Chennai

A resolution urging the Centre to abolish NEET was moved by the AIADMK Government headed by Edappadi Palaniswami, but the move did not elicit the expected result.

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday decided to stop people from carrying Lord Ganesha statues in processions to immerse them in the sea and other waterbodies across the state.

Announcing the expulsion of Madan Ravichandran and his associate Venba from the BJP, party state general secretary said both were removed from the primary membership.

Mudijja tested positive for COVID-19 in April-end and developed breathing difficulties early on before being referred to Rela Hospital.

The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P D Audikesavalu also debarred the petitioner from filing any PILs for five years.

Senior DMK leader Durai Murugan said the boycott by AIADMK leaders could be seen in retaliation to DMK leaders’ absence during the unveiling of Jayalalithaa’s portrait.

The cases were filed between 2012 and February 2021 against editors, printers and publishers of newspapers and television channels when the AIADMK was in power.

Stalin requested the Centre to reconsider its decision to conduct national level exams like the NEET as it may lead to virus spread.

VK Sasikala has been releasing audiotapes on social media platforms where she is heard saying “let’s restore the legacy and bring in ‘amma’ (Jayalalithaa)-led regime again and send the enemies and traitors home”.

Competitive examinations for central and state government services shall be permitted, an official release here said.

According to sources, the charred body was recovered from a hockey stadium at the premier technical institute by the police on Thursday night after some hockey players alerted them.

Confirming the death of the Asiatic male lion named Pathbanathan, aged 12 years, Deputy Director of AAZP said the lion was housed in the safari area of the park.

The state has inoculated only nine percent of its seven-crore population with the first dose of the vaccine.

Overall, though the spread of coronavirus has come under control in Tamil Nadu, it continued to be on the rise in 11 districts including Coimbatore and the Nilgiris, he said.

The 500-bed multi super specialty hospital would be set up in south Chennai on the premises of King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research at a cost of Rs 250 crore.

He said the move was done considering public good to rein in the pandemic spread and appealed to the people to cooperate with the government and stay indoors.