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.
Dismissing the apprehensions of Tamil Nadu and other southern states of their Lok Sabha seats coming down in the proposed delimitation exercise next year, Union Home Minister and BJP strongman Amit Shah on Wednesday assured that not even a single seat will be reduced and accused Chief Minister MK Stalin of spreading a red herring to divert attention on the phenomenal corruption under the DMK regime.
Reiterating his opposition to the three-language formula and asserting that Tamil Nadu is a land of self-respect, actor-turned neta Vijay on Wednesday vowed to create history by capturing power in the 2026 assembly elections like 1967 and 1977 when the state witnessed regime change by new entrants.
The escalating tussle between Tamil Nadu and the Union government over the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is not just a dispute over language policy ~ it is a deeper battle over state autonomy, cultural identity, and federal governance.
“We are faced with the situation of the Lok Sabha constituenciesgetting reduced because of properly implementing the family planningprogramme and bringing population growth under control,” the chiefminister contended.
The Minister had earlier reiterated that the pending arrears of Rs 2152 crore to Tamil Nadu under the SSA programme would not be released until it accepted the NEP and implemented the three-language policy.
