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Coimbatore blast: Mosque members visit Sangameswar temple to promote communal harmony
Chennai: Members of three mosques of Coimbatore visited the Sangameswarar temple in Ukkadam street, where a car blast on October 23 killed a 25-year-old youth, to promote communal harmony. Jameesha Mubin, the…
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Heavy rain lashes TN areas, holiday declared for schools in 7 districts
Chennai: With the northeast monsoon in full fury and rain lashing the state, the Tamil Nadu government has declared an Orange alert for seven districts and holiday for schools and colleges, said…
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Car explosion case: TN BJP temporarily postpones Oct 31 bandh in Coimbatore
Coimbatore: The Tamil Nadu unit of BJP on Saturday postponed a proposed bandh on October 31 in Coimbatore to protest against the car explosion in front of a temple in the city…
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Coimbatore blast: Deceased Mubin, two accomplices had conducted recce of three temples
Chennai: Jameesha Mubin, who was killed in the car blast near the Sangameshar temple, Ukkadam, Coimbatore on October 23, had earlier conducted a recce of three temples including the Sangameswar temple, along…
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TN Assembly resolution on Hindi: Stalin to inaugurate explanatory meetings on Nov 4
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will, on November 4, inaugurate state-wide meetings to explain to the public the reason behind the state Assembly adopting a resolution against imposing Hindi in…
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Coimbatore car blast: Tamil Nadu police on high alert
Chennai: Tamil Nadu police are on high alert after a 25-year-old young man was killed in a car explosion at Ukkadam. Jameesh Mubin was killed in the explosion triggered by a gas cylinder…
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Tamil Nadu: Pregnant woman, mother killed as ambulance rams into tree
Chennai: In a tragic incident, a pregnant woman and her mother died when an ambulance taking them to hospital rammed into a roadside tree in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga district on Friday. The…
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Jayalalithaa death case: Judicial commission seeks probe against Sasikala, ex-minister
Chennai: The Justice Arumugasamy commission that probed the death of former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has recommended an inquiry against V.K. Sasikala, former aide of Jayalalithaa, former health minister C. Vijayabhaskar and…
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Tamil Nadu govt to launch awareness drive to minimize child marriages
Chennai: Alarmed at a large number of child marriages being reported in the state, the Tamil Nadu Social Welfare department is to conduct awareness campaigns across all 38 districts. According to the…
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TN BJP to hold protest marches to ‘expose’ DMK on Hindi language row
Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP state president, K. Annamalai has said that the party would conduct protest marches in all districts of the state against the DMK’s hypocritical stand on the Hindi language…
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Chennai: 20-year-old woman pushed in front of a moving train by stalker
A 20-year-old girl named Sathya Priya was pushed in front of a moving train by her 23-year-old stalker named Sathish on October 13. The incident happened in broad daylight at the St…
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TN families return from Kerala areas after human sacrifice cases
Chennai: The families of people working in various parts of Kerala who had left their native villages for seeking better jobs are returning to their respective villages after cases of human sacrifice…
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Tamil Nadu sanctions 9.8 crores for adult literacy programme
Chennai: Tamil Nadu School education department has allotted an amount of Rs 9.8 crore under the New India Literacy Programme (NILP) and the project is aimed to benefit 4.8 lakh people in…
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Transgender people entitled to special quota as 3rd gender: Madras HC
Chennai: The Madras High Court has held without “hesitation” that transgenders are entitled to a special reservation for third gender viz., transgender category for admission to post basic (nursing) and post basic…