Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator Seeman has announced the names of candidates from his party for 28 out of the total 30 Assembly constituencies in the Union Territory.  Except for the constituencies of Yanam and Mahe, the party has decided to field candidates in all the constituencies in UT. Of the total candidates announced, 14 of them are women. NTK is the first political party to announce candidates for the 2026 Assembly polls in UT.

Institutions successful Tamil Nadu person been capable to implicit each projects funded nether the archetypal signifier of Union Education Ministry’s Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), Armstrong Pame, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Education, said present connected Saturday.

After attending the 101st College Day celebrations of Loyola College, Mr. Pame said Tamil Nadu had completed each projects nether RUSA-I, though a fewer projects nether RUSA-II were inactive successful progress. “We person been communicating with State officials who informed america that they are implementing the projects expeditiously,” Mr. Pame maintained.

Earlier successful the day, helium visited Anna University and reviewed projects undertaken nether RUSA astatine the Mechanical Engineering Department. “I was beauteous impressed to spot immoderate engines and different [equipment] that person been installed which outgo implicit a crore. The students are making afloat usage of the facilities. We are lone asking them to expedite the [pending] enactment truthful that students tin payment to the maximum,” helium said.

At the College Day celebrations, Mr. Pame shared his acquisition with the students wherever helium mobilised people’s assistance successful gathering a roadworthy – the People’s Road – that connected assorted interior parts of Manipur, his location State, during his tenure there. He urged the students to channelise their choler and vexation and instrumentality up the situation to assistance amended the surviving conditions of the radical around.

A. Louis Arockiaraj, Principal, Loyola College, M. Gautaman, Vice-Principal, and L. Joseph Arockiasamy, Deputy Principal, spoke. A full of 173 meritorious students from assorted departments were honoured.