CHENNAI: A Hindi teacher at Bhavans Rajaji Vidyashram School in Kilpauk was suspended for allegedly hitting a Class III student for failing to recite a Hindi poem. According to a written complaint submitted by the student’s parents to the school management, the teacher also threatened to bar him from entering the school. Following the complaint,…
The protest followed remarks by Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, who warned that Hindi could threaten Tamil like it did North Indian languages. NEW DELHI: Residents of Ayapakkam Housing Board in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday staged a unique protest against the Central government’s alleged Hindi imposition by drawing kolams (rangoli) in…
INDIA bloc parties in TN came together to protest held in Chennai on Tuesday, against the BJP govt at the centre for their “policy to encroach upon state’s rights”. CHENNAI: Hindi will destroy Tamil like it did many north Indian languages, deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said on Tuesday. The INDIA bloc parties came together…
CHENNAI: Prashant Kishor, a prominent former election strategist and leader of his recently floated political party Jan Suraaj in Bihar, met actor and TVK leader Vijay on Monday in Chennai and assured his “support and guidance” for the party’s victory in the 2026 assembly election. Kishor will take on the role of ‘special adviser’ to…
KRISHNAGIRI: Four people died, and more than 10 cows were injured in a three-vehicle collision near Bargur in Krishnagiri district on Sunday morning.The deceased have been identified as J. Arul Jothi (48) and J. Manikandan (42) from Dindigul district, S. Narayanan (45) from Solampattu district in Maharashtra, and an unidentified people also from Maharashtra.The accident…
MADURAI: Tensions have been prevailing between local Hindu and Islamic outfits over the issue of stopping animal sacrifices on Thiruparankundram Hill in Madurai, where both a dargah and a temple are located.On January 18, police stopped members of Islamic outfits who attempted to conduct animal sacrifices by bringing goats and chickens as part of preparations…
CHENNAI: Madras high court has directed the DGP of prisons and Puzhal Central Prison superintendent to explain how prisoners accessed mobile phones and ganja despite stringent security arrangements in all prisons.A vacation bench of justice S M Subramaniam and Justice V Lakshminarayanan issued directions to this effect on Friday, on a batch of pleas moved…
CHENNAI: An IIT Madras woman research scholar was sexually abused by a migrant worker when she was going to a teashop outside the campus on Tuesday evening. The woman’s male friend and onlookers came to her rescue. They nabbed the guest worker — identified as Sriram, 29, of Uttar Pradesh — and handed him over…
VILLUPURAM: A coach of a passenger train with about 500 passengers bound for Puducherry derailed at Villupuram on Tuesday morning. Chief Public Relations Officer (Southern Railway) M Senthamil Selvan said one wheel of the MEMU train derailed at Villupuram yard at 5.32 am on Tuesday morning. The MEMU rake was in shunting for another train,…
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and DMDK general secretary Premalatha Vijayakant on Saturday announced that the parties would boycott the Erode East bypoll, scheduled for Feb 5. NTK chief coordinator Seeman said the party would contest. The candidate would be made known on Jan 14, he said.Palaniswami’s…
