TVK’s `friendly parties’ met and decided to take forward the formation into an official alliance on July 1 Chennai: Days after TVK’s ‘friendly parties’ met and decided to take forward the formation of an official alliance, differences among alliance partners have begun to surface. CPI and CPM have questioned govt’s decision to provide jobs to…
Chennai: The state’s higher secondary education traversed on an upward graph over the past four years, with the net and gross enrolment rates (NER/GER) witnessed a steady increase over the past four years, from 64% and 80.1% in 2022-23 to 73.1% and 85.1% respectively in 2025-26. NER refers to the percentage of children who are…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu has retained its top position among the states in gross enrolment ratio (GER) in higher education by enrolling 52.3% of youth aged between 18 and 23 in various degree, diploma and certificate programmes in the institutions, according to Union govt’s latest All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) report for 2023-24. The…
TVK govt goes on rebranding spree Chennai: After youth-centric DMK schemes such as Nan Mudhalvan were changed to Thiran Tamil Nadu, Mudhalvar Padaipagam to Padaipagam, the latest welfare scheme to shed its prevbranding under the new regime is ‘Magalir Vidiyal Payanam’ – the DMK govt’s flagship free bus travel programme for women. It has been…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay, on Friday, will lay the foundation stone for setting up a new factory to manufacture the global footwear brand Adidas at Karur in central Tamil Nadu. Established at an investment of ₹1,700 crore, the facility will generate employment opportunities for 13,500 persons.This will be the first industry-related event that…
CHENNAI: A rare metal trident with Bhadrakali, a stone idol of Nandi and a six-headed stone idol of Skandha-Karthikeya (Subramanya) — these three antique idols and artefacts stolen from various temples in Thanjavur and Thiruvarur taluks in Tamil Nadu are set to be returned from Australia.The idols, dating back to the 12th century, were identified…
Chennai: The 100-MLD Minjur desalination plant is expected to resume operations by Dec, bringing relief to North Chennai neighbourhoods. However, the plant will initially supply only 20 MLD before gradually ramping up to its full capacity. Officials said the restoration was delayed as critical equipment required for the repair works had to be imported, and…
A visual from the spot where a stampede occured during a public event of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Chief and Actor Vijay, in Karur on September 27 2025, where 41 people died Chennai: Tamil Maanila Congress president G K Vasan on Thursday supported chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s move to provide govt job for family…
Govt said the MoU signed in the presence of chief minister C Joseph Vijay was for an investment of Rs 15,037 crore which is expected to generate 2,670 jobs. CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu govt on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vikram Solar Ltd to set up a Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)…
S Manikandan and team are creating a digital archive of Pandya history; (below) A statue of Sadaiyavarman Sundarpandiyathevar I found in Chidambaram Nataraja Temple For more than a decade, S Manikandan has been following the Pandyas across state borders. From inscriptions and hero stones in Andhra Pradesh to royal lineages in Kerala and temple records…
