Tamil Nadu, Chennai News Live Updates: Daily Covid-19 cases breached the 300 mark in Tamil Nadu with 332 people, including a returnee from Maharashtra, testing positive to the disease on Tuesday, aggregating to 34,57,969. However, the toll remained unchanged at 38,025 with zero fatalities, the health department said. Meanwhile, the Income Tax department is currently conducting raids at a few locations belonging to MGM Group of companies across Chennai and Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Tuesday warned students against carrying mobile phones to classes and said the gadgets, if brought, would be confiscated. In other news, the Madras High Court on Tuesday gave the green signal for the unveiling of the statue of former Chief Minister and DMK supremo late M Karunanidhi at Tiruvannamalai by dismissing as withdrawn, a PIL petition against the same.
Also, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Tuesday held a consultation meeting with the party’s district secretaries and other functionaries to discuss various resolutions amid party workers swelling up outside the Royapettah headquarters in Chennai and raising slogans to demand a single leadership for the progress of the party.
To address the issue of waste management and eliminate landfills and incinerators in the Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu, a group of local residents have been educating people about waste segregation, up-cycling, and recycling their garbage through a ‘Garbage Bank’.
The ‘Garbage Bank’, functioning since October 2, 2019, also segregates the waste from people’s houses so that it doesn’t end up in landfills and incinerators. This initiative aims to involve the people of the district to manage waste and create awareness of recycling garbage. Varsha Sriram reports
Tami Nadu Tourism Minister Dr M Mathiventhan said on Tuesday that tourism development corporation (TTDC) has plans to develop the Muthukuda beach in Pudukkottai and the Muthupettai beach in Tiruvarur on the lines of the Kovalam beach in Chennai, which has the Blue Flag certification, an international tag given by Foundation for Environmental Education. The minister, alongside TTDC managing director and other officials, inspected the progress of the works at Kovalam beach which is set to be renovated with various additional infrastructure facilities to facilitate the tourists. Read more
The Governor of a state should act impartially as per the Constitution and there is a scope for conflict when the Union government disregards the collective opinion of the State Assembly reflected in Bills and resolutions, Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M Appavu has said.
“There is potential for conflict when there is no harmony between the Union and the States and especially when the Union without consensus or consultation, infringes on the Legislative domain of the State Legislature or disregards the collective opinion of the State Legislative Assembly expressed in the form of Bills/ Resolutions,” Appavu said.
Tamil Nadu School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Tuesday warned students against carrying mobile phones to classes and said the gadgets, if brought, would be confiscated. Though mobile phones have been a regular feature in attending online classes since the last two years due to the pandemic, there have been many distractions, too, he claimed. “The young minds should be refreshed through education curriculum,” he said. Read more
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Tuesday held a consultation meeting with the party’s district secretaries and other functionaries to discuss various resolutions amid party workers swelling up outside the Royapettah headquarters in Chennai and raising slogans to demand a single leadership for the progress of the party.
The meeting came in the backdrop of allegations that AIADMK leaders are not performing well as an Opposition party and the recent spat between senior AIADMK organising secretary C Ponnaiyan and BJP leaders. Read more
Tamil Nadu School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Tuesday warned students against carrying mobile phones to classes and said the gadgets, if brought, would be confiscated. Though mobile phones have been a regular feature in attending online classes since the last two years due to the pandemic, there have been many distractions, too, he claimed. “The young minds should be refreshed through education curriculum,” he said. Read more
A security officer of a Puducherry Minister was transferred to the Armed Police for alleged negligence in observing security protocol during a temple function here recently. A release from office of Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan said complaints were received that the Security Officer of 'an important person' had not conducted himself properly at the temple function last week. Subsequently, she directed the Director General of Police to order an inquiry into the complaints.
It was found at the end of the probe that the security officer of Home Minister of Puducherry, A Namassivayam, had not conducted himself in agreement with security protocol with care and caution. The official has since been transferred to the Puducherry Armed Police wing. (PTI)
The Income Tax department is currently conducting raids at around 40 locations at the MGM Group of companies across Chennai and Tamil Nadu.
Income Tax raids at MGM group. The search operation is carried out at over 30 places in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. @IndianExpress
The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) has announced that power will be suspended in parts of Chennai today in Mylapore, Tambaram, IT Corridor, Porur, Guindy, Tondairpet, Perambur, KK Nagar 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. Here's the full list
Daily Covid-19 cases breached the 300 mark in Tamil Nadu with 332 people, including a returnee from Maharashtra, testing positive to the disease on Tuesday, aggregating to 34,57,969. However, the toll remained unchanged at 38,025 with zero fatalities, the health department said. As many as 153 people have recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 34,18,312 leaving 1,632 active infections.
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Two people died and several others were injured after a temple chariot collapsed in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district Monday evening, trapping devotees underneath it. A similar accident in Thanjavur in April had claimed the lives of 11 people.
According to the police, the incident took place on Monday evening near a temple at Madhehalli in Papparapatti. Around 6.30 pm, when the 30-feet chariot of the Kaliamman temple was being taken around the streets as part of the Vaikasi festival, it collapsed.
A scheme aimed at ensuring that by 2025, all students under eight years of age in Tamil Nadu are able to read with comprehension and have basic arithmetic skills was inaugurated by Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday. Speaking at the launch of the ‘Ennum Ezhuthum’ scheme in Tiruvallur, Stalin said the Covid-19 pandemic had caused a huge learning gap in schoolchildren. The scheme aims to bridge the learning gap, he said.
The chief minister said that a committee was formed to design the syllabus for the scheme, which will help each student develop their own skill set. “A total of 92,386 primary teachers participated in the session organised to provide their opinions on the scheme. The scheme has been designed based on their suggestions,” he said.
Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) leader Kamal Haasan launched a blood donation drive called ‘Kamal’s blood commune’ in Chennai Monday. The drive will first be held in the Tamil Nadu capital and later in phases in different parts of the state. MNM functionaries said the commune will help people in need of blood to connect with donors through a helpline – 9150208889.