CHENNAI: Amid the ongoing nationwide anti-NEET protests, more than 50 people were detained on Friday after staging a road blockade during a protest in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi.Earlier in the day, students affiliated with the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) held a sit-in protest inside the Chennai’s Presidency College campus. The protesters raised slogans against the…
In Tamil Nadu, too much sun, too little solar Tamil Nadu’s got an abundance of sunshine. But harnessing its power is apparently where the state is lacking.Two-and-a-half years after the Union govt launched the PM Surya Ghar rooftop solar scheme to turn one crore homes into miniature power stations, Tamil Nadu has yet to cross…
MADURAI: A 24-year-old man who was arrested and released by police in Tuticorin died in a hospital after six days of treatment, triggering allegations of custodial assault. His family protested outside Thoothukudi Government Hospital alleging that police assaulted him, resulting in head injuries that led to death.Family of the deceased, N Arunachalam, released a video…
DMK MLA MARKANDEYAN ARRESTED FOR ‘DEFAMATORY REMARKS AGAINST TAMIL NADU CM VIJAY’ Chennai: Madras high court has directed police to file their response to the bail petition of Vilathikulam DMK MLA GV Markandeyan, who was arrested for allegedly making threatening and defamatory remarks against chief minister C Joseph Vijay.The MLA was arrested by the Thoothukudi…
How Nilgiris’ organic dream lost the plot Shantha ThiagarajanSeven years ago, the Nilgiris set out to become Tamil Nadu’s first fully organic district with thousands of farmers, exchange programmes, subsidies and a proposed ban on highly toxic pesticides. Today, the ambitious programme backed by farmers, funds and the district administration appears to have lost steam.In…
Chennai: MNM president and Rajya Sabha MP Kamal Haasan requested engineer-turned-education reformer Sonam Wangchuk to end his fast demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan following the NEET paper leak.Wangchuk began an indefinite fast from June 28 at Jantar Mantar to extend support to the protest launched by Cockroach Janata Party demanding Pradhan’s…
IMA flags pressure on doctors in Karaikudi case Chennai: The state wing of the Indian Medical Association said a senior member of TVK from Karaikudi convened a kangaroo-court-style settlement, forcing two doctors accused of medical negligence to pay ₹50 lakh to the patient’s family. At the same time, the case remains pending before the court.A…
TNGECL starts giving NOC for stalled solar plant projects Chennai: In a relief to investors in solar plants in the state, Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation (TNGECL) has started issuing no-objection to projects that were kept in abeyance since the TVK govt took over.Electricity and law minister R Nirmalkumar had alleged malpractices in granting approvals…
Chennai: A couple wanted in connection with an armed robbery in West Bengal was arrested by a joint team of the West Bengal Police and the Maduravoyal police while they were hiding at their relative’s house.The accused were identified as Aleem Khan, 45, and his wife, Seema Khan, 32. The West Bengal police arrested a…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s urban centres are staring at water shortage due to poor monsoon and prolonged heat. Water managers, however, said Chennai and most southern urban centres are in a relatively comfortable position for now.Chief secretary Sai Kumar and municipal administration and water supply additional chief secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi held a video conference with…
