Chennai: State Drugs Control Directorate has asked district officials to ensure essential medicines are available to patients, ahead of a one-day nationwide strike called by All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) on May 20. AIOCD’s demands are: action against illegal e-pharmacies, withdrawal of a Covid-era notification permitting doorstep delivery of medicines, and curbs…
Chennai: Madhan Vadivel, 35, of Madurai, who runs a restaurant chain ‘Jallikattu’ in Cambodia, was arrested by TN police for being a key recruiter of youths for a cyber slavery racket in Cambodia.Madhan was arrested following an inquiry based on a complaint by a victim from Tirupathur. Police tracked his movements and arrested him from…
Chennai: Sports minister Aadhav Arjuna on Monday said state govt will create a dedicated Olympic action plan to identify and train athletes from a young age, while focusing on expanding sports infrastructure across the state. After inspecting Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium’s sports hostel facilities, diet provided to athletes, and training routines at the stadium, where he…
Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has invited applications for its web-enabled MTech programmes and postgraduate diplomas, with May 31 being the last date to apply. For admission to the MTech programmes, applicants must have a relevant educational background and at least two years of work experience. The PG diploma programmes are open to…
Chennai: Within a week of TVK govt assuming office, early signs of friction have emerged between the state administration and the elected Greater Chennai Corporation council.While the newly elected ministers and representatives have begun chairing review meetings and conducting field inspections across the city, Mayor R Priya, standing committee members, zonal chairpersons and councillors remained…
Chennai: Considering Congress joined the TVK-led alliance after the state assembly elections, the alliance equations inside Greater Chennai Corporation council are set to see a sea-change. Congress, with 13 councillors, had been a part of the ruling front in the DMK-majority council, which enjoyed a total of 153 of 200 councillors.Alliance partners such as CPM,…
Chennai: Following the death of a horse in the city on Saturday, the animal husbandry department, along with Greater Chennai Corporation, has collected blood samples from 80 horses at stables and carriage points to check for glanders — the highly contagious bacterial infection which caused the equine’s death. The animals are being kept under close…
Millet farmers in Coimbatore Tamil Nadu’s cities may be warming up to millet dosas, millet cookies and millet health mixes, but on the ground, farmers appear to be moving away from the grain.The reason, say agricultural scientists and cultivators, is that rice has guaranteed procurement, maize has industry buyers, but millets still leave most farmers…
CHENNAI: Signs of unrest within Dravidian majors after the poll debacle intensified on Monday, even as DMK president M K Stalin and AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami assured their cadres that the two parties would bounce back.While AIADMK veteran S Semmalai quit after serving the party for 45 years, former minister P T R Palanivel…
Chennai: Two-language policy is fundamental not only to Tamil Nadu, but also to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), school education minister Rajmohan told mediapersons on Monday. The minister reiterated that the state stood by the policy of communicating in English with the rest of the world. “Among ourselves we will speak in Tamil,” he said.In…
