Category: tamil-nadu
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Onwards and upwards: women of Tamil Nadu claim their space in local administration
The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992 mandates at least 33% (one-third) reservation for women in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) across India, including for positions of chairpersons. The HinduC. Palanivel Rajan takes a deep dive to examine whether women have moved from being seen as “proxies” or “rubber-stamp” heads to achieving true empowerment. Hearteningly, hewe…
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Five women achievers honoured by Rajalakshmi Engineering College
The awards were given away by Thangam Meganathan, Chairperson, Rajalakshmi Institutions, in the presence of Tejshree Abhay Meganathan, Executive Director, Rajalakshmi Institutions
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CM Stalin announces solatium to families of four persons killed in Gingee car accident
Four persons from Chennai were killed when the car they were travelling in fell into a roadside well at Alampoondi near Gingee on Tuesday
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The 1995 caste reprisals that scarred southern T.N. also touched Communist leader Nallakannu’s life
On December 3, 1995, Nallakannu’s 84-year-old father-in-law, A.K. Annasamy, was murdered by a gang while he was asleep at his house in Marudanvalvu village, then part of Chidambaranar district (now Thoothukudi district)
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Cuddalore’s Silver Beach, developed under Blue Flag certification programme, ready for inauguration
The Cuddalore Corporation completed the beautifcation and improvement works on the beach at a cost of ₹4 crore
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Over 30,000 students appear for Class 12 public examination in Cuddalore district
The district administration had made elaborate arrangements in all the centres
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IIT Madras likely to fetch ₹70 crore via stake sale in Indo-MIM IPO, to invest in innovation
IIT Madras is proposing to sell up to 23,07,700 equity shares of face value of ₹1 each
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Chief Minister to inaugurate Critical Care Block in Jawadhu Hills
Health officials said that the new single-storey facility, which will cover around 5,000 sq.ft, has 50 beds with separate wards for maternity, newborn care, and in-patients
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Riviera 2026 at VIT concludes
The four-day event had over 18,000 participants, including from 30 countries
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When art wilts under the sun
The impacts of climate change are not for the future, they are here, now, and will only inconvenience humans more over time. Geetha Srimathi looks at how the trade and health of folk artistes of Tamil Nadu have already been deeply impacted by the growing summer heat