Tamil Nadu Assembly re-adopts Bill against NEET
2 years, 10 months ago

Tamil Nadu Assembly re-adopts Bill against NEET

The Hindu  

A special session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday ‘unanimously’ re-adopted a Bill that seeks to dispense with NEET for admission to undergraduate medical courses in the State. We have gathered here to protect cooperative federalism.” Except the four members of the BJP, who staged a walkout from the House, opposing the Tamil Nadu government’s decision, all political parties, including the principal Opposition party, the AIADMK, supported the Bill moved by Mr. Stalin. The earlier Bill, titled ‘Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Medical Degree Courses Bill, 2021’, was adopted by the Assembly on September 13 last year, when Governor Banwarilal Purohit was in office. During the special session, which commenced in the Assembly Hall at Fort St. George at 10 a.m., the Speaker expressed his displeasure over the release in the public domain of the operative portion of the contents of the Governor’s letter returning the Bill to him.

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Tamil Nadu NEET PG 2024 Counselling: Round 2 schedule released, registration starts tomorrow
1 week, 4 days ago

Tamil Nadu NEET PG 2024 Counselling: Round 2 schedule released, registration starts tomorrow

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu NEET PG 2024 Counselling: The Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Chennai has released the counselling schedule for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - postgraduate 2024 round 2. All those who wish to appear in the NEET PG round 2 counselling for round 2 can check the schedule on the official website, tnhealth.tn.gov.in. According to the schedule, the …

Tamil Nadu Congress to boycott Governor R.N. Ravi’s Independence Day tea party on August 15
4 months, 1 week ago

Tamil Nadu Congress to boycott Governor R.N. Ravi’s Independence Day tea party on August 15

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K. Selvaperunthagai on Tuesday said the party would boycott the Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. In a statement, Mr. Selvaperunthagai said while Article 163 of Indian Constitution states that the “Governor of a state must act in accordance with the aid and advice of the state’s Council of Ministers,” Mr. Ravi has persistently disregarded the …

Karnataka Congress govt opposes NEET, passes resolution against it
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka Congress govt opposes NEET, passes resolution against it

Hindustan Times  

The Congress-led government in Karnataka, under Siddaramaiah's leadership, has strongly opposed the NEET medical entrance exam, passing a resolution in both houses of the state government on Thursday. READ | Demand for debate on MUDA scam: BJP holds night-long sit-in protest at Karnataka Assembly Dr Sharan Prakash Patil, State Minister of Medical Education and Skill Development, introduced the resolution in …

Congress govt in Karnataka passes resolution against NEET in assembly
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Congress govt in Karnataka passes resolution against NEET in assembly

Op India  

Raising its strong voice against the all-India medical entrance exam NEET, the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government on Thursday passed a resolution in both houses of the state government against the exam and demanded the Centre for allowing the state to revert back to the earlier system of CET for medical admissions in Karnataka. Pointing out the flaws and the recent irregularities …

Karnataka government’s decision to oppose NEET is impractical, say academicians
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka government’s decision to oppose NEET is impractical, say academicians

The Hindu  

A section of academics have termed as impractical the decision of the State Cabinet to oppose the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to undergraduate medical courses and said there is no other option but to continue with the NEET. President of Karnataka Unaided Pre-University College Management Association M. Mohan Alva said the Supreme Court made NEET mandatory for admission to …

Actor Vijay calls for NEET ban, flags bias
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Actor Vijay calls for NEET ban, flags bias

Hindustan Times  

Actor Vijay, who will enter Tamil Nadu’s political arena in the 2026 assembly elections, reached out to first-time voters by taking the stance of Tamil Nadu’s Dravidian majors, advocating to scrap the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test on Wednesday. Actor-turned-politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president Vijay waves at supporters during an event in Chennai on Wednesday Vijay supported a resolution …

Actor-politician Vijay demands abolishment of NEET and for education to be under State list
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Actor-politician Vijay demands abolishment of NEET and for education to be under State list

The Hindu  

Days after the Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a resolution urging the Union government to abolish the controversial medical entrance examinations, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, actor and the leader of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, Vijay, criticised the NEET examinations and urged the departments of education and sanitation to be moved back to the State list from the Concurrent list. Before 1975, …

NEET paper leak: Thalapathy Vijay opens up on ongoing debate, says 'exemption from exam is only solution'
5 months, 3 weeks ago

NEET paper leak: Thalapathy Vijay opens up on ongoing debate, says 'exemption from exam is only solution'

India TV News  

Tamil actor Thalapathy Vijay recently joined active politics after he formed a regional political party named Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam. Earlier, DMK Rajya Sabha member P Wilson asked the central government to either abolish NEET or approve Tamil Nadu's NEET exemption Bill to exclude the state from competitive exam. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also addressed the issue of paper …

Abolish NEET exam or grant exemption to Tamil Nadu: DMK demands in Rajya Sabha
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Abolish NEET exam or grant exemption to Tamil Nadu: DMK demands in Rajya Sabha

Hindustan Times  

DMK Rajya Sabha member P Wilson on Tuesday urged the central government to either abolish NEET or grant assent to Tamil Nadu's NEET exemption Bill that aims to exclude the state from the medical entrance exam. Terming the exam a “NEET menace”, the DMK leader said, the state legislative assembly had passed the Tamil Nadu Admission to Medical Courses Bill …

Abolish NEET or clear Tamil Nadu Bill to exempt state from exam: DMK's demand in Rajya Sabha
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Abolish NEET or clear Tamil Nadu Bill to exempt state from exam: DMK's demand in Rajya Sabha

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: DMK Rajya Sabha member P Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh reacts as DMK MP P. Wilson speaks in the House during ongoing Parliament session, in New Delhi, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. on Tuesday urged the central government to either abolish medical entrance exam NEET or approve Tamil Nadu's NEET exemption Bill to exclude the state from …

Tamil Nadu CM writes to PM on NEET
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu CM writes to PM on NEET

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again to exempt Tamil Nadu from NEET for admissions to medical colleges in the State and also to do away with the entrance examination at the national level by amending the National Medical Commission Act. He said the State Legislative Assembly had passed a Bill to exempt Tamil …

DMK’s student wing to protest against NEET in Chennai on July 3
5 months, 3 weeks ago

DMK’s student wing to protest against NEET in Chennai on July 3

The Hindu  

Continuing with its strong opposition against the conduct of the National Eligibility and Entrance Test for admissions into medical education, the DMK’s student wing on Friday, June 28, 2024 announced that it would organise an agitation against NEET in Chennai on July 3. Ezhilarasan said the agitation will be held near Valluvar Kottam in Chennai from 9 a.m. onwards to …

Give assent to NEET exemption Bill, Tamil Nadu Assembly urges Centre
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Give assent to NEET exemption Bill, Tamil Nadu Assembly urges Centre

The Hindu  

With widespread irregularities in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test that have come to the fore recently giving spotlight to Tamil Nadu’s sustained opposition to the medical entrance exam, the State Legislative Assembly on Friday, June 28, 2024, unanimously passed a resolution urging the Union government to “immediately approve of T.N.’s NEET exemption bill” and “make necessary amendments to the …

Scrap NEET, restore State medical entrance exams, says Mamata
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Scrap NEET, restore State medical entrance exams, says Mamata

The Hindu  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on June 24 wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to abolish the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and restore the previous system of conducting the medical entrance examinations by State governments. Ms. Banerjee argued that the State Government usually spends more than ₹50 lakh per doctor for education and internship and it …

NEET irregularities | DMK Rajya Sabha MP urges Centre to order CBI probe, take action against concerned officials
6 months ago

NEET irregularities | DMK Rajya Sabha MP urges Centre to order CBI probe, take action against concerned officials

The Hindu  

DMK Rajya Sabha MP P. Wilson has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to amend The National Medical Commission Act 2019 in the upcoming Parliament sessions, and to abolish the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and give up the proposed National Exit Test and allow individual States to manage their medical admission procedures. In a post on X, Mr. Wilson said …

Centre’s submission in SC on NEET is another admission of its ineptitude: Stalin
6 months, 1 week ago

Centre’s submission in SC on NEET is another admission of its ineptitude: Stalin

The Hindu  

The Union government’s submission in the Supreme Court, which stated that the compensatory marks earlier granted to 1,563 National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test candidates would be withdrawn, was “another admission of their own ineptitude,” contended Tamil Nadu Chief MInister and DMK president M.K. A few hours after the Union government’s submission in the Supreme Court, Mr. Stalin in his social media post …

NEET results: Doctors’ association demands inquiry into ‘irregularities’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

NEET results: Doctors’ association demands inquiry into ‘irregularities’

The Hindu  

The Doctors’ Association for Social Equality has sought an inquiry into alleged irregularities in the conduct of 2024 National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test. Ravindranath, said 67 candidates of the nearly 23 lakh students who took the NEET UG examination from across the country scored full marks. The Union government must forward the NEET Exemption Bill passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly to …

DMK, AIADMK amp up pitch against NEET-UG in Tamil Nadu, say scrap the exam
6 months, 2 weeks ago

DMK, AIADMK amp up pitch against NEET-UG in Tamil Nadu, say scrap the exam

Hindustan Times  

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK and the Opposition AIADMK on Friday attacked the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate, or NEET-UG, saying the national-level examination for admission to medical colleges should be scrapped. Chennai: A candidate undergoes security check as she arrives to appear for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test 2024 exam at an examination centre in Chennai, on May 5 The …

Lok Sabha polls | T.N. is medical hub of India, with some of world’s best doctors who have not cleared NEET: Udhayanidhi
8 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls | T.N. is medical hub of India, with some of world’s best doctors who have not cleared NEET: Udhayanidhi

The Hindu  

Denouncing the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development, Udhayanidhi Stalin, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, said that Tamil Nadu was the medical hub of the country, with some of the world’s best hospitals and doctors, and here, many renowned doctors had not cleared NEET. Mr. Udhayanidhi said that in 2010, then Chief Minister M. …

'NEET was imposed on Tamil Nadu, state will be exempted,' says MK Stalin
1 year ago

'NEET was imposed on Tamil Nadu, state will be exempted,' says MK Stalin

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said that the state will get itself exempted from implementing NEET since it was imposed on the state destroying its medical infrastructure. Virtually addressing the 4th state conference of the Doctors' Association for Equality, Stalin recalled the many suicides of medical aspirants in the state allegedly over the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test, which was …

Tamil Nadu governor returns bills sent to him, DMK govt set to adopt them again
1 year, 1 month ago

Tamil Nadu governor returns bills sent to him, DMK govt set to adopt them again

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi has returned bills sent to him by the government for his assent and the state is all set to get them passed again in a special sitting of the Assembly on November 18. Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi Speaking to reporters at Tiruvannamalai, Speaker M Appavu said a special sitting of the Assembly will …

CM MK Stalin urges President Murmu to give assent to Tamil Nadu's anti-NEET bill
1 year, 1 month ago

CM MK Stalin urges President Murmu to give assent to Tamil Nadu's anti-NEET bill

India TV News  

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday urged President Droupadi Murmu to assent the state’s anti-NEET bill. The Tamil Nadu Admission to Under Graduate Medical Degree Courses Bill, 2021, which was passed in September that year by the state Assembly, was later returned by Governor RN Ravi. Since there had been no progress after our replies, in my …

Focus Tamil Nadu | Why is Tamil Nadu opposed to NEET?
1 year, 3 months ago

Focus Tamil Nadu | Why is Tamil Nadu opposed to NEET?

The Hindu  

It has been six years since the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test became mandatory for medical admissions across India. Ravi that left to himself he would never ever assent to a Bill that seeks exemption from NEET for Tamil Nadu. He argued that NEET awarded merit, and that not having NEET would leave students from Tamil Nadu intellectually disabled. The …

The anti-NEET movement in Tamil Nadu is misguided
1 year, 4 months ago

The anti-NEET movement in Tamil Nadu is misguided

Live Mint  

Suicides related to the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and the controversy around medical seats in Tamil Nadu being put outside the purview of NEET for admission to undergraduate medical courses are unfortunate and raise serious concerns. The 165-page report invoked “social justice” and “protection of vulnerable student communities from discrimination” in medical college admissions and cited “social accountability and …

Independence Day 2023 | Tamil Nadu CM Stalin seeks transfer of Education to State list
1 year, 4 months ago

Independence Day 2023 | Tamil Nadu CM Stalin seeks transfer of Education to State list

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on Tuesday called for transferring the subject ‘Education‘ back to the State List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution saying only this would help abolish centralised examinations such as the NEET. Hoisting the national flag at Fort St. George, Chennai, on Independence Day, Mr. Stalin said the Tamil Nadu government would constitute a welfare board …

T.N. Chief Minister Stalin writes to President reiterating request seeking assent for NEET Exemption Bill
1 year, 4 months ago

T.N. Chief Minister Stalin writes to President reiterating request seeking assent for NEET Exemption Bill

The Hindu  

Against the backdrop of a Chennai boy ending his life over low scores in NEET and the subsequent death by suicide of his father, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday urged President Droupadi Murmu to grant assent to the State’s NEET Exemption Bill, which “was the collective will of the people of Tamil Nadu”. In his letter to the President, …

Tamil Nadu NEET Exemption Bill Governor RN Ravi
1 year, 4 months ago

Tamil Nadu NEET Exemption Bill Governor RN Ravi

ABP News  

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, while interacting with National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test UG 2023 toppers on Saturday, asserted that he will never clear the Bill seeking exemption for the state from the central exam. Responding to a question of one of the parents, who sought the Governor’s “clearance to ban NEET” in Tamil Nadu, Ravi said the achievements of …

Will never clear Stalin government’s anti-NEET bill: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi
1 year, 4 months ago

Will never clear Stalin government’s anti-NEET bill: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi

Op India  

On Saturday, Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi firmly asserted that he will never clear the MK Stalin government’s anti-NEET bill, even as the bill has been awaiting Presidential assent. They have proved it.” Tamil Nadu Governor made his stand clear while interacting with top NEET scorers in UG-2023 at the Raj Bhavan. Governor Ravi said, “I am telling you …

Given to me, I will never clear NEET Bill: Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi
1 year, 4 months ago

Given to me, I will never clear NEET Bill: Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Provoked by a student’s father asking the Governor when he would give clearance to ban NEET, Mr. Ravi, retorted: “I am telling you very frankly. The Governor replied: “What you have achieved will not suffice for the future.” Mr. Ammasaiyappan said his daughter had secured a seat in Government Chengalpattu Medical College after scoring 623 out …

Tamil Nadu NEET UG Counselling 2023: First Seat Allotment Result Released On tnmedicalselection.net
1 year, 4 months ago

Tamil Nadu NEET UG Counselling 2023: First Seat Allotment Result Released On tnmedicalselection.net

ABP News  

The Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Tamil Nadu, has released the first merit list of the Tamil Nadu NEET UG Counselling 2023 Round-1. Candidates who registered for the Tamil Nadu NEET UG Counselling 2023 can check and download the seat allotment result from the official website - tnmedicalselection.net. Earlier this month, the DMER Tamil Nadu invited online applications from …

Tamil Nadu NEET UG 2023 Counselling: Round 1 registration begins at tnmedicalselection.net, link here
1 year, 4 months ago

Tamil Nadu NEET UG 2023 Counselling: Round 1 registration begins at tnmedicalselection.net, link here

Hindustan Times  

Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Tamil Nadu has started the Round 1 registration process for Tamil Nadu NEET UG 2023 Counselling on July 25, 2023. Tamil Nadu NEET UG 2023 Counselling: Registration begins, link here The registration process and choice filling and locking facility will conclude on July 31, 2023. Tamil Nadu NEET UG 2023 Counselling: How to register …

Tamil Nadu NEET UG 2023 Counselling: Registration date extended till July 12 at tnmedicalselection.net
1 year, 5 months ago

Tamil Nadu NEET UG 2023 Counselling: Registration date extended till July 12 at tnmedicalselection.net

Hindustan Times  

Directorate of Medical Education, DME Tamil Nadu has extended the registration date for Tamil Nadu NEET UG 2023 Counselling. Tamil Nadu NEET UG 2023 Counselling: Registration date extended till July 12 Earlier, the last date to apply was till July 10, which has been extended after many representations were received from candidates to extend the process for receipt of applications …

We will fulfil promise on NEET exemption: T.N. CM Stalin
1 year, 5 months ago

We will fulfil promise on NEET exemption: T.N. CM Stalin

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Sunday, July 2, 2023 said he would ensure that the DMK’s poll promise of getting exemption from NEET for medical aspirants in the State was fulfilled at any cost. The Chief Minister was responding to a question whether he still believed that the DMK would be able to fulfil its electoral assurance on …

Home Ministry says it has not received T.N. MP’s letter on NEET Bill from President’s Secretariat
1 year, 6 months ago

Home Ministry says it has not received T.N. MP’s letter on NEET Bill from President’s Secretariat

The Hindu  

While The Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Medical Degree Courses Act, 2021 is pending Presidential assent, a Tamil Nadu MP’s letter on the subject, forwarded by Rashtrapati Bhavan to the Ministry of Home Affairs, is missing from the records. In May, SPCSS-TN general secretary Prince Gajendra Babu filed an application under the Right to Information Act, addressed to the President’s …

Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi okays bill against online gambling; a “good consequence” of resolution on Governor, says CM Stalin
1 year, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi okays bill against online gambling; a “good consequence” of resolution on Governor, says CM Stalin

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Monday, April 10, 2023, granted his assent to the re-adopted Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022. Sharing the news of the Governor’s assent to the Assembly at the end of the discussion on budgetary demands for a few departments on Monday, the Chief Minister said the law …

T.N. Governor Ravi grants assent to Bill banning online gambling
1 year, 8 months ago

T.N. Governor Ravi grants assent to Bill banning online gambling

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Monday, April 10, 2023, granted his assent to the re-adopted Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022. Sharing the news of the Governor’s assent to the Assembly at the end of the discussion on budgetary demands for a few departments on Monday, the Chief Minister said the law …

Tamil Nadu’s ‘crash course’ on NEET
1 year, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu’s ‘crash course’ on NEET

The Hindu  

A year after the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly historically re-adopted the Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Medical Degree Courses Bill after it was returned by Governor R.N. The Bill, which seeks to dispense with the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test and allow admissions for undergraduate medical degree courses in ‘government seats’ on the basis of Class 12 marks, is pending presidential assent. …

Tamil Nadu moves SC, challenges validity of single window medical admission test NEET
1 year, 10 months ago

Tamil Nadu moves SC, challenges validity of single window medical admission test NEET

India TV News  

NEET: The Tamil Nadu government has challenged the validity of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination. As per reports, the state government has alleged that the single window common test for admission in medical courses in colleges is violative of the principle of federalism. 'Principle of federalism being violated' says state government In a lawsuit, filed under Article 131 of …

Tamil Nadu moves SC, challenges validity of NEET
1 year, 10 months ago

Tamil Nadu moves SC, challenges validity of NEET

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination for admissions in medical courses in colleges across the nation, alleging that the single window common test is violative of the principle of federalism. The NEET is a pre-medical entrance test for admissions in undergraduate medical courses such as …

Pending NEET Bill raised in Rajya Sabha
1 year, 10 months ago

Pending NEET Bill raised in Rajya Sabha

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Concerns over several Bills passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly, including the one seeking exemption for the State from NEET, not getting the Union Government’s nod were raised in the Rajya Sabha by DMK member N R Elango. Speaking on the motion to thank President Draupadi Murmu for her address to the Parliament, the member from Tamil Nadu said …

TN Assembly Amends Act to Make Tamil Compulsory for Govt Service
1 year, 11 months ago

TN Assembly Amends Act to Make Tamil Compulsory for Govt Service

News 18  

The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Friday amended a legislation, to make securing a pass in Tamil language paper compulsory for recruitment to State government services, with retrospective effect, from December 1, 2021. The Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Bill to amend The Tamil Nadu Government Servants Act, 2016 said that as per Section 21 of this Act no …

RTI replies show Union Health and Ayush Ministries strongly opposed Tamil Nadu’s NEET exemption Bill
1 year, 11 months ago

RTI replies show Union Health and Ayush Ministries strongly opposed Tamil Nadu’s NEET exemption Bill

The Hindu  

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Ayush strongly opposed the Bill passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly to exempt the State from the National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test, replies obtained under the Right to Information Act showed. It was responding to a questionnaire sent by the Ministry of Home Affairs, seeking the feedback from the …

Needless needling: The Hindu Editorial on Governor-government ties in Tamil Nadu
2 years, 1 month ago

Needless needling: The Hindu Editorial on Governor-government ties in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The presentation of a memorandum against Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi by MPs of the ruling DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance to President Droupadi Murmu is yet another reflection of the fractured relationship between the DMK regime and the Governor. In an account of 20 Bills passed by the State Assembly and pending with the Governor, the memorandum, expectedly, dealt with …

Memorandum seeking removal of Governor R.N. Ravi submitted to Rashtrapati Bhavan: DMK
2 years, 1 month ago

Memorandum seeking removal of Governor R.N. Ravi submitted to Rashtrapati Bhavan: DMK

The Hindu  

The memorandum signed by Lok Sabha and and Rajya Sabha members belonging to the ruling DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance seeking removal of Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. “We must place on record our dissatisfaction that the work being done by the Tamil Nadu Government and the Legislature is being obturated by the office of the Governor by openly contradicting its policy …

Response to queries on Siddha University Bill sent to Governor: Health Minister
2 years, 3 months ago

Response to queries on Siddha University Bill sent to Governor: Health Minister

The Hindu  

Ravi sought a few clarifications on the Tamil Nadu Siddha University Bill, Health Minister Ma. The government has clarified there were no contradictions between provisions in the Bill and National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020, National Commission for Homoeopathy Act, 2020. The Minister said the Siddha University Bill was passed in the Assembly on April 28, and …

Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions 2 Days After NEET Results: Minister
2 years, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions 2 Days After NEET Results: Minister

News 18  

State Higher Education Minister K Pondmudi has said that Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions Committee 2022 will conduct counselling for general category candidates two days after the results of the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test 2022. While speaking to reporters at Villupuram, Minister Pondmudi said, “We expected the NEET results to be out on August 21 but it has been delayed …

Why does Tamil Nadu demand a NEET exemption?
2 years, 5 months ago

Why does Tamil Nadu demand a NEET exemption?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The mandatory National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate medical degree courses was introduced across the country based on a Supreme Court ruling in 2016. Justice Rajan in his report recommended: “The State Government may undertake immediate steps to eliminate NEET from being used in admission to medical programmes at all levels …

Clarification sought on T.N. anti-NEET Bill: Centre
2 years, 5 months ago

Clarification sought on T.N. anti-NEET Bill: Centre

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that clarification has been sought from the Tamil Nadu Government on a Bill that seeks to dispense with National Eligibility Entrance Test for admissions in medical colleges in the State. Responding to a question by S. Venkatesan, Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra said in a written reply …

NEET takers in Tamil Nadu to get calls from counsellors
2 years, 5 months ago

NEET takers in Tamil Nadu to get calls from counsellors

The Hindu  

A total of 1,42,286 students, who had appeared for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test in Tamil Nadu, will receive calls from counsellors through the State Health Department’s helpline 104. In 2020, 1,17,000 students took the test, while last year, 1,10,971 students appeared for the test,” he told reporters. “Last year, similar counselling was provided two to three times for …

Stalin meets Governor, seeks the assent of 21 pending Bills
2 years, 6 months ago

Stalin meets Governor, seeks the assent of 21 pending Bills

The Hindu  

With as many as 21 Bills adopted by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly pending in the Raj Bhavan, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday called on Governor R N Ravi and urged him to grant assent to the legislations so as “to uphold the spirt of the Constitution and the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu.” The Chief Minister, …

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