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'Ganja seizures proof of TN govt's efforts to crack down on menace'

GOVERNOR of Maharashtra CP Radhakrishnan on Monday said that the seizures of ganja in Tamil Nadu was proof of the measures taken by the state government to curb its use.

Nanguneri youth who hacked Dalit boy now sexually harasses woman

THREE juveniles, including two 17-year-old youths who hacked the Dalit boy Chinnadurai and his sister last year in Nanguneri, have been booked on charges of sexually harassing a woman when she was riding pillion with her husband.

Just one week into ZAD drive. city records zero road deaths

A week into their Zero Accident Day (ZAD) campaign, Greater Chennai Traffic Police managed to achieve their desired goal of recording zero road accident deaths on Sunday.

Girl dies after drinking ₹10 mango juice

A 5-year-old girl from Cheyyar, Tiruvannamalai, died after allegedly consuming local mango juice on Saturday.

9k cops to secure Chennai on I-Day

THE Greater Chennai Police are set to deploy a total of 9,000 personnel and officers for security measures on the occasion of the Independence Day on Thursday.

Kin of 'custodial torture victim' submits petition to Villupuram district collector

THE sister of a 31-year-old N Arputharaj who died in judicial custody on Friday allegedly owing to torture filed a complaint with the collector on Monday, raising serious concern about the events leading to the death.

Students deny charge of bringing knife to attack HM

THREE students of a government higher secondary school in Nanguneri, who were accused of bringing a knife to the campus for allegedly attacking their headmaster, and their parents submitted a petition with District Collector KP Karthikeyan on Monday denying the charges, and claimed that the trio was framed in a false case and lodged in a government home.

Man held for firing at tribal who trespassed into his farm

A day after an 18-year-old from the Paliyar tribal community was shot for entering his neighbour's property, the Dindigul police arrested the accused K Savariya (75), a native of Sirumalai in Dindigul, on Monday, and seized a country-made gun.

Land acquisition case: CBI books TNHB officials, sub-registrar

THE Anti Corruption Bureau of the CBI, Chennai, has registered a criminal conspiracy and collusion case against officials of Tamil Nadu Housing Board in Chennai and sub-registrar and taluk offices in Krishnagiri district based on the directions of Madras High Court.

HR&CE officials file complaint over fake harassment message

A day after a fake message against a senior HR and CE official went viral on social media, a group of women officials from the department on Monday lodged a formal complaint with Madurai City Police Commissioner J Loganathan, seeking action against the people behind it.

Groundwater comes to aid, kuruvai cultivated in 3.32 lakh acres in delta

DESPITE uncertainty in getting enough Cauvery water, 3.32 lakh acres of kuruvai has been cultivated in delta districts this season, thanks to the availability of groundwater.

Nagai-Kangesanthurai ferry service to begin on Aug 16

THE passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam and Kangesanthurai in Sri Lanka is resuming on Friday.

CM inaugurates 103 projects completed at ₹770 cr

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin, on Monday, virtually inaugurated 103 completed Municipal Administration and Water Supply department projects worth ₹769.9 crore and laid the foundation for 30 new projects worth ₹1,192.45 crore.

NIRF ranking: Anna University 1st among state-funded institutions

For sixth year, IIT-M maintains its top position in 'overall' and 'engineering' categories

Axis-Tishman Speyer secures plot in Fintech city at ₹75 crore

ONE of the vacant plots of Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) was e-auctioned to Axis Commercial Real Estate Fund for around 75 crore.

Stalin opens new fish market along Marina loop road, 332 stalls allocated

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Monday inaugurated a fish market on Marina Loop Road near Nochikuppam.

SEIZURE AT AIRPORT LEADS SLEUTHS TO 'DENSE JUNGLE' IN KOLATHUR

100s of native and exotic animal rescued from two-storey house, sent back to Thailand

Goondas Act on Shankar again, now in ganja case

DAYS after the Madras High Court quashed the detention of YouTuber Savukku Shankar under the Goondas Act, Theni collector RV Shajeevana on Monday passed an order to detain him under the same Act in connection with a ganja case.

Plea seeking aid for family of minor attacked by dog binned

THE Madras HC has dismissed a petition filed for orders seeking the government to pay compensation to the family of a minor girl who was attacked by a dog at a public park due to which the facility was closed and her father lost his job.

'TN yet to allow prosecution of Senthil Balaji'

THE Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Greater Chennai Police on Monday informed the special court for MP/MLA cases that it is yet to receive the sanction from the state government for prosecuting former minister V Senthil Balaji in the predicate offence case of cash-for-jobs scam.

Check held, stop-work order on illegal Pulicat resort soon

Environment dept confirms construction is on no-development zone

Thangalaan producer asked to deposit ₹1 cr before film's release on Thursday

THE Madras High Court has ordered film producer KE Gnanavelraja of Studio Green Films Private Limited to deposit ₹1 crore in the account of the official assignee who is handling the assets and liabilities of a late creditor of the firm, by August 14, to allow screening of the former's latest Vikramstarrer Thangalaan.

Temple firewalk: 7-yr-old suffers 41% burn injuries

A seven-year-old boy sustained burn injuries as he fell upon hot coal during a firewalk ritual at a temple in Arambakkam village of Tiruvallur district on Sunday night.

Pudukai tea party raises 44K for Wayanad

EVER since the news of twin landslides in Wayanad broke out, Sivakumar, owner of Bhagawan tea stall in Mettupatti village of Pudukkottai was disturbed.

Hasina's stay in India won't hurt ties, says B'desh govt

SHEIKH Hasina's stay in New Delhi will not negatively affect the relations between India and Bangladesh, Mohamad Touhid Hossain, foreign secretary in the Bangladesh interim government said on Monday.

Didi buys time on doc rape-murder probe

Resident docs across India on indefinite stir for justice

Scores of women save part of Urimai Thogai

OF the nearly 10 lakh beneficiaries receiving a monthly honorarium of 1,000 through cooperative banks under the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai (KMUT) scheme, about 60% of them have not been withdrawing the full amount within the same month, indicating a healthy trend among these women to save part of the money for future use, official sources from the cooperative department said.

Mom kills 7-yr-old to keep creditors at bay

FACING difficulty in repaying a debt of 4.9 lakh, a 30-year-old woman allegedly murdered her seven-year-old daughter by pushing her into a well believing that a death in the family would save her from creditors.

RETAIL INFLATION AT 5-YEAR LOW

BASE effect and subdued food & beverage prices brought down retail inflation to a five-year low of 3.54% in July.

Contentious draft broadcast bill out

THE Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday said it is working on a fresh draft of the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, saying the revised version would be published after consultations.