AIADMK chief Edappadi Palaniswami (left) and DMK chief Stalin. CHENNAI: Signs of unrest within Dravidian majors after the poll debacle intensified on Monday, even as DMK president M K Stalin and AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami assured their cadres that the two parties would bounce back.While AIADMK veteran S Semmalai quit after serving the party…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay has recalled the genocide that happened in Mullivaikkal in Sri Lanka back in 2009 where lakhs of Sri Lankan Tamils were killed by Lankan armed forces. Vijay on X expressed solidarity with Tamils living across the world on Mullivaikkal remembrance…
Chennai: Two-language policy is fundamental not only to Tamil Nadu, but also to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), school education minister Rajmohan told mediapersons on Monday. The minister reiterated that the state stood by the policy of communicating in English with the rest of the world. “Among ourselves we will speak in Tamil,” he said.In…
CHENNAI: DMK has accused chief minister C Joseph Vijay of not attending his Keralam counterpart V D Satheesan’s swearing-in ceremony on Monday fearing political complications.“Rahul Gandhi attended Vijay’s swearing-in ceremony almost like a stakeholder. But Vijay cancelled his Thiruvananthapuram visit at the last minute, fearing problems,” Elangovan said. He also alleged that the pending luxury…
Chennai: Seven months after the then DMK govt refused to grant prosecution sanction to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the cash-for-job scam case against its minister V Senthilbalaji and others, the federal agency has again written to chief secretary M Sai Kumar, seeking a nod from the state to prosecute the ex-minister.The three-page communication, dated…
CHENNAI: There will be no indirect attempts to implement the Prime Minister’s Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme in Tamil Nadu, School Education Minister Rajmohan told mediapersons on Tuesday.The minister’s response came a day after he told mediapersons that the state government would have to assess whether the policies of PM SHRI aligned with…
Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has increased stray dog sterilisation surgeries from around 1,500 to 3,500 over the past four months after 10 new animal birth control (ABC) centres came up across the city, in addition to the existing six.These centres help control the stray dog population with intensified sterilisation and vaccination drives. The city…
Chennai: State Drugs Control Directorate has asked district officials to ensure essential medicines are available to patients, ahead of a one-day nationwide strike called by All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) on May 20. AIOCD’s demands are: action against illegal e-pharmacies, withdrawal of a Covid-era notification permitting doorstep delivery of medicines, and curbs…
Chennai: Madhan Vadivel, 35, of Madurai, who runs a restaurant chain ‘Jallikattu’ in Cambodia, was arrested by TN police for being a key recruiter of youths for a cyber slavery racket in Cambodia.Madhan was arrested following an inquiry based on a complaint by a victim from Tirupathur. Police tracked his movements and arrested him from…
Chennai: Sports minister Aadhav Arjuna on Monday said state govt will create a dedicated Olympic action plan to identify and train athletes from a young age, while focusing on expanding sports infrastructure across the state. After inspecting Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium’s sports hostel facilities, diet provided to athletes, and training routines at the stadium, where he…
