Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt will take steps to appoint vice-chancellors to state universities soon, higher education minister P Viswanathan told reporters on Monday.As many as 15 of 22 state universities have been functioning without a vice-chancellor for several months due to a tussle between former Governor R N Ravi and DMK govt regarding the inclusion…
Chennai: Two drivers died, and five bus passengers suffered injuries in an accident involving three vehicles near Ulundurpet on Monday.Police said Marimuthu, 47, of Velachery was driving a mini-bus chassis vehicle from Chennai to Trichy. When it reached Sengurichi near Ulundurpet in the early hours of Monday, the driver, whom police suspect may have dozed…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Volunteers, a social welfare organisation, in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation (TAHDCO), has invited students from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Caste Arunthathiyar communities to enrol for Bachelor of Science programmes offered by IIT-Madras.TAHDCO and IIT-Madras will bear their education expenses, while Tamil Nadu Volunteers…
Chennai: Police arrested two men for burgling a weaver’s house at Kosavanpettai village near Periyapalayam. When Vijayakumar and his wife returned to their house after visiting a nearby temple on the morning of May 28, they found the roof tiles broken and their almirah damaged. About five sovereigns of gold and ₹80,000 in cash were…
Chennai: Earlier this year, Suzhal Arivom, an environmental research and conservation collective, spotted a ringed adult male Montagu’s harrier (Circus pygargus) at Nemmeli in Chennai. Now it’s been confirmed from the ring number that the bird was originally ringed in Rajasthan by the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) under their…
Sources indicate former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai is set to quit the party, after a meeting with top BJP leaders in Delhi CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai will quit the party “in a couple of days” after meeting party national president Nitin Nabin and Union home minister Amit Shah in…
Giant posters in Coimbatore suggest K Annamalai may launch a new political movement. Supporters are calling for his leadership. COIMBATORE: Giant posters put up by supporters of former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai across Coimbatore have intensified political speculation that he could be preparing to launch a new political movement amid reports of growing…
Representative image created using AI CHENNAI: Tenkasi association of government doctors has called on the Tamil Nadu government to enact legislation mandating the surgical removal of the genitalia of men convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering women and children.The Tenkasi district unit of the association passed the special resolution at its general body meeting, urging…
Chennai: Starting today, primary school teachers will assume the role of students and get trained in teaching methodologies for the newly launched state board textbooks for Classes I-III. The three-day special training, announced last month, will be held from 9am to 5pm, sensitising the teachers in planning activities, and teaching lessons through stories.Officials from the…
CHENNAI: A bar brawl spilled onto the road with a group of youth crashing their car into a bike, killing an 18-year-old Sri Lankan Tamil woman and critically injuring her 17-year-old female friend near Thirumangalam in the city late on Saturday night.Police said the deceased, Yancy , and five women friends went on three twowheelers…
