[ad_1] Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday lashed out at opposition AIADMK, calling it an âan old bonded slave campâ that has surrendered to the BJP. Reacting to the announcement of the AIADMK and the BJP, Stalin said that the state’s opposition party is being coerced by threats by the BJP to implement…
[ad_1] As the 16th Finance Commission (FC) begins deliberations, Tamil Nadu has made a strong case for restructuring Indiaâs fiscal federalism. Chief Minister M.K. Stalinâs demand for a 50% share of central tax revenuesâup from the current 41% FC recommendation and actual average devolution of just over 33%ânot only reflects its financial needs, but is…
[ad_1] The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused Chief Minister MK Stalin-led DMK government in Tamil Nadu of spreading âbaselessâ rumours about the three-language policy and delimitation to divert attention from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on TASMAC and liquor-supplying companies. The allegations surfaced on a day when the DMK government presented the Tamil Nadu…
[ad_1] The National Education Policy, 2020, encourages students up to at least Class 5 to learn a regional language in addition to the local language or mother tongue and English. While the Central government asserts that the choice of the additional regional language is left to the States, the NEPâs strong pitch for the three-language…
[ad_1] Amid the row arising out of Indian governmentâs proposed delimitation exercise, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK leader MK Stalin on Monday urged the people of the state to âimmediatelyâ have babies. However, this appeal seems to have gone in opposite direction to Tamil Nadu’s stance on population control. On Monday, CM Stalin warned…
[ad_1] Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin visits Iruttu Kadai, a sweet shop, in Tirunelveli. Photo: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu still has about 15 months to go before it faces Assembly elections, but major political parties have already begun re-jigging their respective organisations to get them ready for the big battle. Earlier this month, the…
[ad_1] If you want to reduce international trade and foreign relations to chest-beating displays of dominance, sooner or later youâre going to end up fighting about steel. Hard, unbending, corrosion-resistant and essential to making macho artefacts like skyscrapers, cars and armaments, the metal is associated with images of strength. US President Donald Trump echoed that…
[ad_1] The fact is, India has never been easy to read. Itâs a continent-sized country of an amalgam of states, resulting in a smorgasbord of regions, cultures, religions, ethnicities, languages, food, clothing, lifestyles and political ideologies. Itâs a veritable explosion of diversity, gamely, and often unsuccessfully, sought to be held together by a unifying âIdea…
[ad_1] A section of visitors at an exhibition hall during the Muthamizh Murugan International Conference held at Palani in Tamil Naduâs Dindigul district on August 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: G. Karthikeyan Has the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government invoked Muruga, the god of Tamils, as an antidote to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)âs Rama…
