Topic: Tamil nadu
Tamil Nadu Governor urges students to chant Hindutva slogan ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi sparked yet another controversy by urging students to chant the Hindutva slogan “Jai Shri Ram” at a college event in Madurai.
Dalit student made to write exam outside classroom in Coimbatore school due to menstruation
In a disturbing instance from Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district, a private school in Senguttaipalayam allegedly compelled a Class VIII student, belonging to a Scheduled Caste (SC), to sit for her annual examination outside the classroom solely because she was menstruating.
“Illegal and erroneous,” SC slams Tamil Nadu Governor for withholding assent to 10 Bills
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that the action of the Tamil Nadu Governor Dr. R.N. Ravi withholding assent for 10 bills, the oldest of them pending since January 2020, and reserving them to the President after they were re-enacted by the State Legislature is “illegal and erroneous.”
Masi Magam: The historic Irular festival fails to get Tamil Nadu’s attention yet again
Speaking with Maktoob, the band of 10 Parai players at Masi Magam shared: “Parai is very auspicious to us Irulars. All our festivities begin with Parai music, and we also mourn with this music.”
NHRC takes suo motu cognisance over Dalit student’s fingers chopped off by upper-caste boys in Thoothukudi
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday took suo motu cognizance of a reported assault on a Scheduled Caste (SC) student by upper-caste...
DMK-hosted Joint Action Committee on Fair Delimitation demands freeze on delimitation for 25 years
On Saturday, The Joint Action Committee on Fair Delimitation demanded the freeze on the number of Parliamentary constituencies, based on the 1971 Census, be extended for another 25 years.
