Annamalai University moves Madras HC challenging UGC order restraining admissions

Annamalai University moves Madras HC challenging UGC order restraining admissions

The Annamalai University in Tamil Nadu has moved the Madras High Court challenging an order of the University grants Commission (UGC), which restrained it from carrying out admissions. The writ petition from the Chidambaram-based institution in the state sought to quash a public notice dated March 25 and 30 this year of the UGC, which […]

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Tamil Nadu medical college dean expresses regret, reinstated, says minister

Tamil Nadu medical college dean expresses regret, reinstated, says minister

Removed last week after first-year medical students of Madurai Medical College took the Charak Shapath, instead of the Hippocratic oath, the medical college’s dean, Dr A Rathinavel, was reinstated on Wednesday, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian said. Subramanian said Dr Rathinavel has apologised for the error, and that he will join back on Thursday […]

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Tamil Nadu medical college dean expresses regret, reinstated, says minister

Tamil Nadu medical college dean expresses regret, reinstated, says minister

Removed last week after first-year medical students of Madurai Medical College took the Charak Shapath, instead of the Hippocratic oath, the medical college’s dean, Dr A Rathinavel, was reinstated on Wednesday, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian said. Subramanian said Dr Rathinavel has apologised for the error, and that he will join back on Thursday […]

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Dean of Madurai Medical College removed after students take Sanskrit Charak oath

Dean of Madurai Medical College removed after students take Sanskrit Charak oath

The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday removed the dean of Madurai Medical College, a day after its new students were administered the Maharshi Charak Shapath, in Sanskrit, instead of the usual Hippocratic Oath in English. The event, attended by two state ministers — Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan and Commercial Taxes Minister P Moorthy – […]

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