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Madras HC directs TN liquor body to provide purchase details by Jan 6
Chennai: The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) to provide its purchase details, including copies of contracts that it had entered into with private distilleries and…
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TN: Faeces found in SC colony’s water tank, probe commenced
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu police have commenced a probe into the presence of human excreta in an overhead water tank of a Scheduled Caste (SC) colony in Pudukottai district. When after drinking…
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TN temple sealed after Dalits entry prevented
Chennai: Revenue officials sealed the Sakthi Mariamman Temple at Virudasampatti in Tamil Nadu’s Salem district after caste Hindus prevented the entry of Dalits into the temple. Police said that the temple, under…
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Coimbatore car blast: NIA to search more places in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be conducting more probes into the Coimbatore car blast case in which a 29-year-old youth, Jameesha Mubin was charred to death. The blast, which is…
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Of paddy fields and barbed wires, the story of a TN ‘airport’ village Parandur
Chennai: The picturesque road to Parandur village is absolutely quiet but for the chirping and buzzing of winged creatures and the sound of some moving vehicles. While the long winding road offers spectacular…
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TN: Dalit man dies by suicide over false theft complaint, police denies allegations
A 20-year-old Dalit man belonging to the Paraiyar community died by suicide on December 23, a day after he was taken into police custody over an alleged theft complaint. The incident happened…
- Chennai
NTA allows TN students without Class 10 marks to apply for JEE
Chennai: The National Testing Agency (NTA), the body conducting the Joint Engineering Entrance (JEE), has allowed students of Tamil Nadu State Board, to write the entrance without marks. This is following a…
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ISI trying to revive LTTE in Tamil Nadu: Report
Colombo: Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI is trying to revive the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Tamil Nadu, reported The Island Online. The National Investigation Agency earlier this week arrested nine…
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CB-CID to probe death of phone theft suspect after police interrogation in TN
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Director General of Police has transferred the case of a phone theft suspect dying after being questioned by the local police, to the CB-CID. The incident occurred on…
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BJP leader’s house, car attacked by miscreants in TN
Chennai: Miscreants attacked the house of Tamil Nadu BJP state vice president Sasikala Pushpa in the southern coastal district of Thoothukudi and damaged her car, police said on Friday. A group of…
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5 injured in fire at TN thermal power plant, 1 critical
Chennai: Five persons were injured in a fire mishap at Unit II of Neyveli New Thermal Power Station (2×500 MW) in Cuddalore district on Thursday. Sources in the Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC)…
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Tamil Nadu: 10 villages cut off due to heavy landslide in Nilgiris
Udhagamandalam: Ten villages around Kukkalthorai near here in Nilgiris district were cut off from main stream on Thursday, following heavy landslide on Kothagiri road, officials said. The roads connecting the 10 villages…
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Central intelligence agencies warn of Maoist influence in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: The Central intelligence agencies have alerted the Tamil Nadu police about Maoist groups trying to assert their influence in the society. In a recent alert to the state police they informed…
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TN: School teacher canes class 1 student on his head; suspended
Chennai: School Education Department of Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday placed a teacher of a primary school at Kumaratchi near Chidambaram of Cuddalore district under suspension for corporal punishment on a Class…
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TN govt always concerned about welfare of minorities: Stalin
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has always been concerned about the welfare of the minorities and been striving for their wellbeing since the times of former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, said Chief Minister…