Chennai: The state’s year-old water bell initiative for schools, launched with much fanfare to keep students hydrated, has now hit a roadblock. Teachers and students show little interest in keeping the activity alive even as the city has seen searing heat over the last few weeks.As per the school education department’s circular issued in June…

MDMK general secretary Vaiko Chennai: MDMK is likely to make a formal announcement of its exit from the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance after its general council meeting on Saturday. Senior MDMK functionaries told TOI that members of the committee unanimously backed the proposal to quit the alliance. Meanwhile, one of the two MDMK MLAs who…