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Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A. Amalraj at the awareness programme at Easwari Engineering College in the city on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Greater Chennai Police, in association with Easwari Engineering College, organised a ‘Drug Free Tamil Nadu-2026’ awareness programme at the college campus in Ramapuram on Wednesday. Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A….

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The issue of appointment of Vice-Chancellors to State-run universities is heating up once again. While Higher Education Minister P. Viswanathan said on Tuesday that the government had sent a proposal to the Governor for the expansion of Search Committees for V-Cs, the Madras High Court has ordered notice to the UGC and the State government…

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The Palarivattom police have informed actor Ansiba Hassan that they cannot register a case on a complaint filed by her against fellow actors Shwetha Menon and Lakshmipriya alleging an organised malicious campaign by them. The police said they could not register a first information report as the allegations pertain to defamation alone. “The police cannot…

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Appointments to public offices should be guided by competence, integrity and professional ability and not by recommendations or other extraneous considerations, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has said. Justice B. Pugalendhi said the legal profession today has many advocates, including young members of the Bar, possessing exceptional legal knowledge, sound advocacy skills…

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The Kerala High Court on Wednesday orally remarked that it would not, for the time being, grant a stay on the functioning of the State Waqf Board, while hearing a public interest litigation challenging the constitution of the Board, particularly the appointment of CPI(M) politician and former MLA K.P. Kunhammed Kutty. The petition had alleged…

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The Kerala High Court on Wednesday allowed the investigating officer in an alleged microfinance scam of ₹15. 85 crore involving Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam general secretary Vellapally Natesan one more month as a “last and final chance” to complete the investigation and file the final report. The order was issued in a petition…

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