Ruckus In Tamil Nadu Over Job Advertisement For Hindus Only

Ruckus in Tamil Nadu over job advertisement for Hindus only.

An advertisement by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department inviting only Hindus for various posts in its college has created a ruckus in the state.

Many individuals and organizations have come out against it.

This advertisement appeared in various publications on 13 October for various academic and non-academic positions for Arulmigu Kapaleeswarar Arts and Science College, Kolathur.

Ruckus in Tamil Nadu: It states that these posts are only for Hindus.

The HR&CE department is opening four new arts and science colleges including Kapaleeswarar College at Kolathur from 2021-22.

As per the advertisement, Walk-in-Interview is going on for the post of Assistant Professor for teaching B.Com, BBA, B.Sc Computer Science, BCA, Tamil, English, Maths as well as Director of Physical Education and Librarian posts.

K Pandian, former president of the Association of University Teachers, said such an advertisement has come to the fore that posts are reserved only for Hindus.

He further said that the government-run department cannot discriminate on the basis of religion and disqualify candidates from other religions.

HR & CE Minister PK Shekhar Babu’s comment on the matter could not be reached.

Raids on the premises of former Health Minister C. Vijayabhaskar in the disproportionate assets case in Tamil Nadu.

Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Wing has raided the premises of former state health minister C. Vijayabhaskar in connection with the disproportionate assets case in Tamil Nadu.

The search operation started early in the morning. Earlier in May 2017, the Income Tax Department had searched Vijaybhaskar’s residence.

Several Income Tax officials had raided Vijayabhaskar’s Greenways Road residence and other places in Pudukkottai and Trichy.

Officials had also raided several premises of the minister and his relatives in Chennai and other districts over allegations of their involvement in distributing cash to voters in the RK Nagar constituency, where the bypoll was held on April 12, 2017.

Orange Alert for Idukki Dam in Kerala.

The havoc of heavy rain is being seen in Kerala since yesterday. An orange alert has been issued for Idukki Dam in Kerala,

In Kottayam’s Mundakayam, a house was washed away in the strong currents of the river after heavy rains. The water level of rivers has also increased.