Chennai, Tamil Nadu News Live Updates Today 18 June: Tamil Nadu recorded 596 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday with active cases touching 3,073. 217 patients were discharged after treatment today in the state.
In other news, AIADMK Joint Coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday held a massive show of strength in northern Tamil Nadu, a day after party colleague and Coordinator O Panneerselvam sought to veto his camp’s single leadership proposal. While followers of both Palaniswami (EPS) and Panneerselvam (OPS) were engaged in backroom negotiations to mobilise the support of party functionaries for their respective leaders, parleys continued as well to resolve the bickering well ahead of the June 23 General Council meeting.
Also, several trains were either fully or partially cancelled in the region due to the protest against the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme for recruitment in the defence services, Southern Railway said on Friday. The Madras High Court Friday dismissed a plea seeking premature release of Nalini Sriharan and P Ravichandran, both of whom are convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday conveyed his best wishes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi, who turned 100 today.
Dear @narendraModi, I am very happy to know that your mother is entering her 100th year. I am well aware of your love towards mother & fondly recall you enquiring about my mother's health each time you visit Chennai. I convey my best wishes to both of you on this special day.
Foreign currencies amounting to Rs 34.76 lakh were seized from three women passengers ahead of their departure to Colombo, the Customs Department said on Saturday.
Acting on specific inputs, the department sleuths intercepted the passengers, all hailing from Tamil Nadu, and detected US dollars in the denomination of 100 totalling Rs 34.76 lakh that was concealed in their baggage, a press release said. (PTI)
Scores of Army job aspirants staged a protest here on Saturday against Centre's Agnipath recruitment initiative for the armed forces, while Tamil Nadu Chief Minister voiced concern against the proposal which however found the backing from the state Governor R N Ravi, who described it as "a revolutionary and transformative policy." Stalin alleged the proposal was against national interest and wanted a re-think from the Centre. (PTI)
Sex workers should not be arrested or penalised whenever a brothel house is raided by police, the Madras High Court has ruled.
Citing a recent Supreme Court judgment, which had held that whenever any brothel is raided, sex workers should not be arrested or penalised or harassed or victimised and it is only the running of the brothel, which is unlawful, Justice N Satish Kumar quashed an FIR registered against a customer of the brothel house read more
Tamil Nadu government has a set a target of providing educational loans to the tune of Rs 350 crore this year, said State Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji on Saturday. After distributing a loan of Rs 44 crore to 293 students at a function here, he told reporters that Rs 100 crore as loan would be provided to the students in another 30 days. The students can approach their educational institutions or contact the district administration if they found it difficult to get the loan directly from banks, he said. (PTI)
Wondering if the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) is empowered to discuss Karnataka's Mekedatu balancing reservoir project across the Cauvery river at its meeting, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday contended that the decision to discuss the subject is "arbitrary and illegal." Expressing shock over CWMA chairman S K Haldar's remarks in Thanjavur that the matter would be discussed at the meeting on June 23, Stalin sought to know if Haldar has "powers to make arbitrary decisions."
The CWMA does not have powers to discuss a subject that has already been taken to the Supreme Court, the Chief Minister said in a statement here. "Knowing about this and announcing to discuss the issue are illegal," Stalin claimed.
Hence, it has been decided to send a legislature party delegation under State Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan to New Delhi to convey people's anguish to the Centre. "We have sought appointment from the Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. The panel will very soon visit Delhi and convey the people's anguish caused by Haldar's announcement in Thanjavur," he said. Tamil Nadu would not allow the construction of the dam and would fight against it in the Supreme Court, Stalin said. "Tamil Nadu's legal battle will continue and this government will fight for its rights over our livelihood issue," he said. (PTI)
Two-time Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC have handed defender Mohammad Sajid Dhot a new two-year contract that keeps him at the club until 2024.
The 24-year-old was impressive in the six matches that he had played for the club in the second half of the ISL last season.
"I am very happy and proud to be part of this club for two more years. Last year I got my chances and gave my best. I only want to do better. I will give it my all for the club and the people," said the player in a release.(PTI)
The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) has announced that power will be suspended in parts of Chennai today in Mylapore, Tambaram, Egmore, Avadi/Pattabiram, Ambattur, Porur, Thiruvanmayur, Puzhal, KK Nagar, Madhavaram, Ponneri for carrying out maintenance work in the city. Parts of Chennai will face a power shutdown from 9 am to 2 pm, with supply expected to resume before 2 pm if the work is completed.
In the wake of a mild surge in Covid-19 cases in Chennai, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) in association with the state health department planned to depute mobile RT-PCR teams in zones with a high number of cases. According to a release from the civic body on Thursday, a total of 797 RT-PCR tests were conducted on Wednesday.
In Chennai, as many as 140 primary health centres and 16 urban community centres were carrying out the RT-PCR tests at free of cost. Due to the increase in cases — especially in four zones — Anna Nagar, Kodambakkam, Teynampet and Adyar, eight mobile RT-PCR teams with two for each zone will be on duty starting Friday (June 17). Residents can dial 1913 to get their RT-PCR tests done at the doorstep. Read more
A disability rights activist’s public-interest petition seeking a direction to make the Chennai Metro disabled-friendly has thrown light on the state of affairs in the rapid transit system. In reply to Vaishnavi Jayakumar’s petition, the metro told the Madras High Court on Wednesday that it would retrofit all the 32 stations to make them disabled-friendly in six weeks.
Vaishnavi tweeted a video on Wednesday showing a disabled woman struggling to navigate an inclined ramp. “The heart in mouth video shows a very strong disabled woman laboriously try to navigate a smooth, slippery surfaced, impossibly inclined ‘ramp’ (1:5?). Self propelling on a wheelchair, despite sliding often, from 0:20 near the top, front caster wheels keep lifting off surface,” she wrote on Twitter. Read more
AIADMK Joint Coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday held a massive show of strength in northern Tamil Nadu, a day after party colleague and Coordinator O Panneerselvam sought to veto his camp’s single leadership proposal.
While followers of both Palaniswami (EPS) and Panneerselvam (OPS) were engaged in backroom negotiations to mobilise the support of party functionaries for their respective leaders, parleys continued as well to resolve the bickering well ahead of the June 23 General Council meeting. Read more
Several trains were either fully or partially cancelled in the region due to the protest against the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme for recruitment in the defence services, Southern Railway said on Friday.
Accordingly, the Thiruvananthapuram-Secunderabad Sabari Express is fully cancelled, while Mysuru-Dharbhanga Bagmati Express, Ernakulam-Barauni Raptisagar Express and Bengaluru Danapur Sanghamitra Express were partially cancelled, the Southern Railway said in a press release. Read more
The Chief Educational Officer in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district ordered the suspension of two teachers on Thursday after an audio clip of them speaking against certain castes recently went viral.
As per the audio clip leaked ahead of the parent-teachers association (PTA) election at a government higher secondary school near Vilathikulam, where close to 700 students are enrolled, a computer teacher – identified only as Meena – first speaks to a male student and later hands over the phone allegedly to maths teacher Kalaiselvi. The latter is heard telling the boy that the elections are going to take place and that some teachers are insisting that the administration must not enrol students from his village. Read more
The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) has announced that power will be suspended in parts of Chennai today in Mylapore, Tambaram, Egmore, Avadi/Pattabiram, Ambattur, Porur, Thiruvanmayur, Puzhal, KK Nagar, Madhavaram, Ponneri for carrying out maintenance work in the city. Parts of Chennai will face a power shutdown from 9 am to 2 pm, with supply expected to resume before 2 pm if the work is completed.
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Businesses in the United States should invest in Tamil Nadu as it is strategically placed for industrial growth with the presence of sea ports and airports, State Minister Thangam Thennarasu said on Friday. The Minister for Industries said the State is a preferred destination for investment because of a progressive and pro-active government.
Thennarasu, along with his Cabinet colleague Minister for Finance and Human Resources Palanivel Thiagarajan took part in an event held to mark the 246th anniversary of United States independence and 75 years of US-India partnership organised by the U S Consulate here on Thursday, a press release said.
Thiagarajan, in his speech, said the people-to-people connect between the two countries runs a lot deeper and the ties would grow and strengthen the relationship. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu, witnessing a surge in new coronavirus cases, added 589 infections on Friday, which include four returnees from domestic and overseas, pushing the caseload to 34,59,586, the health department said. The death toll remained unchanged at 38,026 with zero fatalities reported in the last 24 hours, a medical bulletin said.
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The Chief Educational Officer in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district ordered the suspension of two teachers on Thursday after an audio clip of them speaking against certain castes recently went viral.
As per the audio clip leaked ahead of the parent-teachers association (PTA) election at a government higher secondary school near Vilathikulam, where close to 700 students are enrolled, a computer teacher – identified only as Meena – first speaks to a male student and later hands over the phone allegedly to maths teacher Kalaiselvi. The latter is heard telling the boy that the elections are going to take place and that some teachers are insisting that the administration must not enrol students from his village.
In the wake of a mild surge in Covid-19 cases in Chennai, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) in association with the state health department planned to depute mobile RT-PCR teams in zones with a high number of cases. According to a release from the civic body on Thursday, a total of 797 RT-PCR tests were conducted on Wednesday.
In Chennai, as many as 140 primary health centres and 16 urban community centres were carrying out the RT-PCR tests at free of cost. Due to the increase in cases — especially in four zones — Anna Nagar, Kodambakkam, Teynampet and Adyar, eight mobile RT-PCR teams with two for each zone will be on duty starting Friday (June 17). Residents can dial 1913 to get their RT-PCR tests done at the doorstep.