Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday announced two welfare measures aimed at easing household and mobility costs—three free LPG cylinders a year for mor than 1.3 crore families and expansion of fareless bus travel for all women and transgender persons across Tamil Nadu. Announced under Rule 110 in assembly, the schemes carry a…
Higher education minister P Viswanathan on Monday announced that the Tamil Nadu govt will recruit 6,000 assistant professors for govt arts and science colleges, engineering colleges and polytechnic colleges in three phases.Replying to the debate on demand for grants for higher education, he also announced upgradation of Teachers Recruitment Board to conduct recruitment for higher…
Bakan Jagdish Sudhakar, CEO, TN Green Climate Company Chennai: Tamil Nadu was working on decarbonisation plans for four districts and had initiated a Rs 1,000-crore Green Climate Fund, with an initial Rs 100-crore commitment from the State government and the remaining corpus proposed to be raised from the market to support businesses in areas including…
Giuliano Simeone scored a late equaliser as Atletico Madrid came back to draw 2-2 with Villarreal after playing the final stages of the match with 10 men.The late goal came after Villarreal had taken the lead from the penalty spot following Robin Le Normand’s red card in the 76th minute.Le Normand was sent off for…
Chennai: The 16th Finance Commission of India (FCI) has recommended more than ₹27,000 crore under three major grant categories for urban local bodies (ULBs) in the state for 2026-2031, besides a special infrastructure component and a one-time urbanisation premium.According to municipal administration and water supply (MAWS) department policy note for this financial year, presented by…
Two-time Asian Games gold medallist Rohan Bopanna has questioned the changes made to India’s tennis squad for the 2026 Asian Games, saying players who had earned their place through rankings were left out after the selection process was changed.The sports ministry’s guidelines limited the Asian Games tennis squad to players ranked among the top eight…
MADURAI: It will be a death of the witness box, the ubiquitous wooden structure one would see in Indian courts and cinema. It will not be even the ‘designated’ locations from where one could depose and get their statements recorded by trial courts.Madras high court has virtually freed witnesses from all procedural shackles, as it…
Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara reacts during her Round of 64 women’s singles match against Turkey’s Ozge Bayrak (REUTERS) NEW DELHI: It was Day 5 of the BWF World Championships in New Delhi, but the smooth rhythm of the tournament was suddenly disrupted. Injuries to Thailand’s Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara, both suffering from knee problems,…
CHENNAI: With 12 out of 13 state universities under higher education department without vice-chancellors, the Tamil Nadu govt has appointed two senior-most professors in Alagappa University and Manonmaniam Sundaranar University as interim vice-chancellors.Professor J Jeyakanthan from the department of bioinformatics at Alagappa University has been appointed officiating vice-chancellor of Alagappa University. Professor S Prabahar from…
India vs Argentina (Photo by HI) India’s men’s hockey team bow out of the 2026 World Cup semi-final race after a 3-5 defeat to Argentina on Monday.Despite Argentina’s win over England keeping India’s qualification hopes technically alive, India needed a victory by at least three goals to make the last four.Instead, two early strikes leave…
