Tamil Nadu

Recently, a parliamentary panel recommended that the medium of instruction in technical and non-technical higher education institutes such as the IITs in Hindi-speaking states should be Hindi and in other parts of the country, the respective regional languages. The panel also recommended that Hindi should be one of the official languages of the United Nations.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the services for the fourth Vande Bharat Express train in Himachal Pradesh's Una district. Later, Jairam Thakur and Manohar Lal Khattar, chief ministers of two states - Himachal Pradesh and Haryana - were seen riding on the high-speed train.

In May, following the Supreme Court's order to release AG Perarivalan, a convict serving life imprisonment in Rajiv Gandhi's assasination case, the Tamil Nadu government said it will consult legal experts on the release of the remaining six convicts.

To ensure an environmentally friendly Deepavali, the TNPCB has also urged citizens to celebrate the festival without causing environmental degradation or air pollution.

Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan, who became parents of twin boys through surrogacy, are now embroiled in controversy. Surrogacy has been declared illegal as of January 2022, and Tamil Nadu minister M Subramanian stated that the government would ask them for an explanation.

In a Twitter post, the Divisional Railway Manager-Chennai, Southern Railway, said there is zero tolerance towards such misbehaviour and dangerous stunts on trains or on railway premises.

MK Stalin, the younger son of late party patriarch M Karunanidhi, has held several party posts, including that of DMK treasurer and youth wing secretary. In the newly constituted general council meeting, the party declared him elected unopposed to the top party post.

According to reports, some of the children suffered from vomiting and had dysentery. On Thursday morning, they had breakfast and their condition deteriorated and some fell unconscious.

The RSS leader also called upon the four authorities to "unconditionally" withdraw the rejection order and grant permission to take out the route march and hold a public meeting on October 2.

Nominations for the post of Congress president can be filed from September 24 to September 30. The last day of filing the nomination is September 30, 2022 and the last date of withdrawal of nominations is October 8.