The Tamil Nadu government’s case against NEET is well established. NEET tramples states rights when it’s the state that can set such policies to suit local conditions. The Tamil Nadu system of selecting students for medical colleges served its need well, at least...
In its brutality, sickness of intent, execution, and the profile of the victim and the murderer, the two murders are not very dissimilar. The reaction to Swathi’s murder in June, 2016, was immediate and visceral. It seemed to...
Noted agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan has said that the market support that farmers need has three integrated components. i) A minimum support price or MSP based on the formula of C2 + 50% ii) A favourable procurement policy to ensure that farmers do receive...
The acquisition of Kattupalli Port from Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) by the Adani group is expected to change the dynamics of the port business in the Eastern Coast, say industry experts. With Kattupalli Port in its bag, the Adani group gains an important...
The fate of much of kuruvai and samba crops in Cauvery delta region will be decided by the Cauvery Management Authority when it meets next week. The level in Mettur dam stands at around 57 feet and the shutters are typically opened for irrigation if the level...
On Friday morning, soon after chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami announced several measures as per Rule 110, Congress legislature party leader K R Ramasamy brought up the issue of IG Pon Manickavel. The police officer had submitted to the Madras High Court that...
The Supreme Court has refused to transfer the case of disqualification against AIADMK rebel MLAs supporting T T V Dinakaran. A petition was filed by the disqualified MLAs supporting Dinakaran seeking to transfer the case from the Madras High Court to the Supreme...
The towering mass leader space is vacant in Tamil Nadu. MGR and Jayalalithaa, and to some extent even Karunanidhi, occupied that space and promised messianic deliverance. Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth may think that space is there for taking. The film Kaala sought...
The dump of bullets and explosives dug out at a house in Anthoniarpuram on Rameswaram island likely belonged to the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) that had a camp at that area. The ammunition was found when a septic tank at a house was...
The central government has gone ahead with the constitution of the Cauvery Management Authority despite Karnataka government not nominating its representative. The centre has nominated the water resources secretary of the state government of Karnataka as a member...
Dr. Amalorpavanathan Joseph who played a key role in establishing Tamil Nadu’s organ distribution process, which is widely considered a success, disputes the suggestion that there is any organized attempt to divert hearts from cadavers to foreign recipients. He has...
Geared towards achieving parity with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), a recent school education department circular lays down a series of reforms in the setting of question papers in state board schools. But experts warn against vested interests...
Huluvadi G. Ramesh, seniormost judge in the Madras High Court, after Chief Justice Indira Banerjee, has nominated Dr Justice S Vimala, Judge of Madras High Court as the third judge to hear the AIADMK MLAs disqualification case. Following a split verdict in the...
A press conference in Chennai on Friday has set off a debate among medical health professionals. At the meeting, Krishnan and Senthamilselvi were introduced as the proud parents of a baby girl born through In Vitro Fertilisation on May 21. At 63, Senthamilselvi is...
At a time when debates are raging about the misuse of the SC/ST Act and whether the inclusion of a caste group in the SC list is a deterrent against their uplift, Kachanatham came as one of the worst cases of caste-based atrocities in recent times. In a violent...
Balaji Sampath, an IIT graduate and a PhD from University of Maryland, has a passion for teaching Physics to young people. A co-founder of AhaGuru, Sampath talks about lessons learned from two years of NEET in Tamil Nadu. Do you think Tamil Nadu students are...
The Tamil Nadu Government has nominated two officers to the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) set up by the Centre in accordance with the Supreme Court directive to regulate sharing of Cauvery waters among Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. TN...
This year there are 567 engineering institutions in Tamil Nadu, down from 587 last year The Central government’s National Institutional Ranking Framework ranks educational institutions across India. The ranking can help you choose colleges and courses An...
Meghana held out her hands and clapped. “Why are you people doing this?” she yelled. Transgenders often clap while they are in a group to draw attention and ask for money. She wasn’t there to beg, she told Inmathi six days later. She was at the Tuticorin...
Muhilan* had tied his lungi high up on his waist. During the strip search, he lifted the lungi and bunched it over his bullet wounds – the bullet had entered his body just above the right hip and left the body through the other side. He removed his banian and threw...
The Cauvery issue has severely tested the idea that India shall be a law-governed nation. The system is supposed to work based on checks and balances imposed by constitutionally mandated institutions, but successive Karnataka governments have repeatedly stressed in...