Protest and violence demanding justice over the death of a-17 year old girl, studying Class 12 in a private residential school in Chinnasalem, in Kallakurichi district. (PTI)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu News Hearing a case related to the death of a 17-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi district, the Supreme Court Thursday refused to entertain a petition filed by her father seeking to include a doctor of his choice in the team of experts conducting a fresh post-mortem on the body. The girl was found dead in a residential school on July 13. Her death had sparked violent protests in the district.
More than a week after the state revenue department sealed the AIADMK headquarters following the violence between two warring factions in the party, the office reopened Thursday amid tight security in Chennai. The Madras High Court on Wednesday asked the government to hand over the office keys to former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, who was elected as the interim general secretary on July 11.
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairperson Priyank Kanoongo Wednesday said he will visit Kallakurichi on July 27 to probe the unnatural death of a Class XII girl studying in a private school. “I will be visiting Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu on 27 July to inquire into the case of suspicious death of a girl child in residential school,” he tweeted.
Recently, two connected media stories — about attitudes to women, marriage and domesticity — allow us to think about the peculiar nature of gender relations in a time of increasing public visibility of women. The first concerns observations by the Madras High Court regarding “proper” behaviour by women with regard to a symbol of marriage (the mangalsutra or necklace) and the second relates to a survey that sought to gauge attitudes towards gender in the context of the new National Education Policy (NEP) in Karnataka.
Commenting on the case of an estranged couple, the Madras High Court noted that the removal of the mangalsutra by the woman from her body amounted to “mental cruelty” towards her husband. The mangalsutra, the court went on to say, is only removed at the death of the husband. Turning to the survey of teachers, students and parents in Karnataka, two findings stand out. First, the overwhelming belief that childcare is women’s responsibility and, second, that they put up with domestic violence for the “good” of the family. Responses to the second aspect seem to suggest not just observations of “what happens” but also “what should happen”. Read more
Hearing a case related to the death of a 17-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi district, the Supreme Court Thursday refused to entertain a petition filed by her father seeking to include a doctor of his choice in the team of experts conducting a fresh post-mortem on the body. The girl was found dead in a residential school on July 13. Her death had sparked violent protests in the district.
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and P S Narsimha Thursday asked the petitioner to either withdraw his plea or move the Madras High Court, which had ordered a second post-mortem on the body by a team of experts after hearing a plea by the father who suspected foul play. Read more
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea of a man, whose 17-year-old daughter was found dead at a private residential school in Tamil Nadu, that a doctor of his choice be permitted to be part of a team of experts to conduct a fresh postmortem on her body.
A 67-year-old critically ill woman was being treated at Chennai’s Apollo Hospital on Wednesday, after 23 tense hours in an air ambulance that flew her from Portland in the United States to the Tamil Nadu capital with stops in Reykjavik and Istanbul. It is the longest medical transfer that the International Critical-Care Air Transfer Team has undertaken, said ICAAT’s Shalini Nalwad who supervised the complex evacuation that cost about Rs 1 crore.
The woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, was treated in Chennai by Apollo Hospital’s senior interventional cardiologist Dr Sai Satish and a team of doctors on arrival in the city, sources told PTI.
Ahead of the monsoon, the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) is planning to install flood-proof doors at the entry and exit points of seven underground stations along both corridors, to prevent water from entering the stations, and to ensure that services continue without any disruption. The work is set to be completed before October.
According to CMRL officials, Metro services took a hit last year when the city was waterlogged after heavy rains. Hence, as a precautionary measure, they are planning to install flood-proof doors in seven underground Metro stations. Read more
More than a week after the state revenue department sealed the AIADMK headquarters following the violence between two warring factions in the party, the office reopened Thursday amid tight security in Chennai. The Madras High Court on Wednesday asked the government to hand over the office keys to former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, who was elected as the interim general secretary on July 11.
Three men died of electrocution in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district and Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday announced a solatium of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of the three deceased persons. Aged between 40-45, three men died of electrocution when they came into contact with an electric fence put up in a farm area. Reportedly, the fence was erected by a farmer to tackle the menace of wild boars. Read more
A 19-year-old student, who was declared brain dead following an accident recently, has given a new lease of life to five individuals, a private health care facility said on Wednesday. The final-year college student, a resident of Chennai, sustained grievous injury early this month on the arterial Grand Southern Trunk (GST) Road on the outskirts of the city.
The teenager was immediately rushed to a private hospital which was in the vicinity of the accident spot and based on their suggestion he was shifted to Rela Hospital in Chennai for treatment, a press release said. Despite the best efforts, the student could not be revived and was declared 'brain inactive/dead'. Since his vital organs were functioning well, the social workers of the hospital explained about organ donation to the family, who agreed to donate his vital organs, the release said. (PTI)
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at 22 locations in Tamil Nadu in connection with a fresh case it has registered with regard to smuggling of arms and narcotics from Sri Lanka, claiming the smuggling aims to revive the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
The agency claimed the searches were conducted at premises of accused and suspects in Chennai, Tiruppur, Chengalpattu and Thiruchirapally districts in Tamil Nadu. Read more
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairperson Priyank Kanoongo Wednesday said he will visit Kallakurichi on July 27 to probe the unnatural death of a Class XII girl studying in a private school. “I will be visiting Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu on 27 July to inquire into the case of suspicious death of a girl child in residential school,” he tweeted.
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The Regional Meteorological Department (RMC) Chennai has predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate rain at one or two places over Nilgiris and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu in the next three hours.
Puducherry confirmed 212 fresh cases of coronavirus on Wednesday raising the overall caseload to 1,69,353. The new cases surfaced during examination of 2,494 samples. While Puducherry region alone accounted for 176 cases, Karaikal registered 35, and Yanam had only one case. Mahe an enclave of Puducherry in Kerala did not post any fresh case.
Director of Health G.Sriramulu said in a bulletin that 156 patients recovered during last twenty-four hours and the overall recoveries stood at 1,66,114. The test positivity rate was 8.50 percent while fatality and recovery rates were 1.16 percent and 98.09 percent respectively. Sriramulu noted that there was no fresh fatality during last twenty-four hours and toll remained 1,963. (PTI)
AIADMK interim General Secretary K Palaniswami on Wednesday expressed concern over the recent 5 per cent GST hike on pre-packed items, including rice and flour and lashed out at the ruling DMK for not effectively opposing the revision. The Tamil Nadu Leader of Opposition slammed state Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan for remaining “mute” at the GST Council meet and recalled the past instances of the AIADMK government effectively arguing for tax cuts.
Palaniswami said the 5 per cent hike would largely affect the poor and middle classes, especially women who want a rollback of the revision, which also covers, among others paneer. Read more
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After violence broke out in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi on Sunday, a few days after the death of a 17-year-old student, SP P Pakalavan Wednesday said, "My first agenda is to restore peace. Citizens must feel safe."
"...Case now taken over by special investigative agencies & we'll render them utmost help to unearth crime behind girl's death." (ANI)
A wise man once said, “Change is the only constant in life”, which holds true in several situations. However, a shop in Chennai has proved it is not always the case. Vinu’s Igloo, an ice cream shop founded in 1995 by S Vijayan, is a popular store located near Five Lights in the sleepy neighbourhood of West Mambalam. Ask any auto-rickshaw anna or a flower-selling akka about the rendu rooba ice cream kadai (Rs 2 ice cream shop) and they will point you to the place. Janardhan Koushik reports
Seven persons belonging to two families in Sri Lanka arrived here on Tuesday due to the worsening economic crisis in the island nation. The two families, dropped at the shoals near Rameswaram island by boatmen, were rescued by the Indian Coast Guard's hovercraft and brought to Dhanushkodi and handed over to the police.
They have been identified as N Mary Augusta (44) of Jaffna and her teenaged sons N Nisharukhan and N Sevin, and G Mahesan (39), M Devi (38) of Trincomalee, besides two children Dinal and M Hamusan. They had decided to come to India in order to escape the ongoing crisis in the island nation. (PTI)
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday morning launched a search operation at the special camp for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees at Tiruchirappalli to probe around 20 refugees residing there. The search, being led by NIA officers from Kochi, is in connection with the seizure of 300 kg of heroin, 5 AK-47 rifles, and 1,000 live rounds of 9mm ammunition off the coast of Vizhinjam, near Thiruvananthapuram, in March 2021.
Earlier, Suresh Rajan, a Sri Lankan national, was arrested in connection with the case from Kerala for his alleged links with a Pakistan-based drug runner, Haji Salim, who often shuttled between Dubai, Pakistan and Iran. The NIA probe had also unearthed financial transactions worth crores of rupees in Rajan’s name. Arun Janardhanan reports
Chennai power cut today: The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) has announced that power will be suspended in parts of Chennai today in Tambaram, Perambur for carrying out maintenance work in the city. Parts of Chennai will face a power shutdown from 9 am to 2 pm, with supply expected to resume before 2 pm if the work is completed. Read more
The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday shifted the Collector and superintendent of police of Kallakurichi district in the wake of violence following the death of a class 12 girl student and assured all support to the affected family and the students. State School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said he and Public Works Department Minister E V Velu consoled the parents of the girl whose body was found in the school hostel on July 13.
“We had assured to stand by the family and ensure justice to her. Also, after interaction with the students and parents we said we will support them in the students’ endeavour to pursue education,” the Minister said. Read more
The Union Home Ministry has sought clarifications from the Tamil Nadu government on a bill that seeks to give exemption to the southern state’s students from the ambit of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. The NEET is a common qualifying test for MBBS and BDS courses in medical and dental colleges across India. It is conducted by the National Testing Agency.
However, the Tamil Nadu government wants state students to be exempted from the examination. The state has suggested that students can be admitted to medical colleges based on their Class 12 scores. Read more
Witnessing a decline in new coronavirus infections, Tamil Nadu reported 2,142 new cases on Tuesday, including four returnees from Malaysia, pushing the tally to 35,22,142, the health department said. The death toll remained at 38,030 as there were no fatalities reported in the last 24 hours. Tamil Nadu had on Monday recorded 2,223 fresh coronavirus cases. Read more
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is currently conducting searches at a special camp in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli. (ANI)
Former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, who was ousted from the AIADMK days ago, has been removed from his position of deputy floor leader in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, the party announced on Tuesday. Former Minister R B Udhayakumar was unanimously elected as AIADMK’s deputy leader in the Assembly, the party’s interim general secretary, Edappadi K Palaniswami said.
Panneerselvam, citing matters pending in court and the Election Commission, has already written to Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M Appavu to not give effect to any changes that may be proposed by Palaniswami in respect of the composition of the AIADMK’s legislature party. Read more
The Greater Chennai Police deployed close to 300 police personnel along the stretch of the Marina Beach on Kamarajar Salai Tuesday, anticipating protests on the beach in connection with the death of a Class 12 girl of a private school in Chinnasalem’s Kaniyamoor area in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu.
The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday shifted the Collector and superintendent of police of Kallakurichi district after rioting, arson and related incidents broke out at a private school in the state’s Kallakurichi on July 17 following the death of a Class 12 student on July 12, allegedly after she was tortured by teachers. Following the orders of the Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu DGP C Sylendra Babu constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident.
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