Chennai: “Do not give bribes to police personnel,” city commissioner of police A Amalraj told FL-2 and FL-3 bar owners in the city, warning that both the giver and the receiver of bribes would face legal action under anti-corruption laws.At an exclusive meeting with the bar owners on Tuesday, Amalraj said bar owners should not…
Chennai: This academic year, students of Classes III-VIII in CBSE schools don’t just learn from textbooks. A portion of their lessons includes a module covering topics ranging from logical reasoning and data formatting to an introduction to artificial intelligence.Titled ‘Computational Thinking and AI’, the module developed by the board helps inculcate in students the ability…
Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday stayed the framing of charges against Tamil Nadu BJP president Nainar Nagendran in the Rs 4 crore cash seizure case registered during 2024 Lok Sabha elections.Originally, a metropolitan magistrate court in the George Town court complex 2qs scheduled to frame the charges in the case on Aug 12.During the…
Chennai: PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna on Tuesday questioned the legitimacy of AIADMK under general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, in the wake of an exodus of senior functionaries, triggering a heated exchange between TVK and AIADMK in the assembly.The debate began when Palaniswami flayed the defection of a few MLAs soon after winning elections. “It takes…
Vijay to table resolution against delimitation in assembly on Wednesday Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay is set to move a resolution in the state assembly on Wednesday against the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies.The move comes in the backdrop of speculations that the Union BJP govt would table the delimitation bill in Parliament on…
Chennai: Former CM O Panneerselvam and revenue minister K A Sengottaiyan on Tuesday traded charges against each other on switching parties.The debate started with O Panneerselvam alleging that the state budget presented by finance minister N Marie Wilson had no new schemes, instead it was filled with schemes implemented by DMK. He said people of…
Anti-drug awareness event Chennai: To create drug- and tobacco-free campuses, the Tamil Nadu govt will undertake a slew of measures, including conducting orientation programmes, screening students, obtaining a self-affidavit from students against drug abuse and encouraging students to file anonymous complaints against the sale or use of drugs within the campuses.Chief minister Joseph Vijay on…
TVK govt’s decision to rebrand a department sparks a debate over identity and inclusion Last month, the TVK govt renamed Tamil Nadu’s adi dravidar and tribal welfare department as the social justice department, sparking mixed reactions from dalit activists, historians, legal experts and political leaders. Supporters say the new name is more inclusive of dalit…
Chennai: The resolution passed by Tamil Nadu assembly on Tuesday seeking abolition of NEET urged the Union govt to make necessary amendments in National Medical Commisssion Act, National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, National Commission for Homeopathy Act to ensure NEET for undergraduate medical education was scrapped across the country.“This will enable admission…
Chennai: A day after actor Vikram’s reel with a Lar gibbon went viral, triggering backlash, a pair of Lar gibbons found at industrialist C K Ranganathan’s farmhouse in Injambakkam has been sent back to its original owner, S K Kesavanathan of Perundurai in Erode district.Forest officials confirmed the presence of the exotic primates at the…
