Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 14 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Madurai district president P Saravanan on Saturday announced his resignation from the party.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 5 (ANI): After being suspended from the position of Dean of the Madurai Medical College in Tamil Nadu, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MP, A Rathinavel assumed the charge, once again on Thursday.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 1 (ANI): The dean of Madurai Medical College was removed from his post after the first-year students of a college were administered the 'Maharshi Charak Shapath' in Sanskrit.

Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 1 (ANI): The Directorate of Medical Education of the Tamil Nadu government issued a notice to the Madurai Medical College and sought an explanation against the first-year students taking the Charak oath instead of the Hippocratic oath in the reception celebration.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 18 (ANI): AIADMK MLAs staged a walkout on the first of the Budget session on Friday alleging that the Tamil Nadu government is registering false cases against the Opposition leaders.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 10 (ANI): Australia based company, AdzGuru in collaboration with Indian Economic Trade Organization, Asian-African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, India Pacific Islands Trade Council and World Peace and Diplomacy Organization, organized 'Papua New Guinea Trade Investment Summit' alongside the launching of PNG coffee in India.

Chennai Dec 31 PTI The Tamil Nadu government on Friday termed the present sharing of powers of direct taxation and indirect taxation as unfair in the contest of limiting the direct powers of the States and said this has been exacerbated after the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax GST when even the bulk of indirect taxation powers have been curtailed Tamil Nadu according to the Finance Minister P T R Palanivel Thiagarajan is one of the major States producing handloom powerloom textiles and hosiery goods in the country and this sector is next only to agriculture in terms of employment generation Speaking at the 46th meeting of the GST Council held in the national capital under the chairmanship of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thiagarajan said the hike on the fabrics including handloom manufactured from the natural fibre will dampen demand and thereby the farmers and MSMEs will be indirectly affected Before the introduction of GST under the VAT regime of Tamil Nadu textiles were given full exemption throughout and the readymade garments were subjected to tax at 5 per cent he said Hence I request the Chairperson of the GST Council to kindly consider reversing the hike in GST Alternatively it may be considered that readymade garments having sale value of above Rs 3000 or Rs 5000 be taxed at the higher rate of 12 per cent and allow the present rate of 5 per cent on textiles below this level Thiagarajan said PTI JSP BN BN

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 4 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu government has made the Tamil exam mandatory for all the government jobs in the state.