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CHENNAI/TRICHY: In all, 36 quacks who were running small clinics and pharmacies to provide allopathic treatment or alternative medicine to patients were arrested by police in the central region and Tiruvallur in the last one week in a joint operation with the health department.Tiruvallur district police arrested seven quacks who were running clinics and medical laboratories without the requisite licence...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin has written to Amit Shah, opposing the non-inclusion of Tamil in the computer test for recruitment to the CRPF, saying the notification mandating only the use of English and Hindi was ‘discriminatory’ and ‘unilateral’. According to a state government release on Sunday, of the 9,212 vacancies in the CRPF, 579 had to be filled from Tamil Nadu, the exam for which...

TRICHY: K N Nehru, the minister for municipal administration, urban and water supply on Sunday inspected the site identified for the Tidel Park proposed for Trichy at Rs 600 crores in Panjapur on Trichy-Madurai national highway. Stating that Trichy Corporation would earmark 10 acres of ready-to-use land for the proposal, the minister said Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) board was told to...

CHENNAI: Union coal minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday announced that all three blocks in Tamil Nadu, proposed to be auctioned for coal mining, would be exempted.Pralhad Joshi, who took to twitter, said the decision to exempt Tamil Nadu was taken for the welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu. "BJP Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai rushed to call upon me in Bengaluru with a request to exclude three lignite...

CHENNAI: On a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to arrive in Chennai, Union coal minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday announced that all three blocks in Tamil Nadu, proposed to be auctioned for coal mining, would be exempted.Pralhad Joshi, on Twitter, said the decision to exempt Tamil Nadu was taken based on the welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu. "BJP Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai rushed...

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 07, 2023, 08:02:39 ISTDaily City News Updates Tamil Nadu reported 273 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, including 98 cases in Chennai, taking the active cases tally in the state to 1,366. Key epidemic indicators including test positivity rate and hospitalisation numbers have been increasing with the spike in new cases.Until Tuesday, less than 20 people were admitted to...

MADURAI: YouTuber Manish Kashyap, arrested for spreading fake videos on Bihar migrant labours being attacked in Tamil Nadu, has been booked under the stringent National Security Act (NSA).Madurai Crime Branch police had registered a case against Kashyap and a special police team had arrested him from Bihar. "Manish Kashyap, who circulated fake videos of Bihari migrant labourers being attacked in Tamil...

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...