Gross Enrolment Ratio up by as much as 30%, and 67% of beneficiaries spending the aid amount on education. This is how good policy initiatives (Pudhumai Penn in this case) can shape the future for the better for the people and thus the society. Dr Jeyaranjan State Planning Commission - Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu government has embarked on a pilot project involving three universities to work on a mechanism to address the issue of long delay in publishing exam results. 🖊️K Karthikeyan 🔗dtnext.in/news/city/tami… #dtnext #tamilnadugovt #examresults #universities #semsterresults

Even though the region between #Ennore & #Pulicat is under severe threat due to industries & port activities, #Kattoor, #Kalanji & #Karungali villages are one of few patches in the stretch that act as a refuge for #wildlife. 🖊️Rudhran 🔗dtnext.in/news/tamilnadu… #dtnext

Noting that it was the court’s sacrosanct #Constitutionalduty to intervene to prevent “grossest abuse of the judicial process”, #MHC set aside #specialcourt orders discharging #KKSSRRamachandran & #ThangamThennarasu from #DAcase. 🖊️Thamarai selvan 🔗dtnext.in/news/tamilnadu…

Harini Sri, a 13-year-old girl from Tamil Nadu, Harini Sri, recently performed Bharatanatyam for three hours straight at a public event to raise funds for relief efforts in landslide-hit Wayanad in Kerala. 🔗dtnext.in/news/tamilnadu… #dtnext #wayanad #wayanadlandslide

What a web this is turning out to be! Gangsters, politicians (linked to DMK, AIADMK, BJP, Congress, TMC, et al), advocates, mercenaries, Home Guard... The list is never-ending.

The BJP-led Centre now cites the high cost to question the feasibility Chennai Metro Rail phase, the foundation for which was laid by none other than Union Minister Amit Shah. Centre yet to give a penny for Chennai Metro Rail phase 2 dtnext.in/news/city/cent…

This is important and we need more such facilities, but perhaps not all of them need to be "international". What is needed is smaller but well-equipped facilities across the State if Tamil Nadu is to become the sporting powerhouse it is aiming to be.

To quote a scene from The Wire season 2, what they need is a union.

Would the authorities do this/allow it to happen with such cavalier attitude if the local body/State government is liable to pay citizens for flood damage?

We ape the West on everything - except labour rights and labour unions. While social justice is an important aspect of Tamil Nadu politics, it doesn't always extend to workers' rights.

This would sure help reduce congestion - in the short-term. But traffic congestion is a complex issue with multiple facets, can't resolve it merely with more roads. And ecological aspects also need to be factored in when deciding on such big projects.

Plain speak : flooding inevitable this monsoon , says #Chennai corporation commissioner writes Swedha Radhakrishnan DT Next Greater Chennai Corporation Kumaragurubaran (KGB) #Chennaifloods dtnext.in/news/chennai/f…

So many things changed, yet they are the same! Are we ready to harvest monsoon bounty with new water bodies, sponge parks? Are temple tanks in city cleaned to store water? Who is accountable in government? CMOTamilNadu Greater Chennai Corporation gopu mohan CAG Chennai dtnext.in/news/chennai/f…

Realising that the proposed design for #MetroRailroute from #Chennaiairport to #Kilambakkam would be very high cost, the Chennai Metro Rail & #TNHighwaysDept has worked on new design, that would help reduce the cost by at least Rs 1,000 cr. 🖊️Nirupa Sampath 🔗dtnext.in/news/chennai/m…

#TamilNadu: After the 2004 Tsunami, a govt school teacher in Cuddalore adopted a bunch of girls from his school and trained them in Football. One of them grew on to become India’s best. On Indumathi, G⚽️AT of TN Women’s team, who won AIFF’s Best player award for 2023-24🧵

A beautiful feature by Srikkanth on the best woman football player in Tamil Nadu’s history: Indumathi Kathiresan. Please give it a read! Tamil Nadu police must organise a function to celebrate her achievements. ⚽️⚽️ Well done Editor DT Next for giving space for the feature.

Even as all were dealing with speculations about Udhay, K Karthikeyan of DT Next was the first to bring out the full contours of the cabinet reshuffle. And as usual, he got it right. K Karthikeyan

This is such an important step to ensure that the rights and responsibilities of apartment owners are codified. Rudhran

You dump all the waste, tonnes and tonnes of it, mindlessly and then expect to have no impact? That's the very definition of stupidity or callousness. Or possibly both. Rudhran