Tamil Nadu's Teacher Eligibility Test has commenced with enhanced security measures, a strict dress code and a ban on electronic devices as more than 2.29 lakh candidates appear across the state.
When India’s Delimitation Commission next convenes, it will inherit a task that no commission has faced in fifty years: the freedom to actually change how many parliamentary seats each state sends to the Lok Sabha.
On paper, the salary is Rs 30,000. In hand, it is Rs 7,000. That is the gap private school teachers in Tenkasi say they have been living with for years. Most are too scared to say so officially.
A 24-year-old newly-married woman died after reportedly losing her balance while trying to escape a troop of monkeys at a hilltop temple in Tamil Nadu's Kazhugumalai. Police have launched an investigation into the fatal accident.
For years, June 22 meant teasers, trailers, and first looks. This year, Keerthy Suresh says the fans got something bigger. A leader, not a character.
The remnant of Cyclonic Storm Ditwah weakened further along the Tamil Nadu–Puducherry coast on Monday, easing the heavy-rain threat for Chennai and the northern districts. Sri Lanka, meanwhile, has reported 334 deaths and 370 missing after landslides and flooding triggered by the storm.
According to police, the collision occurred due to over speeding of both the buses coming from opposite directions on a single-lane road towards Pillaiyarpatti, a pilgrim centre.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for several districts across Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, including Chennai, for the next three hours on Sunday till 10 am, warning of light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning as Cyclone Ditwah continues to influence weather conditions along the country's east coast.
Cyclone Ditwah intensified its impact on Tamil Nadu on Saturday, shutting schools, cancelling 54 flights, suspending sea-bridge rail services and prompting evacuations in coastal belts. From Cuddalore to Ramanathapuram, district teams moved into full preparedness mode as the storm inched closer.
Cyclone Ditwah has brought widespread disruption to Tamil Nadu, with school holidays, postponed university exams and dozens of cancelled flights. As heavy rain continues, India has also begun sending emergency aid to Sri Lanka, where the storm has caused significant damage.
