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TN: Stalin announces hike in DA for govt staff, pensioners
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday announced a 3 per cent hike in Dearness Allowances (DA), from 31 per cent to 34 per cent, for government employees and pensioners.…
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Two arrested at Chennai airport with heroin, cocaine
New Delhi: In two seperate cases, the Customs officials at Chennai airport arrested two persons, including a female, and recovered cocaine and heroin valued at Rs 111.41 cr from their possession. In the…
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Spending on health, education can’t be freebies: Tamil Nadu CM
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday said the expenditure incurred by the government on education and health cannot be construed as freebies and stated such measures were being…
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No chair for many Dalit panchayat presidents, reveals survey report
Chennai: In a survey conducted by the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF), it was shockingly found that many Dalit panchayat presidents in the state were not even allowed a chair in…
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Al-Zawahiri killing: Security at US consulate, Western missions tightened in TN
Chennai: Security at the US Consulate in Chennai and a Jewish settlement in Dindigul has been intensified on an alert by central intelligence agencies. This follows the killing of Al Qaeda chief Ayman…
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Paddy farmers in TN worried over revoking free power
Chennai: Kuruvai farmers of Mayladuthurai and other coastal districts of Tamil Nadu are worried that their crops would be lost if the free power subsidy being given now is revoked following the…
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TN releases 25,000 cusecs water from Bhavanisagar reservoir
Chennai: As the average inflow into the Bhavanisagar in the past 24 hours increased to 19,000 cusecs, about 25,000 cusecs surplus water was released into the Bhavani river on Saturday. People of…
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Over 500 km from Chennai, this small town houses a Dravidian mosque
On the East Coast of India, around 560 km south of Chennai is a sleepy small town known as Kilakarai. Predominantly populated by the Indian Moors, a community of Arab, Tamil, Malay,…
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Jayalalithaa death: AIIMS medical board to submit final report
Chennai: The medical board of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), constituted on the directives of the Supreme Court to probe the death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa,…
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Tamil Nadu: As Chennai corporation starts survey, street vendors angry
Chennai: The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has started survey of street vendors to implement its vending and non-vending zone projects in the areas of Adayar, Perungudi, Sholinganallur and Kodambakkam. However, the association of…
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TN: 5 student suicides in 2 weeks, 2 in less than 24 hours
In less than 24 hours, another suicide by a teenager was reported in Tamil Nadu. A class 12 boy allegedly died by suicide at his home in Sivaganga district. A suicide note…
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TN HC refuses to quash proceedings against Rajiv Gandhi’s assassin
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday refused to set aside the criminal proceedings pending against Murugan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, before a lower court in…
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Get Indian fishermen released from Sri Lanka: Vaiko to Centre
Chennai: MDMK general secretary Vaiko on Sunday urged the Centre to take immediate steps to secure the release of Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by Sri Lanka. Citing recent incidents of arrest of…
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TN: Eyeing minority vote in 2024, AIADMK cosying up to Congress
Chennai: The overwhelming victory of Edappadi K. Palaniswami as the general secretary of AIADMK in the July 11 general council of the party, decimating the opposition raised by senior leader O. Panneerselvam, has…
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Hyderabad: KCR invited for inaugural function of Chess Olympiad in Chennai
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao has been invited by his Tamil Nadu counterpart M K Stalin to attend the inaugural function of the 44th FIDE International Chess Olympiad organised by…
