The Latest Breaking News from Tamil Nadu

There were differences over who should execute the project — Centre or the State

‘State government will wait for guidelines from the Centre to roll out scheme for vaccinating children above 12 years’

It termed the procedure adopted by the HC ‘unknown to law’

Key news developments from Tamil Nadu on February 23, 2022

CHENNAI: The BJP has spread its reach in municipalities and town panchayats in 28 districts, and not just in its perceived traditional strongholds like Kanyakumari.

CHENNAI: The confidence of the AIADMK, which parted ways with the BJP ahead of the urban local body polls, was clearly misplaced. In 2016, J Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK swept the assembly election on its own.

CHENNAI: Two days before the urban local body elections in Tamil Nadu, DMK president and chief minister M K Stalin told TOI that his party will record a hat-trick electoral victory. On Tuesday, the ruling party did just that.

MADURAI/TRICHY: New Covid-19 cases in Madurai dropped further to just eight cases on Tuesday - the lowest since the third wave began. The trend was similar in south Tamil Nadu as well as only 50 new cases and two 19 deaths were reported. Meanwhile, the southern region recorded 267 recoveries…

CHENNAI: Higher education minister K Ponmudy on Tuesday opposed the draft National Higher Education Qualifications Framework (NHEQF) which states that the admission to the first year undergraduate programme will be open to those who have met the entrance requirements. This framework was envisaged in the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020.