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Tamil Nadu news live: New Covid-19 protocol for jails, old age homes in state
Fresh cases of Covd-19 dipped further on Saturday, when TN registered 1969 cases compared to 1985 on Friday. Cases in at least 14 districts increased marginally and only three districts saw a difference of at least 10 cases in the last 24 hours. Since March 2020, 25.Total 73 lakh people have been infected with Covid-19 and 34,289 of them have died. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:Read Less
A taekwondo coach from Madurai achieves Guinness World Record by breaking 37 concrete blocks in a minute with a kick.
While testing people for Covid-19 is mandatory for those who need to fulfill travel requirement or screening requirements at colleges/ workplaces, a new set of government orders have asked health department to test new inmates of old age homes, jails or homes for mentally challenged to ensure they are free from the infection.
Tamil Nadu truck with Rs 6.3-crore phones looted in Karnataka
A year after a TN truck with mobile phones worth Rs 15 crore was looted by a Madhya Pradesh gang at Krishnagiri, another truck from a Sriperumbudur facility with a consignment worth Rs 6.39 crore was hijacked at Neralahalli near Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border around 2am on Saturday. Read more
Schools denying TC citing fee dues under Madras HC fire
Schools that refuse to issue transfer certificates (TC) to students citing unpaid fee or any other reason will face contempt of court, said Madras high court. Read more
Zones with 100+ active Covid cases up to 11 in Chennai
The number of zones with more than 100 active Covid-19 cases each has increased from seven to 11 over a week, official data released by Greater Chennai Corporation on Saturday showed. Read more
Chennai student 3rd in India among girls in JEE Main
R Roshana from Chennai secured national level third rank among girl students in Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE) (Main) session-3 conducted from July 20 to 27. Read more
Tamil Nadu reports 1,969 new Covid-19 cases, 1,839 recoveries, and 29 deaths today. (ANI)
Tamil Nadu launches exclusive session for administering second dose of vaccines for 60+ population. At least 14% of people above 60 years in all districts have received at least one dose and some districts have more than 40% of its elderly vaccinated with at least one dose. But the number of people who have completed second dose remains anywhere between 4 and 35%.
On Karunanidhi's death anniversary, CM Stalin asks cadres to preserve DMK rule in Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday paid floral tributes at the mausoleum of former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on his third death anniversary and urged party workers to take a vow to perpetuate DMK's rule in Tamil Nadu.
Unable to repay loans, four of family end lives in Tamil Nadu
Debt ridden, four members of a family committed suicide at their residence near Hosur on Friday morning. The Mathigiri police identified the deceased as J Mohan, 40, his wife M Ramya, 33, daughter M Hanmaya, 8, and mother J Vasanthakumari. They were residing at Swarnabhoomi layout near Mathigiri. READ MORE
Health worker takes a swab sample for Covid-19(RT-PCR) test from guest workers at Egmore railway station in Chennai on Saturday
Infographic: Summary and overall zone-wise status of Covid-19 cases in Chennai
Return to colleges, Tamil Nadu higher education department directs faculty members
With online classes for arts and science and engineering colleges scheduled to begin from August 9, the Tamil Nadu higher education department has directed all faculty members to attend colleges on all working days without fail. READ MORE
Chennai: Kasturba Nagar residents set a new example in solid waste management
A city residents’ welfare association has been showing the way in managing garbage including e-waste. The Kasturba Nagar Association (ROKA) in Adyar began source segregation of household solid waste in 2018 and by 2019 started sending 1.5 tonnes of wet waste generated to micro composting centres. It aimed to be a zero waste generation zone but Covid slowed down its awareness campaigns.
Walk-in interview in Chennai for postal department agents
The postal department has proposed to engage direct agents for sale of postal life insurance and rural postal insurance products. Candidates will be selected through a walk-in interview at Senior Superintendent of POs, Chennai Central Division at T Nagar on August16. Minimum educational qualification is Class X and age limit is between 18 and 50.
Number of active Covid-19 cases in country dips to 4,12,153: Health ministry (PTI)
Single-day rise of 38,628 new Covid-19 cases, 617 fatalities push India's infection tally to 3,18,95,385, death toll to 4,27,371: Govt (PTI)
Southern Railway cancels, diverts some suburban trains
Southern Railway has cancelled, partially cancelled and diverted a few suburban trains due to engineering work between Villivakkam and Vyasarpadi Jiva stations on MMC-Arakkonam section on Saturday (August 7).
Chennai: Paranoid Tower Park visitors set off crackers to scare bats
Some regular visitors to Tower Park at Anna Nagar have been bursting firecrackers every day for the past week to drive away bats that roost in the trees there. After animal rights activists complained, civic officials said they would prevent this. READ MORE
Mantra of motorists in Tamil Nadu: Traffic rules are there to be broken
It’s not uncommon that eight categories of road-users — drivers sans seat belts or helmets, those over-speeding or using mobile phones while driving, jumping traffic signals, overloaded vehicles, passengers in goods vehicles and drunk drivers — top the chart for road rule violations. READ MORE