Relatives stage road blockade over woman’s death in Royapettah, demand probe into dowry harassment Chennai: Relatives of a 24-year-old woman, whose body was brought to the hospital for a postmortem on Tuesday, staged a road blockade outside the hospital, alleging that she was murdered over dowry harassment. They demanded immediate action against her husband and…
Hindu religious and charitable endowments minister C Ramesh Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple in Palani Hindu religious and charitable endowments minister C Ramesh Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple in Palani Hindu religious and charitable endowments minister C Ramesh CHENNAI: The Hindu religious and charitable endowments (HR&CE) department has announced the formation of a special inspection committee to…
All theatres have reported strong booking responses till Sunday CHENNAI: Nearly five decades after Tamil Nadu audiences last watched a sitting chief minister lead a film, the state is set to witness the rare spectacle again on Thursday when chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Jana Nayagan releases in more than 1,000 screens in the state….
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday condemned the arrest of Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a protest in New Delhi on Tuesday against alleged irregularities in the NEET. Vijay called it an attack on democracy.“The Union govt must respect the sentiments of students…
CHENNAI: The TVK govt in Tamil Nadu has renamed the chief minister’s breakfast scheme, launched by the previous DMK govt, after former CM K Kamaraj. The scheme will henceforth be called “Perunthalaivar Kamaraj Breakfast Scheme.” The change in the name of the breakfast scheme follows a few such changes. Recently, the TVK govt renamed Naan…
The emerging technologies initiative is an extension of the TN Spark scheme, launched last year, and is currently implemented in around 5,000 govt schools Chennai: Emerging technologies, including AI prompt engineering, data science and computational thinking, are set to be a part of the curriculum for Classes VI-XII in a phased manner from the next…
Break in migratory pattern Chennai: Chennai’s wetlands witnessed something unusual this year: Greater Flamingos, typically fleeting visitors tied to a predictable seasonal rhythm, are now being recorded through the year at both Pallikaranai Marshland and Kovalam Creek.The majority spotted are juveniles, a first for both locations. “This is the first time the juvenile flamingos were…
Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Tuesday met Tamil rapper Arivu alias Arivarasu Kalainesan who protested against NEET in front of the Secretariat and got detained.Hours after Arivu’s protest seeking a ban on NEET and his meeting with Vijay, TVK said moving education to the state list was the only solution to the issue….
Tamil Nadu makes for 13% of India’s total exports. CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has retained its position as India’s third-largest exporting state for the third consecutive year, with merchandise exports rising from $43.2 billion in 2023-24 to $58.9 billion in 2025-26, Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal told Lok Sabha. Tamil Nadu accounts for 13%…
Chennai: IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation has opened registrations for the latest batch of the Out of the Box Thinking (OOBT) through mathematics course. The online course, which is free of cost, is expected to nurture creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving skills among school and college students, educators.The course will commence from Aug 7 and…
