Prime Minister Modi consecrates Ram temple despite opposition from Shankaracharyas – K.C. Palanisamy
The Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, is scheduled to be consecrated on January 22. Invitations have been sent to leaders of various political parties across the country to attend the event. The Uttar Pradesh government is making intense arrangements…
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by Madurai resident K.K. Ramesh, seeking a direction to the Central government to provide ₹8,000 crore in relief to Tamil Nadu, including ₹3,000 crore as interim relief. The Supreme Court said it…
19-year-old Ishwarya, the daughter of Perumal and Roja, a couple from the Most Backward Classes community in the village of Neyiveduthi near Pattukkottai, and Naveen (19), a diploma mechanical engineer from the Scheduled Caste community in the nearby village of…
Government transport workers, who were on strike demanding fulfillment of their 8-year-old demands, have agreed to postpone the strike till the 19th. The strike was called off after the Madras High Court intervened and asked the workers to consider the…
Transport workers are on strike to demand their 8-year-old demands. In the meantime, it is alleged that buses are being operated by inexperienced drivers, and that buses operated in this way are involved in accidents. Nationally, compared to other states,…
The Madras High Court has ordered a stay on the recruitment of new assistants on contract basis in railway hospitals. The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) rejected a plea by the Southern Railway Employees’ Association seeking regularisation of 202 assistants who…
A farmer named Arul, who was arrested under the Goondas Act for protesting against the expansion of Melma SIPCOT in Thiruvannamalai, has had the Goondas Act repealed by the Tamil Nadu government. The Tamil Nadu government took steps to expand…
In July 2023, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued summons to farmers Kanniyan and Krishnan, residents of Ramanayakkanpalayam village near Aathur in Salem district. The summons were sent to the address that included the caste name of the farmers, and required…
Chennai’s bus stations have been moving every 15 years for a number of reasons. The original bus station was located at Paris Corner, but it caused severe traffic congestion on Anna Salai, a major commercial artery. In 2003, the Koyambedu…