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Justice A.K. Rajan (right) holding a meeting of his committee on the impact of NEET in the State, along with State Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan (left) and panel members, in Chennai.

Madras High Court says Tamil Nadu committee on NEET not against Supreme Court order and setting it up 'not an act of defiance'

The Madras High Court, on July 13, ruled that there was nothing to prevent an elected government from forming a committee to study the impact of the N

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M.K. Stalin, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, handing a package of essential commodities to a migrant labourer, in Chennai on June 25.

Tamil Nadu sets up advisory panel with eminent economists

The Tamil Nadu government wins all-round praise for setting up a well-balanced council of eminent minds to guide it in the path to economic recovery.

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Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan.

Raghuram Rajan, Arvind Subramanian, Jean Dreze, Esther Duflo and S. Narayan in Tamil Nadu’s Economic Advisory Council

Raghuram Rajan, former Reserve Bank of India governor from 2013 to 2016, will head Tamil Nadu’s Economic Advisory Council to the Chief Minister.

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John Kumar (right) resigning as Congress MLA in Puducherry in February. He is now an MLA of the BJP and is demanding a ministership, which the party is not keen on giving.

Infighting in the BJP and the party's differences with AINRC over deputy chief ministership holding up government formation in Puducherry

Differences within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over who among its MLAs should be made Ministers came out in the open, with one group of supporter

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The couple who tied the knot on board a SpiceJet chartered flight from Madurai on May 23.

COVID-19: An all-out battle in Tamil Nadu

Blatant violation of COVID-19 related norms in the urban centres and the pandemic’s rapid spread to the rural areas force the new government to pull o

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Chief Minister N. Rangasamy returns home after recovering from coronavirus at a private hospital in Chennai, on May 18.

Puducherry still has no Ministers other than the Chief Minister one month after the Assembly election as the BJP and the AINRC stay firm on their demands

It has been a month since National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won the Puducherry Assembly election, but there is no sign of a new government yet appare

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M.K. Stalin, Chief Minister, inspects the Chennai Trade Centre, which has temporarily been converted into a COVID-19 facility, in Chennai on May 7.

New Tamil Nadu government in action from Day 1

Amid the rising number of deaths, the new government pulls out all the stops to meet medical needs such as beds, oxygen and medicines.

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K. Lakshminarayanan, who will be the Pro-tem Speaker.

Puducherry L-G approves choice of Pro-tem Speaker, but no date set for MLAs to take oath of office

There is still no knowing when the newly elected MLAs will take the oath of office Puducherry nearly three weeks after they were declared elected. On

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Puducherry NR Congress leader N. Rangasamy with Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan after he was sworn in as Puducherry Chief Minister, on May 7

Is BJP holding up oath-taking of MLAs in Puducherry to press its demand for plum portfolios?

The political tug of war between the NR-Congress and the BJP has been going on when the COVID-19 cases are at an all-time high in the Union Territory.

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Ambulances with COVID-19 patients waiting outside the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai on May 1. The number of hospitalisations is on the rise in Chennai.

COVID second wave: Number of worries for Tamil Nadu

The State is looking at tough times ahead as it grapples with rising cases of hospitalisation and oxygen scarcity.

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M.K. Stalin, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, greets Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit during the swearing-in ceremony held in Chennai on May 7.

Stalin sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, signs five orders fulfilling key election promises

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M.K. Stalin was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu today even as the debilitating COVID-19 pandemic ra

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AINRC founder N. Rangasamy handing over the letter of support of alliance MLAs to Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan at Raj Nivas, staking his claim to form the next government in Puducherry. BJP’s Karnataka unit vice president Nirmal Kumar Surana (left) and Puducherry BJP leader A. Namassivayam are also in the picture.

BJP flexing muscle without a base

The BJP comes to power in Puducherry riding on the back of the N.R. Congress, but there is trouble brewing in the alliance as the tussle for chief min

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