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CHENNAI: Fewer overcrowded prisons, an increased representation of women among prison staff and fewer vacancies have helped Tamil Nadu's prisons department to emerge as the number one in the country, according to the India Justice Report (IJR) 2022. For Tamil Nadu prisons department, this is a substantial jump as it was ranked 10th in IJR 2019 and sixth in IJR 2020."The prison occupancy rate in Tamil...

COIMBATORE: Around 2,000 police personnel would be deployed from Masinagudi to Theppakadu on April 9 to provide security for Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Theppakadu elephant camp in the Nilgiris to honour mahout Bomman and his wife Bellie, heroes of Oscar-winning short documentary film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’.The 7km stretch, which is situated at the trijunction of Tamil Nadu,...

COIMBATORE: Poverty and social inequality still remain because the efforts which have been taken so far have turned out to be mere slogans, Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi said on Wednesday. According to him, poverty alleviation and social justice can be achieved only when the issues are approached with a sense of feeling and responsibility and the sufferers are considered.The governor was speaking at an...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Sunday said the AIADMK was still part of their alliance and he had never said otherwise.On his meeting with Union home minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah, Annamalai said it would not be appropriate to divulge details.Speaking on the sidelines of an educational event in Chennai, Annamalai said the AIADMK was still part of the BJP-led alliance. “I...

VIRUDHUNAGAR: CPM members on Tuesday held a black flag protest in front of the Rajapalayam Gandhi statue in Virudhunagar district condemning the visit of Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi.The governor arrived in Virudhunagar on Friday night to attend the golden jubilee celebration of Rajapalayam Rajus' College on Saturday. Before heading to Rajapalayam, the governor visited the Sri Andal Temple at...

UDHAGAMANDALAM: 'Elephant Whisperers' Bomman and Bellie lost their latest 'baby' at the Theppakadu elephant camp in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve on Friday. The four-month-old elephant calf died of complications as it could not digest lactogen and due to the stress of separation from its herd.The calf was found inside a well at Dharmapuri on March 9. Forest veterinarians and Bomman went there and took...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Thursday said his government will celebrate the centenary year of the Vaikom Satyagraha (Vaikom struggle) to honour the memory of social reformist Periyar, who fought across the borders for the people and succeeded in making such revolutions in history, and to propagate the principles of social justice. Making a suo motu statement under Rule 110, the...

CHENNAI: On a day when Aavin said a categorical 'no' to Food Safety and Standards Commission of India's (FSSAI) proposal to print 'Dahi' in Hindi on curd packets, chief minister M K Stalin called FSSAI's directive a "brazen disregard to our mother tongue."Stalin tweeted: "The unabashed insistences of Hindi Imposition have come to the extent of directing us to label even a curd packet in Hindi,...