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The Special Court for Cases under the POCSO Act in Nagapattinam on Friday sentenced a 50-year-old man to five years of imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in 2024. The court imposed ₹2,000 fine on the convict, identified as P. Shanmuga Rajan of Keelaiyur. According to police, the accused sexually assaulted the girl when…
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A notice board put up by the fishermen panchayatdars of Vizhunthamavadi village in Nappattinam district announcing the ban on youths drinking alcohol. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A fishing community in a Nagapattinam village has imposed a blanket ban on alcohol consumption by its unmarried youths and decided to penalise others who stir up trouble…
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The AIADMK has mounted an unusually intense campaign in the Cauvery delta districts of Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam, reading the electoral terrain as more favourable than the 2021 verdict might suggest. Contesting directly in four of the six Assembly segments across the two districts — while ceding the remaining two to its NDA allies — the…