The Minister had earlier reiterated that the pending arrears of Rs 2152 crore to Tamil Nadu under the SSA programme would not be released until it accepted the NEP and implemented the three-language policy.
The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested ten fishermen, hailing from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, for allegedly trespassing into its territorial waters.
Keeping the heat on the Union Government over its rigid stand on the three-language formula and making it mandatory for the release of funds due for Tamil Nadu under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA) programme, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday warned that if imposition of Hindi is made compulsory, its destruction will become compulsory.
In a showdown with the Modi government for “intimidating” Tamil Nadu to accept the New Education Policy (NEP) and its three-language formula for release of Central funds for the state, Deputy Chief Minister and ruling DMK’s Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin, on Tuesday, warned that the BJP-led Union government’s haughtiness would only lead to another uprising against Hindi imposition.
Seven students of a private college in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu have been booked under the POCSO Act for allegedly raping a minor girl who was befriended by one of the accused through a social media application, police said on Tuesday.
In its present form, the Prime Minister’s Vishwakarma Scheme is not inclusive but strengthens caste-based occupation and hence Tamil Nadu will not implement it, Chief Minister MK Stalin has said.
The IMD has predicted heavy rains till November 29 across the state and in the Union Territory of Puducherry.
Even as the Adani row has cast its long shadow over the winter session of Parliament, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ruling DMK president MK Stalin has said his government has nothing to do with the indictment relating to bribery charges against the conglomerate in a US court.
To address the rising human-elephant conflicts during the migratory season, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department has installed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-triggered early warning system to alert the public about elephant movement.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday morning held a meeting with the 16th Finance Commission at the Secretariat, welcoming the commission's chairman and its members.
