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Tamil Nadu news live: Puducherry reports 100 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours
Tamil Nadu government on Friday extended the existing lockdown till August 9 with no new relaxations. Daily fresh Covid-19 cases reported in the state increased marginally over the past week. District collectors, corporation commissioners and police have been told to close down such places to prevent crowding, according to an official release from the government on Friday. Other lockdown norms will continue to be in effect till the next announcement. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:Read Less
OBC quota in medical admissions will create a new form of social justice, says O Panneerselvam
AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing 27% reservation for OBC category in all-India quota in undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental admissions. Read more
Puducherry registered 100 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, raising the overall tally to 1,20,915. (PTI)
Shops at Ranganathan street closed as a precautionary measure due to the increase in Covid-19 cases.
As per state crime records bureau (SCRB) statistics, there are 1,00,932 personnel in the state, with more than 98,000 of the rank of inspector or below.
Police control room staff will announce greetings through wireless to every policeman and woman on his/her birthday, wedding anniversary.
All policemen and women in the state can henceforth take a day off every week, director general of police C Sylendra Babu announced on Friday. They will also be entitled to a day’s leave on their birthday and wedding anniversary every year, he said.
Free eggs for deposits: Company in the dock
The city police's economics offences wing (EOW) has initiated suo motu action against a company which took out a colourful newspaper advertisement offering eggs along with handsome returns for those investing in its schemes. Read more
Crowded Anna Pillai street, Kothawal Chavadi in Chennai
Greater Chennai Corporation has identified 9 places across chennai to be closed as a precautionary measure due to increase in Covid-19 cases.
Oxygen plant set up at Vedaranyam hospital
A 500 litre Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) oxygen plant has been set up at Vedaranyam taluk hospital in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu. Read more
National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) under the ministry of earth sciences has deployed a moored buoy fitted with sensors along the coast of Puducherry to monitor the variations in the water quality & productivity of the coastal waters. (ANI)
Aminjikarai market is allowed to function till 2pm today.
Police provide mask and sanitizer to public who come to Aminjikarai market in Chennai.
Chennai corporation announced closure of markets and shops at nine locations in the city for 10 days from July 31. The areas covered include Ranganathan Street, Kothwal Chavadi, North Usman Road till Mambalam Rail Road and Doveton Junction to Brooklyn Road in Purasawalkam.
Coimbatore: Man watches serial on mobile phone while riding bike, fined
After a video of a man watching a television serial on his mobile phone while riding bike went viral on social media, the city traffic police imposed a fine of Rs 1,200 on the errant motorist on Friday. Read more
As many as 2,193 people were discharged aggregating to 25,02,627 till date, leaving 20,934 active cases.
For the second consecutive day, Tamil Nadu on Friday reported a surge in new infections with 1,947 people contracting the contagion and pushing the tally to 25,57,611 till date, said the health department.
District collectors have also been told to strictly adhere to existing micro-level containment plans and test-track-treat-vaccinate strategy, the release added.
Hotels, bakeries, tea shops and roadside shops will also be allowed to remain open till 9pm but only with 50% customer capacity.
Shops and other commercial establishments will be allowed to function till 9pm.