Tag: Tamil Nadu

M Rohini from Pachamalai Hills in Tamil Nadu has become the first tribal girl from Tiruchirappalli district to get into an Institute of National Importance. She secured a seat at NIT-Tiruchy by scoring 73.8 in JEE Mains, with state support covering her fees.

In Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district, a tragic incident involving illicit liquor has resulted in 29 deaths and over 60 hospitalizations. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Governor R.N. Ravi have both addressed the situation, with arrests made and official actions taken against responsible parties.

The raid took place on Saturday late at night.

The Customs department on Monday said its officials have seized over Rs 100 crore worth of hashish and ganja from this district.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has announced a relief of Rs 3 lakh for each of the deceased families and Rs 1 lakh for the injured.

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Monday concluded his customary address to the House within a few minutes, asserting he disagreed with the government over the content of the address and flayed the regime for 'not respecting' the national anthem.

While five died on the spot , the sixth car occupant died on the way to the hospital.

The authorities said that families have been evacuated from the affected areas, while pregant women, children and elderly people were rescued from the danger zones.

Litas Bhoi of Srirampur village was working as a labourer at a company in Tamil Nadu for the last eight years. On Monday, his family members received a phone call from Tamil Nadu, informing them about his death. 

The incident had taken place on September 4 when V.K. Guruswamy, a DMK leader, was sitting with a broker and chatting with him at a hotel in Kammanahalli in Bengaluru. The footage shows a gang of five persons barging inside the hotel and launching a brutal attack on him.

An anti-terror probe agency spokesperson said that the NIA was in the process of examining the data contained in the mobile phones, laptops and hard discs seized during the searches.

The central investigating agency had raided the premises of the youth following information that he along with a few others were involved in raising money and to brainwash Muslim youth and recruit them into terror organisations.

S Chitravel, 31, was arrested from Aviyur near Madurai, Tamil Nadu, the EOW said in a statement. He was brought to Odisha and produced before OPID Court, Cuttack on August 16 which remanded him to five days police remand.

Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Thursday dismissed Minister V Senthil Balaji from the Council of Ministers days after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate.

A local court in Villupuram on Friday sentenced former Tamil Nadu Special DGP Rajesh Das to three years of imprisonment in a sexual harassment case.