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Chennai news live: Tamil Nadu sees marginal increase in new Covid cases
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All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi leader R Sarathkumar meets MNM chief Kamal Haasan at his party head office in Alwarpet on Saturday
The state reported a marginal increase in fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday with the number going up to 481 from 467 cases on Thursday. There was a marginal drop in active cases to 4,046 from 4,053 on Thursday. The cumulative case tally stood at 8,50,577 and the toll at 12,488 with five deaths on Friday.
Tamil Nadu: MoS MHA & BJP's state election in-charge G Kishan Reddy and state BJP chief L Murugan met CM Edappadi K Palaniswami & Deputy CM O Panneerselvam at their respective residences today & discussed seat-sharing for the first phase of state assembly polls.
Two retired IRS officers to watch poll expenses
Tamil Nadu being a “highly expenditure-sensitive” state, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed two expenditure observers, retired IRS officers Madhu Mahajan and Balakrishnan. The latter had played a vital role in seizure of several crores of rupees during the 2016 assembly election in Tamil Nadu.
Date set for duel, it’s a short race to finish for EPS, Stalin
Bringing the curtains down on the four-year AIADMK government led by Edappadi K Palaniswami, the Election Commission of India on Friday announced elections to the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly.
Polling time increased by an hour considering pandemic
Braving the pandemic, Tamil Nadu would go to polls on April 6 to elect 234 MLAs to the16th legislative assembly. Bypoll to Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency would also be held on the same date. Chief election commissioner Sunil Arora, making the announcement on Friday, said the model code of conduct has already come into force in the state.
Civic body ‘passes’ secret budget again; beats model code narrowly
Greater Chennai Corporation, yet again, ‘passed’ a secret budget behind the closed doors, that too just a few moments before the Election Commission of India was to announce model code of conduct for Tamil Nadu. Read full story
Commuters hit hard as strike by transport staff intensifies
Commuters in the city suffered as the strike by state transport employees intensified on Friday. Compared to Thursday, first day of the protest for higher wages, there were fewer services, especially in the suburbs.
Truckers in city protest against diesel price hike
Around 400 lorry owners and tourist vehicle operators protested at Vanagaram in the city's suburbs on Friday condemning diesel price hike and various other policies of the central government.
2 asphyxiated while cleaning sewage tank
Two people died of asphyxiation while cleaning a sewage tank inside MES Army office within the Tamil Nadu Secretariat complex on Friday.
Unidentified men stab woman to death in house
A 47-year-old woman was stabbed to death, and her 25-year-old daughter sustained injuries after two unidentified men barged into their residence at Aminjikarai and attacked them when they were alone on Friday.
Not posters but mobile digital hoardings advertise book fair
In an effort to ensure they do not contribute to the poster culture, organizers of the Chennai book fair have rersorted to digital mobile advertising. Load vans with digital hoardings will travel around the city promoting the event.
New quarantine rules set to affect Chennai-Mumbai air passenger traffic
The new quarantine restrictions for travellers from Maharashtra – which need them to be in isolation for seven days – have begun to impact business and leisure traffic between Mumbai and Chennai, the third busiest route from the city.
Prez rule in Pondy after 30-year gap
President's rule was imposed in the Union territory of Puducherry after a gap of 30 years. President Ram Nath Kovind issued an order in this regard on Thursday.
Power shutdown announced for parts of Chennai
Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) has announced that power supply will be suspended in Vyasarpadi area on Tuesday (March 2) to facilitate maintenance work.
Puducherry Lt Governor announces a 2% reduction in VAT (Value Added Tax) on petrol and diesel in the union territory. (ANI)
WhatsApp: Chennai Corporation's new tool track grievances
Greater Chennai corporation officially has launched a dedicated Whatsapp communication system - +91-9499933644 - to help people avail services, raise queries, grievances and track them in real-time. Meghanath Reddy, deputy commissioner, revenue said, "The reach of Whatsapp is immense and we wanted to leverage that. We are now making all the services available on app and website now available through Whatsapp. For example, services such as monsoon related, Covid, elections, tax payments, based on the need. All services will be available at the click of one number."
Tamil Nadu legislative assembly passed a bill to provide internal reservation of 10.5% to vanniyakula kshatriya community within the 20% reservation of most backward classes.
It also provided internal quota of 7% to denotified communities and the most backward classes communities having similarity with denotified communities.
304 MoUs signed in global investors meet in 2019 to provide 10 lakh jobs in the state and many investments were also made during the time of pandemic which didn't happen in any other state. This is our achievement, hence increasing the retirement age to 60 will not affect the employment opportunities for youngsters in Tamil Nadu.
Edappadi K Palaniswami
Highway tenders: EPS denied all corruption charges
All the tenders happen according to the protocols of the world bank, there is no chance of corruption in any tender. Everything is transparent here: CM