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S. Selladurai, a retired professor of Anna University, and his wife Geetha. | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran Annual income: ₹17 lakh No. of family members: 3 The Union Budget has minor benefits for the salaried class and retired people, said S. Selladurai, a retired professor of Anna University. The increase in the standard deduction limit…
Chennai: The Madras High Court has reprimanded the Enforcement Directorate for overstepping bounds while investigating illegal sand mining in Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. A bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice Sunder Mohan pointed out the federal agency could not claim jurisdiction since mining, illegal or otherwise, is not listed as a scheduled…
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Thiruvengadam was one of the suspects arrested for K Armstrong’s murder. One of the accused involved in the murder of the Tamil Nadu BSP Chief was killed in an encounter with the police in Chennai late last evening, officials have said. Police sources said Thiruvengadam was taken to the spot to recover weapons used in…
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This government believes it is essential to build an airport in Hosur, MK Stalin said. (File) Chennai: The industrial town of Hosur in Tamil Nadu is set to get an international airport, Chief Minister MK Stalin announced in the state assembly today. “It will come up on a 2000 acre area with a capacity to…
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The ministry said it has requested a detailed report from Tamil Nadu Labour Department. (File) Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Wednesday said it has asked the Tamil Nadu government to submit a “detailed report” after a Reuters story revealed that Apple supplier Foxconn rejected married women from iPhone assembly jobs in the country….
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This is the second such tragedy in the state in as many years. Chennai: A pall of gloom has descended over Karunapuram village in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi district. As many as 24 of the 39 who have died after consuming illicit liquor are from here. A mass cremation is taking place, and many bodies are…
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As many as 18 people have been referred to the hospital. Chennai: Over 20 people from Kallakurichi district in the northern part of Tamil Nadu were hospitalised and at least five persons died after suspected consumption of illicit ‘packet arrack’, officials said on Wednesday. K Kannukutti (49) has been arrested and an analysis of about…
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Three people died in a fire that broke out at a paint factory in Tamil Nadu’s Thiruvallur. Thiruvallur: Three people died in a fire that broke out at a paint factory in Tamil Nadu’s Thiruvallur, the Superintendent of Police said. Visuals from the spot showed fire tenders present at the spot as dousing operations were…
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister sought PM Modi’s intervention. Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday requested the Centre to secure through diplomatic channels the release of four fishermen from the state detained by the Kuwait Coastal Police. The men belonging to Ramanthapuram district have been incarcerated in the prison there since their arrest on December…
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Mr Appavu has also brought two other significant projects. Chennai: The 72-year-old MLA and speaker of the Tamil Nadu assembly, M Appavu, is inspecting the final phase of his pet project – the interlinking of three rivers in his Radhapuram assembly constituency in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. Started in 2009, the 73-kilometre-long Rs…
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