Chennai, April 9 ,2025 The Tamil Nadu Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department has earmarked Rs 60 crore for the repair and renovation of primary and middle schools across 2,338 village panchayats in the state. The initiative is being implemented under the School Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (SIUS) for the academic year 2025–26. The allocated funds […]
Chennai ,April 9,2025 Kumari Ananthan former president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) and prominent Gandhian ,Kumari Ananthan passed away during the early hours of Wednesday (April 9). He was 93. He was undergoing treatment for age-related ailments at a private hospital in Vellore, where he breathed his last. Ananthan, a stalwart of Tamil […]
Chennai, April 8 ,2025 The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), the political arm of the influential Vanniyar community, has called for a protest demanding a CBI investigation into the suspicious death of a youth accused in an elephant poaching case in Tamil Nadu. In a statement issued on Monday, PMK founder Dr. S. Ramadoss raised serious […]
Chennai, April 8, 2025 The Tamil Nadu School Education Department has issued a show-cause notice to a private school in Coimbatore after reports emerged that the institution allegedly forced parents to sign a stamp paper declaring they would voluntarily withdraw their child if she did not perform well academically. According to sources, the administration of […]
Chennai, April 8 ,2025 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ignoring the state’s repeated demands to resolve the long-standing issue concerning Tamil fishermen. Speaking in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Stalin criticised the Prime Minister for not raising the matter of retrieving Katchatheevu island during his recent […]
Chennai, April 8, 2025 The Madras High Court has directed Ram Kumar, the elder son of legendary Tamil actor late Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan, to file an affidavit stating that he will not assert any claim over Annai Illam, the iconic bungalow built by his father in T. Nagar, Chennai. Justice Abdul Quddhose issued the directive […]
Chennai, April 8, 2025 Tensions flared in the Tamil Nadu assembly on Monday as AIADMK General Secretary and Leader of the Opposition, Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS), led a walkout of party MLAs. The protest was triggered by Speaker M. Appavu’s refusal to allow a discussion during Zero Hour on a matter EPS deemed critical to […]
Chennai,April 8,2025 The Madras High Court on Monday, April 7, 2025, extended interim protection from arrest to noted stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra until April 17. The protection relates to a case filed by Mumbai’s Khar police, alleging that Kamra made defamatory remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during his recent comedy act titled […]
Chennai, April 8 ,2025 The Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) has transferred the investigation of a high-profile elephant poaching case and the suspicious death of a key accused in custody to the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID), citing the seriousness of the allegations and rising public concern. The case dates back to March […]
Jerusalem, April 8 ,2025 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Monday that it has targetted a Hamas militant posing as a journalist in Gaza and killed a Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon. The IDF said in a statement that the army and the internal security service Shin Bet struck Hamas “terrorist” Hassan Abdel Fattah […]
