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No Tamil? No problem! You have an option of not writing Tamil exams now

High Court exempts non-Tamil students from writing Tamil language exam

Published on 1st March 2017
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This girl from Pondy rode across Tamil Nadu on her Bullet to rouse the masses to support Jallikattu

Pondicherry girl Maheswarii Marimuthu rode her bike across Tamil Nadu to collect support for Jallikattu before the ban was lifted, following the massive protests across the state 

Published on 24th February 2017
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We do not have time: Tata Sons Chief Natarajan Chandrasekaran talks up digital, Aadhar and Kamaraj at TNIE's ThinkEdu Conclave

Talking to a largish audience of mostly TCS and allied Tata staff, besides students and academics, the Tata chief who took over after the stormy biff with Cyrus Mistry, talked about going phygital

Published on 4th March 2017
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Should be ashamed of opposing NEET, says Justice Kirubakaran

A Madras High Court judge made certain observations about why Tamil Nadu is opposed to this exam 

Published on 16th March 2017
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WATCH: Here are 5 SPB-Ilaiyaraaja hits that 90's kids may never hear LIVE again

With the ongoing copyright tussle between SPB and Ilaiyaraaja, we give you five reasons why it would be disastrous for the singer to not be allowed to perform these songs on stage again

Published on 20th March 2017
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Leaping after Mariyappan's Legacy: These two para-athletes from the same Salem College as the Olympic Gold Medalist are gunning for Tokyo 2020

Hailing from the same small college as their dimunitive senior Mariyappan Thangavelu, Mahesh and Dinesh were inspired by his Rio win and are training hard to take their shot at the Paralympics

Published on 19th March 2017
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TN on top: Whopping 37 Colleges in Tamil Nadu among India's best colleges in MHRD's NIRF rankings

Establishing Tamil Nadu's dominance in the higher education sector, the MHRD ranked 37 colleges from TN in the top 100 from across India

Published on 3rd April 2017
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Overrun by private dental colleges, TN to finally get a second Government Dental College and Hospital in Virudhunagar  

TN Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami announced that the college would be constructed soon and 100 BDS seats would be added to the state's stock of medical and dental seats

Published on 12th April 2017
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Fire breaks out at IIT-M, NPTEL office at IC&SR may be completely gutted: No one hurt

A fire broke out at IIT Madras and gutted a portion of the IC&SR wing. There were no injuries or casualties, which is a real blessing, considering students have access around the clock

Published on 13th April 2017
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Ain't no superstition: How Monica Choudhury decided to mimic her mom's Tamil Superstitions and became a YouTube celeb overnight

Monica Choudhury, the girl behind the hilarious viral video Tamil/Brown Superstitions on how South Indian mothers perceive superstitions, talks about why she went from engineer to Youtuber

Published on 13th April 2017
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Enforcing NEET will ensure that society's weakest sections will always remain weak and our farmers' children are kept out of medical college

The former Union Health Minister argues that it is unfair to hope that students from rural areas will hold a candle to those who have been schooled in the CBSE system

Published on 24th April 2017
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Here's why Tamil Nadu's teachers hate Class 10 & 12 evaluations: Terrible toilets, no food and a princely pay of ten bucks for every paper they correct

As the Class 12 results are set to be released, here's what your teachers went through to get the job done - Travelling long distances in the heat, terrible pay, no allowances and terrible toilets

Published on 3rd May 2017
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Not so NEET: Students resort to cutting off sleeves to write TN's first mandatory exams 

In Tamil Nadu, it was an embarrassing day for students who turned up to write NEET in full sleeves or sleeves up to their elbows! The sleeves were cut off and the students left red-faced! What the...!

Published on 7th May 2017
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After blind Tamil prof at Presidency College gets hit with memo for missing classes during Muthamil Vizha, visually impaired students fast in protest

Visually challenged professor of Tamil at Chennai's notorious Presidency College was joined by over 40 visually challenged students as they protested at Chepauk, calling for the memo to be rolled back

Published on 8th May 2017
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Here are 7 things you need to know about medical admission in Tamil Nadu post-NEET

It's not just us who are confused about how medical admission will play out in TN in the post-NEET era. Even Health and Medical Education Department officials are confused. Here's our simple explainer

Published on 9th May 2017

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