Lack of seriousness, non-implementation of policy leave mental health initiatives in limbo in schools Chennai: The school education department’s efforts towards the psychological well-being of school students are being stalled due to the non-implementation of the mental health policy introduced three months ago, the lack of qualified counsellors, and irregular tracking of existing mechanisms.There are…
Students and supporters assembled at the Communist Party of India (CPI), T Nagar office in solidarity with the students movement at Jantar Mantar, Delhi. The sit-in protest that began on Monday night is organised by Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), Tamil Nadu and All India Students Federation (AISF). Chennai: Hundreds of people, mostly students and young…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s intensified tuberculosis surveillance identified 48,469 patients in the first six months of 2026, after 93,203 cases were diagnosed in 2025, health minister K G Arunraj said on Wednesday, urging greater community participation to eliminate the disease. A total of 2,390 village panchayats were certified TB-free in 2025, underscoring progress in the state’s…
Rival groups attacked each other with knives, stones and broken bottles. Chennai: Weapon-wielding students from Pachaiyappa’s College and Government Arts College, Nandanam, clashed at Guindy railway station on Tuesday afternoon, disrupting commuters.Police said the rival groups attacked each other with knives, stones and broken bottles. Mambalam railway police arrested three people and seized three long…
Krishna Chivukula, CMD, Indo MIM Ltd Chennai: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras is set to gain up to Rs 112 crore from the initial public offering (IPO) of Indo MIM Ltd by partially offloading shares it received as a donation.The institute is expected to receive Rs 106 crore at the lower end of the…
Hindu religious and charitable endowments minister C Ramesh Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple in Palani Hindu religious and charitable endowments minister C Ramesh Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple in Palani Hindu religious and charitable endowments minister C Ramesh CHENNAI: The Hindu religious and charitable endowments (HR&CE) department has announced the formation of a special inspection committee to…
All theatres have reported strong booking responses till Sunday CHENNAI: Nearly five decades after Tamil Nadu audiences last watched a sitting chief minister lead a film, the state is set to witness the rare spectacle again on Thursday when chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Jana Nayagan releases in more than 1,000 screens in the state….
CHENNAI: The TVK govt in Tamil Nadu has renamed the chief minister’s breakfast scheme, launched by the previous DMK govt, after former CM K Kamaraj. The scheme will henceforth be called “Perunthalaivar Kamaraj Breakfast Scheme.”The change in the name of the breakfast scheme follows a few such changes. Recently, the TVK govt renamed Naan Mudhalvan…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday condemned the arrest of Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a protest in New Delhi on Tuesday against alleged irregularities in the NEET. Vijay called it an attack on democracy.“The Union govt must respect the sentiments of students…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has emerged as the country’s biggest employment generator under Centre’s production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for textiles, creating nearly one in four jobs generated under the programme.The scheme for textiles has contributed to employment generation by encouraging investments in the manufacture of MMF apparel, MMF fabrics and technical textiles.The scheme has generated…
