1. Periyar University Vice Chancellor arrested
The Periyar University Vice Chancellor R. Jagannathan was arrested by the Salem City Police.
On November 6, the Periyar University administration placed a table agenda in the syndicate meeting to undertake educational programmes in collaboration with a non-government private company, namely the Periyar University Technology Entrepreneurship and Research Foundation (PUTER Foundation).
The Association of University Teachers (AUT) alleged that the address of the company is Periyar University. The company has four directors, including the Vice Chancellor R. Jagannathan and registrar (full additional charge) Thangavel. They allegedly did not start this foundation in their official capacities but their personal ones, at the expense of the university’s infrastructure.
2. ED registers case against its own officer in Madurai, shifts probe to Delhi
Amid the escalating tension between the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) and the Tamil Nadu police, the Special Task Force (STF) of the ED has registered a case against Enforcement Officer, Madurai, Ankit Tiwari.
According to police sources, the central agency has booked a Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) against Mr. Tiwari who was arrested by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on charges of demanding and accepting ₹20 lakh bribe from a doctor in Dindigul early this month.
3. Edappadi Palaniswami flags stepmotherly attitude of Centre towards Tamil Nadu
Terming as “step-motherly” the attitude of the Central government towards Tamil Nadu when funds were sought to help mitigate the damage wreaked by natural disasters, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, who spoke at the party’s general council meeting at Vanagaram near Chennai, urged the BJP government to release funds for the State soon, towards relief for the damage caused by the heavy rains the State witnessed recently.
