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Seized ganja at Jolarpet railway station. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Government Railway Police (GRP) seized a consignment of 25 kg of ganja onboard an express train at Jolarpet railway station in Tirupattur on Sunday. The police said as part of a special drive against illegal transportation of narcotic substances and inflammable articles on…
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Collector Sibi Adhithya Senthil Kumar visited houses in Sellankuppam and Semmandalam and reviewed measures being taken to prevent mosquito breeding. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Collector Sibi Adhithya Senthil Kumar inspected the measures taken for dengue prevention in areas within the limits of Cuddalore Corporation on Monday. The Collector visited houses in Sellankuppam and Semmandalam…
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A. Anbalagan addressing the media on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Pro-tem Speaker A. Anbalagan has not ruled out the possibility of him chairing the Budget session of the Legislative Assembly starting from August 24 in Puducherry. “There is no rule which does not allow the pro-tem Speaker to chair the regular session of…
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The Tamil Nadu Selection Committee has published the list of candidates who have been found ineligible under various categories after scrutiny. A number of candidates, who had applied for MBBS and BDS, were found to be ineligible under categories such as government quota, Christian Medical College 20% State quota seats, IRT ward quota seats, 7.5%…
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A staffer attached to the mortuary at Government Medical College Hospital in Vellore was suspended on Friday for reportedly demanding ₹2,000 cash to send the body of deceased for postmortem. The suspended staff was identified as R. Kannan. Initial inquiry revealed that victim B. Velu, a tribal from Palambattu village atop Peechamanthai hillock, requested Kannan…
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In 2025, 2,390 village panchayats in Tamil Nadu were identified as tuberculosis-free and declared as “TB-free panchayats”, according to a press release issued by the Health department. Health Minister K.G. Arunraj conducted a district-wise review of the measures being undertaken to achieve TB-free Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. He also reviewed the State’s achievements and progress…
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The golden chariot of the Arulmigu Ekambaranathar Temple being taken out on a procession in Kancheepuram town on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The grand newly completed 25-feet-tall golden chariot of the Arulmigu Ekambaranathar Temple was taken out on a procession through the Raja veedhi and mada streets of Kancheepuram town on Sunday evening. …
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The car was gutted in the fire that occured near Jolarpet on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A family of five escaped unhurt after the car they were travelling in caught fire at Pachal village near Jolarpet town in Tirupattur on Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH 48) on Saturday. The police said that G. Motilal, a…
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Shoba Srinath, former Head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NIMHANS, Bengaluru, speaking at the conference at CMC on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College (CMC) organised a conference on autism at its campus in Vellore. According to a press release, the conference,…
The paddy field at Chidambaram in Cuddalore where the microbial consortia were used. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement For the last two years, S. Parthiban, 45, a farmer of Chidambaram in Cuddalore district watched his paddy yields stagnate despite investing money in chemical fertilizers. He faced the same frustrating reality every harvest season. The turning…
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