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Lakhs witness deepam at Tiruvannamalai temple

AMID chants of 'Annamalaiyaruku Harohara', the Maha Deepam was lit atop the 2,668 ft-high Arunachala Hill at 6 pm on Friday.

TELANGANA GUV MAY APPROVE ACB PROBE AGAINST KTR

TELANGANA Governor Jishnu Dev Varma is set to give his consent to a request by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) seeking permission to register a case against former minister and BRS working president KT Rama Rao for alleged misuse of power and diversion of funds—sanctioned without regard for established procedures—for conducting the Formula-E race.

CM announces compensation of ₹5L each to kin of deceased

EXPRESSING deep grief over the death of six persons in a fire accident in a private hospital in Dindigul on Thursday night, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday announced a solatium of ₹3 lakhs each to the families of the deceased.

Dindigul hosp will face the music if violations found

Of the injured, three are undergoing treatment at a private hospital and 35 others are in a government hospital. Four of the 35 are in ICU, others' conditions are stable - MaSu

Fengal relief works: DMK MLAs donate 1-month salary

THE MLAs belonging to the DMK including Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin, ministers, deputy speaker of the Assembly and party whip in the House, on Friday, donated their one-month salary (₹1.30 crore) to the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund towards the ongoing restoration works in the areas affected by cyclone Fengal.

Hosp blaze gulps many a life, dream

A pall of gloom descended over Dindigul on Friday, a day after the fire accident at a private hospital that snubbed the lives out of six people.

Stalin announces ₹5 cr cash award for Gukesh

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Friday announced a cash prize of ₹5 crore to D Gukesh, who won the World Chess Championship (FIDE World Championship 2024) held in Singapore.

Nine suspects quizzed over mysterious death of boy

AS many as 36 witnesses and nine suspects were interrogated in connection with the mysterious death of a 10-year-old boy in Kovilpatti a few days ago, said SP Albert John, appealing to the public not to spread rumours, here on Friday.

Unite to defend federal principles, urges CM

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Friday expressed happiness in having been able to attend the inauguration of the renovated memorial of Periyar EV Ramasamy in Vaikom, Kerala, marking the centenary of the historic Vaikom struggle.

TN AGREES TO KERALA RIDERS ON MULLAIPERIYAR REPAIR WORKS

Additional chief secy says TN's priority is to complete the maintenance work at the dam

Mullaiperiyar water level crosses 119 ft

Theni district records 45.2 mm average rainfall; water level at Vaigai Dam crosses 51 feet

PMK flays Aavin for 'indirectly increasing' price of milk variety

PMK has criticised the state-run dairy cooperative Aavin for allegedly increasing the prices of the 'Green Magic Plus' variety of milk indirectly by reducing the quantity of the milk.

₹4 cr given to repair mosques, churches in TN

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Friday handed over cheques amounting to ₹3.61 crore to ancient churches, mosques and dargahs, besides cemeteries and kabristans towards renovation works.

Elderly woman dies as ceiling crashes on her

A 69-year-old woman died near Kancheepuram after the asbestos ceiling and a portion of a wall in her house collapsed on her while she was sleeping on Thursday night.

After surprise raid, 10 jail officials suspended

TEN prison staff members, including an assistant jailer and a deputy jailer, were suspended at the sub-jail in Poonamallee for failing to prevent the use of mobile phones and ganja by remand prisoners.

Cyber slavery: Agent held in Tiruchy

The Protector of Emigrants (POE), Chennai, and Tamil Nadu Police's CB-CID wing arrested an illegal agent in Trichy who attempted to send three young men from Tamil Nadu to Cambodia where they would be forced into cyber slavery in fraudulent, scam-based companies, an official release on Friday said.

Enough stock of hepatitis B vax in TN, says DPH

Have 5.19L doses of hepatitis B, 4.63L doses of Pentavalent vaccine: Dr Selvavinayagam

DREU recognised as southern railway union

THE Dakshin Railway Employees Union (DREU) has gained recognition in Southern Railway after an 11-year gap.

HC orders Bharathidasan Varsity to pay salary dues

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court directed Bharathidasan University (BDU) to pay five months' pending salary to guest lecturers and non-teaching staff of government colleges on or before December 31.

City on high alert as reservoirs fill to the brim

Flood alert issued for 75 villages along Adyar, Kosasthalaiyar river basins; residents face waterlogging & power cuts

183 gm of jewels seized by customs not returned, says woman passenger

A woman passenger from Sharjah has alleged harassment and ill-treatment by customs authorities at the Tiruchy International Airport upon her arrival last month.

Pappan canal overflows, 300 moved to relief centre in Tambaram corpn

OVER 300 residents of Annai Anjugam Nagar in Tambaram Corporation were evacuated on Friday morning after the area got flooded as surplus water was released from Chembarambakkam lake into Adyar river.

Broken chairs and mosquitoes at GH distress attendants

THE waiting area at the Government Medical College Hospital in Tiruvallur district was left inundated after the downpour on Wednesday.

E. coli in water supplied to Pallavaram, says BJP

RELEASING the results of the water quality test allegedly carried out independently by the BJP, on the water supplied in Pallavaram area, state president K Annamalai on Friday said the water was indeed contaminated.

Two weeks on, new road caves in due to damaged underground pipelines

THE road on Kuppusamy Street near Anna Salai in Chinna Porur has caved in just 15 days after it was newly laid. The cave-in was caused by damaged underground metro water and sewage pipelines.

Record rain lashes Nellai, Tenkasi

Reservoirs in city full

HC clears way for MS award to TM Krishna

BY setting aside an injunction order of a single judge on the Sangita Kalanidhi MS Subbulakshmi award, instituted by The Hindu newspaper, a division bench of the Madras High Court on Friday cleared the legal hurdle to present the award to popular musician TM Krishna.

Rajnath Singh, Priyanka trade barbs in debate

Discussion to mark 75th year of Constitution

Allu Arjun arrested, granted bail

ACTOR Allu Arjun was on Friday arrested in connection with the death of a woman at Hyderabad's Sandhya Theatre during the premiere of Pushpa-2 on December 4.

Ex-principal of RG Kar, cop granted bail

A Sealdah court on Friday granted bail to Sandip Ghosh, former principal of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, and Abhijit Mondol, former officer in-charge of the Tala police station, in the horrific rape-murder case of a junior doctor four months ago.