks while BA LLB and BBA LLB had 97.75. BCA LLB has the lowest cut-off of 96 marks….
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Feb 28 launched a nationwide HPV vaccination campaign for 14-year-old girls from Ajmer in Rajasthan Chennai: Four months into India’s Swastha Nari HPV vaccination drive, Tamil Nadu has inoculated barely 65,000 of its 7.7 lakh target girls — using less than 12% of the 5.3 lakh doses sitting in cold…
Chennai: Online classes cannot replace physical mode of learning, and AI tools can never be equated with qualified teachers, the Madras high court has said. AI tools can come close to human intelligence but cannot teach integrity and morality, a division bench of Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice N Senthilkumar said.The bench made the…
NAMAKKAL: The wholesale egg price in Namakkal touched a record ₹6.45 per piece on Wednesday, the highest level yet seen in Tamil Nadu’s poultry industry. The steep jump of 55 paise in a single week is mainly linked to rising feed expenses alongside steady consumer demand. Retail egg prices also went up. “An egg was…
Tamil Nadu assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar on Wednesday said four former AIADMK MLAs — Maragatham Kumaravel, P Sathyabama, S Jayakumar, and Esakki Subaya — have responded to their show-cause notices under anti-defection law within the stipulated period. Action would be taken after examining their…
KRISHNAGIRI: Water resources department officials on Wednesday issued floor alerts to people living on the banks of the Thenpennai river in Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai and Cuddalore districts as they released 988 cusecs (cubic feet per second) of water from the KRP dam here. The water level in the reservoir rose to 50.10 feet on…
Former DGP Shankar Jiwal (File Photo) CHENNAI: Former Director General of Police (DGP) Shankar Jiwal resigned as the first chairman of the Tamil Nadu Fire Commission on Wednesday. His resignation came amid a series of departures by retired senior police officers holding key govt positions in the state.Along with Jiwal, three members of the Tamil…
CHENNAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at six locations linked to film producer C. Alagappan in Chennai and Madurai in connection with a cheating case involving actor-turned-politician Gautami Tadimalla.The ED took over the investigation last year to probe the money laundering angle based on seven First Information Reports (FIRs) registered by the…
