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CHENNAI, 01/03/2013: Students appearing for Plus 2 examinations having final touch before entering into the examination hall at Chennai Girls Higher Secondary School, Madhavaram High Road in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on Mar. 1, 2013.
Photo: V. Ganesan

Mark machines

There is a sharp decline in the standard of education in Tamil Nadu, a State which once boasted fully trained teachers even for primary schools.

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CHENNAI, 04/08/2008: Silent struggle: Two of these children walk towards school and a future with opportunities but the other little boy has onlymore chores ahead of him. A scene near Vyasarpadi railway station on Monday. Photo: V. Ganesan.

For quality and equality

While issues of accessibility and enrolment have improved dramatically in the past decades, issues relating to the quality of education at both school

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KARNATAKA - BENGALURU - 01/06/2016 : A S Kiran Kumar, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), during an interaction with Frontline, in Bengaluru on June 01, 2016. Photo: K. Murali Kumar.

‘Design process has been validated’

Interview with Dr A.S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation.

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Growing wings

ISRO crosses yet another milestone with the successful launch and return of a winged Reusable Launch Vehicle in a scaled-down configuration that flew

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Bucking the trend

Jayalalithaa makes history by returning to power for a second consecutive time in Tamil Nadu.

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Erode, 05/05/2016:
A farmer, a young girl and a woman join AIADMK MP Thambidurai in receiving a copy of the party manifesto from Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at Perundurai in Erode district, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday.

PHOTO: M. GOVARTHAN

Complex scene

With multiple fronts in the fray and several issues, from prohibition to power supply, at stake, the election scene in Tamil Nadu is making the guessi

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Karnataka : Bengaluru , 16/03/2016 . Excavation work by Archeological Survey of India (ASI) on a small hillock at Aratipura near Maddur in Mandya District of Karnataka state . Photo : Bhagya Prakash K

Jaina wonders

At Artipura in Karnataka the ASI unearths a Jaina centre that flourished during the time of the Gangas and the Hoysalas.

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Karnataka : Bengaluru , 16/03/2016 . Excavation work by Archeological Survey of India (ASI) on a small hillock at Aratipura near Maddur in Mandya District of Karnataka state . Photo : Bhagya Prakash K

Doorway to Jaina history

At Artipura in Karnataka the ASI unearths a Jaina centre that flourished during the time of the Gangas and the Hoysalas.

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Chennai: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad along with DMK President M Karunanidhi's son and party's treasurer M K Stalin addressing media after completing the seat sharing at Gopalapuram residence in Chennai on Monday. Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, TN Congress Committee Chief E V K S Elangovan are also seen. PTI Photo by R Senthil Kumar(PTI4_4_2016_000164B)

Battle lines

The election scene hots up in Tamil Nadu, with the AIADMK announcing its candidates for 227 of the 234 seats and the DMK springing a surprise by makin

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CHENNAI TAMILNADU 24/03/2016 DMDK Presedent Vijayakanth PHOTO L_SRINIVASAN

The game changer?

Vijayakanth joins hands with the People’s Welfare Front, leading to a five-cornered fight in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.

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Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 26/08/2015: FOR FRONTLINE:
A Tamil-Brahmi inscription pottery sherds found at the at ASI's excavation site at Keezhadi in Sivaganga district. Photo: R. Ashok

Digging up Madurai’s Sangam past

The ASI’s excavations at Keezhadi near Madurai, its largest in Tamil Nadu, have unearthed hard evidence of the city’s existence in the Sangam Age of t

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Keezhadi, a new Sangam Age site

The ASI’s excavations at Keezhadi near Madurai, its largest in Tamil Nadu, have unearthed hard evidence of the city’s existence in the Sangam Age of t

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