Chennai: The education department has commenced the distribution of books for upper primary, high school and higher secondary classes.The Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation has delivered at least 3.72 crore books for Classes IV-XII to the godowns. As many as 6.46 lakh out of 13.01 lakh books for Class I; 5.81 lakh out…
Chennai: In a breakthrough against narcotics smuggling, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Chennai zonal unit, has secured the conviction of six men involved in an international ganja and hashish oil trafficking network operating through sea routes. The Pudukottai NDPS court sentenced the six men to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.On Nov 21, 2022, the Indian…
Chennai: DMDK general secretary Premallatha Vijayakant on Tuesday urged that the entire assembly proceedings should be telecast live. Meanwhile, PMK legislative party leader Sowmiya Anbumani requested the speaker to allot more time for her party MLAs.Making her maiden speech in the assembly after the election of speaker J C D Prabhakar, Premallatha said all parties…
Chennai: Former CM M K Stalin on Tuesday termed NEET a “scam” following reports of alleged question paper leaks and called for abolishing the NEET exam entirely.Stalin said on X that NEET is filled with irregularities. “NEET is not a scam-free examination. NEET itself is a scam,” Stalin said. “Irregularities and malpractice became a recurring…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Tuesday said the state assembly must function as a forum where even parties with a single MLA receive the same respect and opportunity as the ruling party.Delivering his maiden speech in the assembly, Vijay said democracy could flourish only when all the voices in assembly were given equal…
Students queue up for NEET (UG) 2026, which was held on May India has cancelled its national medical entrance examination. Another question paper leak, another round of outrage, and still no official held accountable. The cancellation of NEET-2026 has plunged more than 23 lakh students and their families into uncertainty, reigniting a debate about systemic…
Crosscurrent: On Tuesday, a section of AIADMK MLAs led by S P Velumani and C Ve Shanmugam announced support for Vijay Richardson WilsonOn May 12, a faction of AIADMK MLAs led by S P Velumani and C Ve Shanmugam announced their decision to defy the decision of party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and support…
CHENNAI: Chief minister C. Joseph Vijay on Tuesday said the Assembly must function as a forum where even parties with a single MLA receive the same respect and opportunity as the ruling benches, while congratulating newly elected Speaker J. C. D. Prabhakar and Deputy Speaker M. Ravishankar in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. “Even parties with…
Abhishek Singhvi (File Photo) Just ahead of Vijay’s oath-taking as TN chief minister, TVK faced an emergency. A petition was hastily filed to stop a party MLA who had won by one vote from voting in the confidence motion, being scheduled for hearing on Sunday morning. In the close numbers game, one MLA seemed worth…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay has appointed astrologer Rickey Radhan Pandit Vettrivel as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Chief Minister (Political) CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay has appointed astrologer Rickey Radhan Pandit Vettrivel as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the chief minister (Political), according to an official…
