Recently, the Tamil Nadu government issued an order to deploy over 300,000 teachers in government and private schools for election duty for assembly polls in May 2021. Such poll work can typically go on for more than a month, counting the time for training, conducting the elections and then assisting with the declaration of results. … Read more
At Rs 5,55,900 crore, the states whose finances have been ravaged by the pandemic, have snapped up as much as 43.5 per cent more debt from the market during the first nine months of the current fiscal with the conclusion of the last auction on Tuesday when 13 of them borrowed Rs 18,900 crore. According … Read more
The three states go to the polls next year, along with Assam where the BJP captured power five years ago. Synopsis 2021 will be the year when the BJP will mount massive campaigns to conquer what can be called the hold-out states — West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. In October 2015, RSS joint general … Read more
CHENNAI: Opposition DMK and its allies including the Congress held protests and took out rallies on Tuesday backing the farmers‘ nation-wide shutdown call which did not affect normalcy in Tamil Nadu but hit routine in Puducherry. In the neighbouring UT, ruled by the Congress, the bandh call evoked a near total response with buses, taxis … Read more
Bengaluru: Ahead of launching his political party next month, Tamil superstar Rajinikanth paid a visit to his elder brother R Sathyanarayana Rao in Bengaluru, where he grew up. “We hadn’t met for quite some time. He came last night and left this morning for Chennai after spending some good time,” 77-year-old Rao told on Monday. … Read more
CHENNAI: The political advisor of actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth, Tamilaruvi Manian on Saturday said that their political party which will be launched in January 2021 will fight on all 234 seats in the next Assembly elections. “We will contest on all 234 seats in next Assembly elections. Our politics will be spiritual politics unlike the politics of … Read more
The IMD has forecasted extremely heavy to heavy rainfall in India’s two southernmost states as the cyclone approaches India. After cyclone Nivar last week, another cyclonic storm, Burevi, is expected to hit south Indian shores. In the last 10 days, this is the third cyclone that has formed in the Arabian Sea and Bay of … Read more
BENGALURU: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana have reported a recovery rate of above 95% in Covid-19 infected persons, pointing to a gradual decline of the pandemic, and probably improved immunity levels in the population. Kerala, however, has been an exception where the recovery rate is a tad below at 89%. Manipal Hospitals chairman … Read more
New Delhi: The Chennai international airport has been closed till 7 AM on Thursday amid bad weather conditions caused by Cyclone Nivar, the Civil Aviation Ministry said. Gusty winds and rains lashed parts of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, leaving several areas inundated. Authorities have housed over one lakh people in shelters as the severe cyclone … Read more
Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin on Sunday demanded that Chief Minister K Palaniswami immediately suspend vice-chancellor of Anna University M K Surappa who is facing an enquiry over allegations of corruption. Hitting out at Surappa for continuing in office despite the probe, he said it was a ‘mockery’. Surappa has asserted he has done … Read more