Students in Tamil Nadu are fast losing interest in dental courses, just as it happened in the case of engineering colleges. When counseling ended this year, 30% of BDS seats were lying vacant in self-financing dental colleges. The application form for joining in both MBBS and BDS is the same...
The three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan, who faced a death sentence in 2011, had then expressed their disappointment with the former DMK Government in Tamil Nadu for not granting them clemency along with another convict Nalini. In an exclusive...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="ta" dir="ltr">முன்னாள் தமிழக முதல்வர் பேரறிஞர் அண்ணா அவர்களுக்கு பாரத ரத்னா விருது வழங்க வலியுறுத்தி மேதகு பிரதமர் அவர்களுக்கு மாண்புமிகு தமிழ்நாடு முதலமைச்சர் திரு.எடப்பாடி கே.பழனிசாமி அவர்கள் கடிதம்...
A nation’s progress is first and foremost dependant on its farmers’ welfare. Only if agriculture thrives, industries and services can flourish. If we neglect farming, we cannot expect our nation to do well. The prime job of any elected government is to empower our farmers since this has a...
While the controversy of the singing of Christian songs in Carnatic music was still raging, singer Nithyasree Mahadevan became the target of trolling by right wingers on social media when a song she had sung in praise of slain LTTE leader V Prabhakaran a year ago was dug up and shared on...
When Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan, were in the death row after being convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, I met them in the high-security Vellore prison and had an hour-long interview. Chatting over biscuits and tea kindly provided by the jail staff in an ante-room of the...
The BJP will go all out to prevent the release of the Rajiv case convicts, applying the law of the land as upheld by the Supreme Court, says a top BJP source. It appears that the release of Perarivalan is nowhere near in sight, given the determination of the Union Home Minister and the Union...
Some government school teachers have their own initiatives and are working together in a spirit of constructive cooperation, for reigning in improvements. This is something highly commendable. And social media has a large part to play. Starting an informal WhatsApp group some three years ago,...
Will Tamil Nadu Governor refer the plea for release of Rajiv case convicts to the Centre? That is the most vital question as the Supreme Court on September 6, 2018, has asked the Tamil Nadu Governor to consider the mercy plea of Perarivalan, a convict in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination...
The whole vast edifice of agriculture depends on soil. Maintaining soil health is therefore top priority for farmers - without good soil, there is no food or profit. So let us look at the real nature of soil. It is the skin in which this planet is clothed. It is an organic and living part of...
