Former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Sunday, August 11, 2024 urged the DMK government to “consult with the Governor” and fill up the Vice-Chancellors posts in State-run universities, in the interest of students. Referring to a case pending before the Supreme Court over the inclusion of a representative of the University Grants Commission in the Search Committee to pick V-Cs, …
A day after the brutal killing of the Congress leader in Tamil Nadu surfaced, former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Sunday condemned the incident and slammed the incumbent Chief Minister demanding a special attention to law and order issues and bringing to book the guilty. Ex-CM, who heads the AIADMK Workers Rights Retrieval Committee, accused the DMK government of "negligence" …
Tamil Nadu Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, MRK Panneerselvam on Tuesday presented the agriculture budget for 2024-25 in the Assembly and announced new initiatives, including those aimed at improving soil fertility. In his budget speech, the Minister said the indiscriminate use of chemical fertilisers, herbicides, and pesticides, has led to a decline in overall soil fertility. Recognising the imperative …
The Centre should come forward to reduce its tax on petroleum products since the resources for state's own tax revenue is meagre, Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam told the Assembly on Saturday. To protect its tax revenue from petrol and diesel notwithstanding a fall in global crude prices the Central government increased excise duty several times, he said. …
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