Chennai: Starting this week, students of Classes VI-IX at govt schools will take part in club activities and contests such as poster-making and creation of comics. The school education department has asked headmasters to kick-start the initiative for this year.The department added extra-curricular activities to the school curriculum in 2023 through a house system (five…
Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has planned a slew of measures to bring out-of-school children back into classrooms and prevent dropouts. The measures include psychological counsellors in resettlement colony schools, socio-economic surveys to identify vulnerable children, special camps for Aadhaar and birth certificates, and stronger coordination with neighbouring districts to improve access to schools.The plan…
Chennai: Following the declaration of NEET re-exam results and completion of admissions in IITs and NITs, as many as 5,726 students (15%) of 37,976 skipped the first round of engineering counselling this year. Students who got cut-off marks from 171.3 to 200 were allowed to take part in the first round of online general counselling…
CHENNAI: A Chennai civil court has ordered a further investigation into an alleged Rs 28-crore bribery case against former AIADMK housing minister and current DMK MLA Vaithilingam, granting the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) three months to complete the probe.The order came after the court heard a petition filed by anti-corruption NGO Arappor Iyakkam,…
The accused, Iyappan, allegedly attacked the girl when she rejected his advances (Representative image generated using AI) CHIDAMBARAM: A 16-year-old Class 11 student is battling for her life after a man allegedly entered her house and stabbed her in the neck with a knife after she repeatedly rejected his advances, police said.The incident took place…
Reinforcing the coastal green belt Chennai: Officials of the Chennai District Forest Department, along with National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets from AMET University, observed International Mangrove Forest Day by planting 50 mangrove saplings in the estuary area of the Buckingham Canal.Chennai District Forest Officer V A Saravanan said this was the second batch of plantation…
Residents contributed books, chairs, infrastructure and their services to make it a community hub By: Matthew Selvadoray and Harsha MurugesanCHENNAI: Ever since he took over the fair price shop at Kolapakkam in Chengalpet, Velu Chinnasamy has been determined to have people leave the store with something “more than just their ration”.“The first thing we did…
MLA disqualification issue Chennai: Tamil Nadu assembly secretary R Santhi has sent a notice to AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami asking him to appear before assembly speaker J C D Prabhakar on July 30 to offer explanation on his complaint against accepting the resignation of four former AIADMK MLAs who joined TVK.EPS had complained…
Valedictory function of new Congress district presidents Chennai: AICC general secretary (organization) K C Venugopal said on Sunday that Congress leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Tamil Nadu on Aug 1.Speaking to reporters in Chennai airport, Venugopal said Rahul was visiting TN to participate in the valedictory function…
The Chidambaram Taluk police have registered a case and launched a search for the absconding accused Chennai: A 16-year-old girl is fighting for life after a stalker stabbed her for resisting his advances. The incident occurred on Sunday near Chidambaram in Cuddalore district.Police, who identified the man as Iyappan, said he was an electrician and…
