Chennai, Feb 11 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has categorically rejected viral claims circulating on social media that students appearing for the Class 10 public examinations have been exempted from writing the Tamil language paper.Officials described the reports as “completely false” and urged the public not to be misled by unverified messages.Over the past week, posts shared widely on WhatsApp and X alleged that the state had decided not to make Tamil compulsory in the SSLC examinations…
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Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) Even weeks after the Supreme Court’s eight-week deadline to clear stray dogs from public spaces expired, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is yet to put a full relocation system in place, with a severe shortage of shelters slowing the process. The court, in November 2025, directed civic bodies to remove stray dogs from public areas to address growing public safety concerns.In response, the GCC announced financial incentives in December, offering Rs 50 per dog per day…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for Law and Justice, Arjun Ram Meghwal, said on Friday that as many as 116 women judges are currently serving in the Higher Judiciary which has a working strength of 814, with Punjab and Haryana High Court having the maximum number of 18. Replying to a query in the Lok Sabha, MoS Meghwal shared data on the working strength and number of women judges in the Supreme Court and High Courts showing that at present, of the 33 Supreme Court judges, only o…
Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has formally moved to dismantle the controversial “orderly system” in the police department, informing the Madras High Court that it has issued a Government Order (GO) constituting district-level monitoring committees to eradicate the long-criticised practice. The submission was made on Thursday before the division bench of Justices S.M. Subramaniam and C. Kumarappan. Advocate General P.S. Raman placed a copy of the January 21 GO on record and told…
Chennai, Feb 2 (IANS) Former Union Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday told the Madras High Court that he alone legally represents the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and that the group rallying behind party founder and his father Dr S. Ramadoss was merely a breakaway faction that could not be recognised as the party. The assertion was made during the hearing of a writ petition filed by Dr Ramadoss seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Of…
Chennai, Feb 2 (IANS) After being temporarily put on hold amid protests by shop workers, the empty liquor bottle buy-back scheme of the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) is set to be implemented in Chennai later this week.Officials said the decision follows a review of earlier operational challenges and is aimed at ensuring smoother execution this time.The scheme had been suspended in the city after Tasmac workers shut down liquor shops and staged protests at depots, citing inadequ…
Chennai, Feb 1 (IANS) The Madras High Court is set to hear on February 2 a crucial petition filed by Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss, challenging the Election Commission’s decision to allot the party’s ‘Mango’ election symbol through a communication addressed to party president Anbumani Ramadoss. The case has assumed political significance as it unfolds amid an intensifying leadership dispute within the PMK. In his petition before the Madras High Court, Ramadoss has quest…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice in a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking urgent directions to protect the independence of the judiciary and to prevent “intimidation and communalisation of judicial orders” following recent rulings delivered by Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court permitting the centuries-old Deepam ceremony at the Thiruparankundram temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P.B. Varale sought res…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) In an extraordinary exercise of its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, aimed at doing “complete justice”, the Supreme Court has granted relief to a widow who lost her husband during the second wave of Covid-19 by permitting her to settle a bank loan on relaxed terms and directed the Central Bank of India to release the title deeds of her residential property upon payment of a reduced amount. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymal…
Chennai, Jan 27 (IANS) In a significant setback to the makers of Vijay-starrer ‘Jana Nayagan’, a Division Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday allowed an appeal filed by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and set aside a single-judge direction that had ordered the immediate grant of censor certification to the film. The Bench held that the earlier order could not be sustained as it ventured into the merits of the dispute at an interim stage.The Division Bench, comprising Chief J…