Chennai: The Tamil Nadu police on Wednesday informed the Madras high court that necessary permission will be provided to Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) to conduct a statewide two-wheeler campaign demanding abolition of NEET.Recording the submission, Justice V Lakshminarayanan adjourned hearing on the matter to Aug 19.According to DK, it had planned a two-wheeler campaign from July…
Chennai: In a major push to upgrade rural infrastructure and support agricultural activities, the rural development department will undertake key development projects, including road improvements, desilting of waterways and groundwater recharge initiatives across the state, said minister for rural development and panchayat raj N Anand on Wednesday.Under the initiative, the department will upgrade 3,200 km…
Women allege attack for tipping off about sand smuggling Kallakurichi: A 15-member gang allegedly barged into the house of a local social activist at Vaipalayam near Ulundurpet in Kallakurichi district, physically assaulted two women members of his family, and issued death threats.While the victims maintained that the assault was an act of retaliation by the…
Govt school in soup as video of students assaulting classmate goes viral Chennai: The Pallipattu Govt Higher Secondary School in Tirutanni has landed in the soup after a video of a group of students physically and verbally assaulting a fellow student surfaced on social media.The attackers, who were all in school uniforms, were seen pinning…
‘Reels govt has no real concern for Tamil people’: AIADMK protests TN govt’s inaction on Tamil fisherman killed in Saudi pirate attack, walks out of assembly Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday slammed TVK MLAs for thumping their desks as his party walked out of the assembly for not taking up a…
Vijay hikes milk procurement price to ₹41 per litre Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday announced a ₹3-per-litre hike in the procurement price of milk procured by cooperative societies from dairy farmers, raising the total procurement from ₹38 to ₹41 per litre.“The govt has decided to increase the procurement price by ₹1 per…
CHENNAI: Rope-cars, cruise and ferry routes, AI-enabled tourist safety kiosks and dedicated security teams at major destinations — these are some of the initiatives planned by the Tamil Nadu govt to upgrade tourism infrastructure in the state and attract more visitors.Presenting the demands for grants in the assembly on Wednesday, minister for tourism S Rajesh…
CHENNAI: Union home minister Amit Shah will chair the two-day South Zone Chief Ministers’ Conference to be held at a private hotel in Mamallapuram starting Thursday.Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy, Kerala CM V D Satheesan, Puducherry CM N Rangasamy and Tamil Nadu…
CHENNAI: The Union govt has informed the Madras high court that individual states retain full discretion to decide when to render their state song during a govt function and may place it at any point in the programme.“Whenever a state song is rendered with the national song and national anthem, the national song (Vande Mataram)…
