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By Reetika Khera India’s school meals programme is ubiquitous, helping deliver food to millions. It faces threats from multiple angles. It would be hard to find a larger or more universal school meals programme than that in India. Until Covid-19 hit, more than 87% of children in rural government schools were being served the ‘Mid-Day […]
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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Cyber cell has launched an investigation into a group sex video involving a female school teacher and boy students. The video, which was filmed by a businessman who was the woman’s paramour, had been shared by a few of his friends. The Cyber Cell is investigating whether the video was uploaded […]
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Chennai: The matchbox manufacturers association strike from April 6-17 will lead to a drop in the production by Rs 200 to 250 crore. The association has called for a strike due to the rising prices of raw materials, and the manufacturers have appealled to the Tamil Nadu government to bring the prices under control. Small […]
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Chennai/New Delhi: After Ola Electric and Okinawa e-scooters caught fire and raised alarms in government circles, another electric scooter of Hyderabad-based Pure EV has reportedly caught fire in Tamil Nadu. The EV fire incident, the third in a row, occurred near Mathura Toll Plaza in the Manjampakkam area near North Chennai. The 26-seconds long video […]
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Chennai: The multibillion-dollar Lulu group of Keralite NRI businessman M.A. Yusuf Ali will be investing Rs 3,500 crore in Tamil Nadu. This was announced by the group chairman and Managing Director M.A. Yusuf Ali while attending the investors’ meet of Tamil Nadu in Dubai. The meet was organised by the Tamil Nadu state government on […]
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Chennai: In a tragic incident in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore, a man and his daughter died after their e-bike went up in flames suffocating them to death in their asbestos sheet-laden house in the wee hours on Saturday. Police said that M. Duraivarma, (49), who was running a photo studio near Tollgate, Vellore bought a new […]
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Chennai: The policy makers and academicians of Tamil Nadu have strongly opposed the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) proposed move to conduct a common entrance test for admission to various courses across 45 central universities in the country. M.R. Ayyappan, a retired professor from a Government College in Tamil Nadu told IANS: “Just like NEET had created […]
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Rameswaram: Sri Lankan Navy has apprehended 16 fishermen from Rameswaram and Mandapam in Tamil Nadu and their two boats, according to Q branch police. Earlier on February 12, the Sri Lankan Navy has apprehended 12 Rameswaram-based fishermen and two fishing boats after they had gone fishing across the border in the Palk Bay. Minister of […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad topped the list of cities with the highest number of transactions at physical touch points in 2021 for Worldline India, a technology partner to several banks and e-commerce giants. Also, Telangana figured among the top ten States with the highest transactions at physical touch points in 2021. Physical touch points include point of […]
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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu public health department has in a statement said that BA.2 Sub variant of Omicron was identified in 18.4 per cent of the samples sequenced in the state from January to March 2022. It is to be noted that the BA.2 sub-variant is driving the Covid-19 cases in the UK. The genomic […]
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Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) official said that this is due to the transportation of coal from Odisha, which is the only source for Tamil Nadu power generation company.
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Bengaluru: Two days after the newly-married daughter of a Tamil Nadu minister approached the Bengaluru Police Commissioner seeking protection from her father, she met Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Tuesday and sought police protection for herself and her husband. Earlier on Wednesday afternoon, Jayakalyani (24), the daughter of Tamil Nadu Religious and Charitable Endowment […]
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Hyderabad: Tamil Nadu boys and girls teams entered the quarterfinals of the Sub-junior National Championship that got underway at the Gymkhana Ground on Saturday. Results: Pre-quarterfinals: Boys: Tamil Nadu 20 bt Chhattisgarh 5; Bihar 30 bt Assam 0; Andhra 20 bt J & K 0; Odisha 30 bt Uttar Pradesh; Kerala 25 bt Himachal Pradesh […]
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Salem (Tamil Nadu): An attempt has been made on the life of a judicial magistrate here allegedly by a knife-yielding office assistant, police said on Tuesday. The assistant was arrested, said the police. The attempt was made when the magistrate M Ponpandi was moving towards his chamber. The motive was vengeance because the office assistant […]
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Chennai: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is leading with 281 wards in town panchayats while the party is ahead on 98 wards in municipalities. In town panchayats, All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) is leading at 30 wards, indicating that it is a clean sweep for the DMK, according to data from the Tamil Nadu […]
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Chennai: AIADMK Coordinator and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam has written to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to intervene in the issue of the participation of Indian devotees at St. Anthony’s church in Sri Lanka’s Katchatheevu. Panneerselvam on Saturday said that according to reports, the festival is to be held on March 11 […]
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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is trying to cobble up a united front against the BJP, said on Monday that she had spoken with her counterparts in Tamil Nadu and Telangana, and together they were trying to “protect the country’s federal structure from getting bulldozed”. The TMC supremo, who had visited Uttar […]
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Chennai: Forty people from eight Dalit families in Theni, southern Tamil Nadu have embraced Islam after they found living amongst the upper caste Hindus a nightmare. The conversion occurred a couple of days before at Dombicheri village in Bodinayakanur town in Theni district and Islamic priests solemnised the conversion. Incidentally, Bodinayakanur is the constituency of […]
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Chennai: The Industries in Tamil Nadu are expecting higher production linked incentives in the Union Budget 2022 to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday. The sectors that the industry expects to gain are the renewable energy sector, electric vehicles, and electric components. According to industry insiders, if the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) […]
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Shamsiya cleared the counselling on Friday and got admission to MBBS at the prestigious Government Stanley Medical College, Chennai, one of the oldest medical colleges in the country.
