CHENNAI: A packed courtroom in Chennai turned silent recently as a young woman, missing for a decade, unexpectedly appeared to testify against the man who had abducted and raped her when she was 12. Her testimony, recounting years of trauma, disrupted schooling, and a life spent in fear, led to the conviction of the man….
NEW DELHI: Alleging that the Centre was steadily encroaching upon the powers of the states, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Tuesday announced the formation of a high-level committee to examine state autonomy, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph. The panel will undertake a detailed study of the relationship between the Union…
CHENNAI: A man who uploaded an old video of him travelling on the roof of an EMU train was summoned for inquiry by Govt Railway Police. The video that was shot in 2022, when the man was a college student, went viral on social media platforms on Wednesday. Police, who were sent the video through…
CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) President Kumari Ananthan passed away at the age of 93 after a brief illness.Kumari Ananthan fell ill recently, which led Tamilisai to cut short Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s programme in Rameswaram when he came to inaugurate the newly constructed Pamban Bridge. Kumari Ananthan’s body is kept at Tamilisai’s…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin announced on Friday that the Assembly resolution seeking exemption from NEET for the state has been declined by the Centre, news agency PTI reported.The resolution, which was sent for Presidential assent, has been rejected. Despite this setback, Stalin reaffirmed the state’s commitment to abolishing the National Eligibility cum…
Chennai: Madras High Court has categorically held that the UGC regulations on minimum qualifications for appointment of teachers and other academic staff in universities and colleges will not apply to minority institutions. This includes measures for maintenance of standards in higher education and guidelines on the selection procedure through the constitution of a selection committee,…
CHENNAI: Days after alleging police harassment, Prasanna Sankaranarayanan, co-founder of HR software firm Rippling, moved the Madras high court seeking protection. He claimed that the Chennai police were harassing him at the behest of his estranged wife, Dhivya Sashidhar. Admitting his plea, Justice G.K. Ilanthirayan on Thursday directed the police not to harass the petitioner…
CHENNAI: The Joint Action Committee for Fair Delimitation, comprising chief ministers and heads of political parties from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha and Punjab, on Saturday passed a resolution calling for a 25-year extension of the freeze on Lok Sabha constituencies based on the 1971 population census.The JAC, initiated by Tamil Nadu CM MK…
CHENNAI: The Delimitation Commission will be the final authority to decide the basis of delimitation, according to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The commission will have the ultimate say in the matter, the finance minister said in an interaction with journalists in Chennai on Saturday.“Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah clarified…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK hosted the first Joint Action Committee (JAC) meeting on Saturday, bringing together political leaders from multiple states to oppose population-based Lok Sabha delimitation. The meeting, chaired by TN chief minister MK Stalin, saw a consensus emerge to push for “fair delimitation” that does not penalise states with successful population…
