Nithesh Kumar M

2 weeks ago | thenewsminute.com | Nithesh Kumar M |Azeefa Fathima

Three Dalit workers died from asphyxiation while cleaning a sewage tank at a private dyeing factory near Karaipudur in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district on May 19 and 20. A fourth worker, who survived the incident, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital. The deceased were identified as Saravanan (30), Venugopal (30), and Hari Krishnan (27), all residents of the Sundamedu area in Tiruppur, belonging to a Scheduled Caste (SC) community.

1 month ago | thenewsminute.com | Nithesh Kumar M |Azeefa Fathima

The Union government recently announced that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) will be made mandatory for admission to physiotherapy and other allied health courses under a newly introduced competency-based curriculum. This move is said to be a part of a comprehensive overhaul of 10 professional programmes. On April 23, the Union Health Ministry, alongside the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP), unveiled the updated curriculum.

1 month ago | thenewsminute.com | Nithesh Kumar M |Azeefa Fathima

With the 2026 Assembly elections on the horizon, Coimbatore became a stage for political showmanship this weekend, as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader and Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay held parallel roadshows in the heart of the Kongu belt, a region considered crucial to Tamil Nadu’s electoral landscape.