22-05-2025
State sues Centre in SC over Samagra Shiksha fund dues
1. TN sues Centre in SC over non-disbursal of ₹2,000-crore education funds
Tamil Nadu has filed a suit in the Supreme Court accusing the Centre of stopping its annual share of crucial education funds to the tune of over ₹2000-crore under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme.
The suit said the 'glaring and apparent reason' for the non-disbursement of Samagra Shiksha Scheme funds was the State's vociferous opposition to the imposition of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 with its three-language formula and the NEP-exemplary PM Shri Schools' Scheme.
2. DMK worker Deivaseyal sexual harassment case: NCW serves notice; accused seeks anticipatory bail
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of serious allegations of sexual harassment levelled by a woman against her husband R. Deivaseyal, a DMK worker in Arakkonam who was removed from party post yesterday. The commission had also sought a detailed action-taken report, along with a copy of the FIR, within three days.
In a separate development, he moved the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the case.
At Arakkonam, AIADMK cadre led by the party's women's wing secretary S. Valarmathi, staged a demonstration against the DMK government over the issue.
3. Coimbatore elephant that died was pregnant; plastic bags found in animal during autopsy
The post-mortem examination on the carcass of a female wild elephant that died at Marudhamalai foothills in Coimbatore yesterday revealed that the animal was pregnant and its stomach contained plastic bags and aluminium foil, which it had consumed along with food waste from a dump yard nearby.
4. T.N. moves SC to transfer PIL against laws taking away Governor's power to appoint Vice-Chancellors
The Tamil Nadu government informed the Madras High Court of having filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking to transfer to the latter a public interest litigation (PIL) petition currently pending before the High Court, challenging the validity of State laws that take away the Governor's power to appoint Vice-Chancellors.
