Tamil language paper compulsory for government jobs in TN

Chennai, September 14 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government has made Tamil language paper compulsory for getting state  government jobs under the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission. The Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) has also made Tamil language paper a must for getting teacher jobs. Tamil Nadu finance minister Palanivel Thiagarajan in a statement on Monday said […]

TN still vulnerable to Covid -19, Health minister

Chennai, September 14 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has said that even after the resounding success of the mega vaccination against Covid -19 held on Sunday, the state is still vulnerable to Covid -19. He said that there is still a large number of eligible population in the state who needs to be […]

Kanimozhi Sonu, Rajeshkumar, DMK candidates for RS elections

Chennai, September 14 (BPNS) The ruling DMK has announced Dr. Kanimozhi Sonu and K.R.N.Rajeshkumar as the party’s candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for October 4. Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin announced the candidature of the two. The Rajya Sabha seats have fallen vacant in Tamil Nadu after sitting AIADMK members, R. Vaithilingam and K.P. Munuswamy […]

O. Panneerselvam appeals to Stalin to intervene in Ford issue

Chennai, September 14 (BPNS) Former Chief Minister and leader of AIADMK, O. Panneerselvam has appealed to Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to intervene in the problem arising out of the car manufacturing company, Ford shutting its vehicle and engine assembling unit in Chennai. In a statement on Tuesday, the former Chief Minister said that according to […]

Madras HC issues notice to centre on writ petition against transferring education from State to Concurrent list

Chennai, September 14 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Union government on a writ petition filed by Arram Seyya Virumbu trust challenging Section 57 of the Constitution (Fourty Second Amendment) Act of 1976. The trust in its petition said that it was through this Section that the subject “education” was transferred […]

AIADMK , DMK fight over Amma mini-clinics in Tamil Nadu

Chennai, September 13 (BPNS) The opposition AIADMK has leveled allegations against the ruling DMK government that it was scuttling welfare projects initiated and executed by the previous AIADMK government. For instance, the AMMA mini-clinics opened with much fanfare by the AIADMK government of Edappadi K Palaniswami in December 2020 is almost getting closed down. The […]