Students’ organisations, including SFI and AISF, took to the streets condemning the govt and seeking an explanation. CHENNAI: It was Tamil Nadu chief secretary M Sai Kumar who had insisted on interdepartmental efforts to prevent students and youth from participating in protests organised by the Left parties and the TN Cockroach Janata Party, a letter…
COIMBATORE: Members of the Students Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) held a protest near the office of the Joint Director of Collegiate Education at Race Course here on Wednesday, condemning a state govt circular that sought to prevent college students and youth from participating in protests organised by Left…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore city police on Wednesday arrested a wall painter on charges of murdering his relative at Singanallur.The arrested man has been identified as P Sivakumar of Devendra Street in Singanallur. Police said Sivakumar murdered his relative, G Velusamy, 58, a daily wage labourer who lived alone in the same locality, on Tuesday night.According…
SALEM: A woman sanitation worker and a man have been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting two minor girls staying at a girls’ hostel near Vazhapadi in Salem district after forcing them to consume alcohol. The sexual assault had gone on for five months till a 14-year-old Class X student lodged a complaint with the…
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami speaks to reporters outside Tamil Nadu assembly on Wednesday. Photo by B A Raju CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday slammed treasury bench legislators for thumping their desks and laughing while his party walked out of the assembly to protest what he said the House’s failure…
COIMBATORE: More than 200 contract workers boycotted work at Semmozhi Park in Gandhipuram here on Tuesday and staged a sit-in protest, demanding immediate disbursal of their pending salary.The workers, employed through an agency responsible for operation and maintenance of the park, alleged that they had not received their last month’s salary. They said the delay…
COIMBATORE: Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) sleuths arrested a female bill collector of the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation on Tuesday on charges of accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a man for issuing approvals related to vacant land tax.The arrested bill collector has been identified as Yamuna Devi, 59.A DVAC officer said Prakash…
Tirupur: The Union govt has earmarked a 100% stall fee subsidy for 60 micro and small enterprises participating in the 24th edition of the KnitShow textile technology exhibition, scheduled to be held at the Top Light venue in Tirupur Aug 21 to 23. Eligible firms will also receive an incentive grant of up to Rs…
With market prices crashing to less than ₹200 per kg, farmers said they were left with no choice but to dump the flowers Krishnagiri: Farmers in the district dumped nearly 2 tonnes of Jasmine flowers, valued at around ₹4 lakh, into the Sandampatti lake on Tuesday, after traders refused to buy them citing excess stock….
Jawaharlal Nehru University vice-chancellor Prof Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit COIMBATORE: Jawaharlal Nehru University vice-chancellor Prof Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Tuesday said the single-phase format of national-level exams such as NEET needs reconsideration, citing limitations in conducting a technology secure test for the nearly 40 lakh candidates who appear for them.Addressing reporters on the sidelines of the…