Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday visited the Aurobindo Ashram and Bharathiyar Memorial Museum in Puducherry. (Twitter/@AmitShah)Chennai, Tamil Nadu News Highlights: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday visited the Aurobindo Ashram and Bharathiyar Memorial Museum in Puducherry. Shah hailed national poet and freedom fighter, Mahakavi Subramania Bharathi as the “epitome” of patriotism and said his ideas continue to motivate us all. He paid floral tributes at a portrait of Bharathi at the memorial.
Tamil Nadu continued to see an uptick in daily Covid-19 cases, as 53 infections were added afresh on Saturday, pushing the total caseload to 34,53,500. With zero fatalities being recorded in the last 24 hours, the the toll remained unchanged at 38,025. Over 29 people recovered from the infection, taking the number of active cases to 310. Chennai reported 36 new cases on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Twenty five more students of IIT Madras tested positive for Covid-19 Saturday morning taking the tally to 55 so far. Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan, who termed the spread as a small cluster, visited the campus alongside other health department officials to oversee the RT-PCR tests being carried out for those residing on the campus. Radhakrishnan said the IIT-M has stepped up adherence to Covid-19 protocols laid down by the government on its campus and added that this should be practised even when the cases are low. Reiterating his earlier comments that the XE variant was not detected in Tamil Nadu, Radhakrishnan said the state is geared up to handle the infections with adequate infrastructure.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday hailed national poet and freedom fighter, Mahakavi Subramania Bharathi as the 'epitome' of patriotism and said his ideas continue to motivate us all. The Home Minister visited the Mahakavi Bharathiyar Memorial Museum here and said he was 'fortunate' to have done so.
"Subramania Bharathi is the epitome of patriotism, unity & social reforms. His patriotic songs motivated countless people to join the Indian freedom movement. His ideas continue to motivate us all," Shah said in a tweet. (PTI)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday participated at the inaugural function of the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo in Puducherry.
The Tamil Nadu government will observe December 18, every year, as Minorities Rights Day at the state level and about Rs 2.50 lakh will be earmarked for the purpose, Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Gingee K S Masthan told the Assembly on Friday.
The government, being the saviour of minorities, is striving tirelessly to promote the upliftment and economic advancement of the minorities through effective implementation of various development schemes and welfare measures, he said.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday urged the Supreme Court collegium to ensure that the principle of social justice is followed in appointment of judges to the High Courts and Supreme Court. Underscoring the 'long pending request' to constitute a Bench of the Supreme Court at Chennai, Stalin said people of southern states now had to visit New Delhi to get justice.
The Chief Minister was addressing an event held at the Madras High Court in which Chief Justice of Supreme Court, N V Ramana presided. "In the appointment of judges to the High Court and Supreme Court, the Honourable Collegium may kindlyensure that the principle of social justice along with other parameters for appointment is followed. In this way, I consider that the principle of inclusiveness would be ensured in higher judiciary," Stalin said. (PTI)
Customs sleuths thwarted an attempt to smuggle banned narcotic drug -- crystal meth -- valued at Rs 2.30 crore, to Australia from here on Saturday. The department officials on specific information seized a parcel suspected to have narcotic substance at the airport here, an official release said.
The officials recovered 920 grams of crystal meth concealed in a wooden box of the parcel. The value of the drug seized was Rs 2.30 crore and further investigation is on, the release added. Methamphetamine (crystal meth) is a banned drug under the NDPS Act (The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985) and consumption of these pills alters the mood similar to the stimulants producing feelings of increased energy and pleasure. (PTI)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday reached the Chennai airport and was greeted by Minister of State L Murugan. Shah will visit Puducherry on Sunday to lay foundation stones for a slew of projects.
Meanwhile, Twenty five more students of IIT Madras tested positive for Covid-19 Saturday morning taking the tally to 55 so far. Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan, who termed the spread as a small cluster, visited the campus alongside other health department officials to oversee the RT-PCR tests being carried out for those residing on the campus.
Tamil Nadu continued to see an uptick in daily Covid-19 cases, as 53 infections were added afresh on Saturday, pushing the total caseload to 34,53,500. With zero fatalities being recorded in the last 24 hours, the the toll remained unchanged at 38,025.
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Customs sleuths thwarted an attempt to smuggle banned narcotic drug - crystal meth - valued at Rs 2.30 crore, to Australia from here on Saturday. The department officials on specific information seized a parcel suspected to have narcotic substance at the airport here, an official release said.
The officials recovered 920 grams of crystal meth concealed in a wooden box of the parcel. The value of the drug seized was Rs 2.30 crore and further investigation is on, the release added.
Methamphetamine (crystal meth) is a banned drug under the NDPS Act (The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985) and consumption of these pills alters the mood similar to the stimulants producing feelings of increased energy and pleasure. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu continued to see an uptick in daily Covid-19 cases, as 53 infections were added afresh on Saturday, pushing the caseload to 34,53,500.
However, the toll remained unchanged at 38,025 with nil fatalities being reported in the last 24 hours, a medical bulletin said. Recoveries grew to 34,15,165 with 29 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, leaving 310 active infections.
Chennai accounted for highest number of new coronavirus cases at 36, followed by Chengalpet 4, Kancheepuram 3 while Coimbatore, Tiruvallur and Tiruvarur recorded two each. (PTI)
Advocates may seek permission to appear online before the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India, Justice N V Ramana said on Saturday.
Speaking on aspects related to inclusivity at an event held at the Madras High Court, Justice Ramana batted for higher representation of women at all levels of the legal profession. Inclusivity does not stop with only representation of women.
The social and geographical diversity of the nation must find reflection at all levels of the judiciary, he said. A judge from a particular region understands the issues of that area better and a judge from a marginalised section of the society could understand the issues of the marginalised people better. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday urged the Supreme Court collegium to ensure that the principle of social justice is followed in appointment of judges to the High Courts and Supreme Court.
Underscoring the 'long pending request' to constitute a Bench of the Supreme Court at Chennai, Stalin said people of southern states now had to visit New Delhi to get justice. The Chief Minister was addressing an event held at the Madras High Court in which Chief Justice of Supreme Court, N V Ramana presided.
"In the appointment of judges to the High Court and Supreme Court, the Honourable Collegium may kindly ensure that the principle of social justice along with other parameters for appointment is followed. In this way, I consider that the principle of inclusiveness would be ensured in higher judiciary," Stalin said. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday consoled a woman Sub Inspector of Police, who sustained cut injuries after she was attacked while on duty in the southern district of Tirunelveli.
The assailant, who was later identified as Arumugam, aged 40, was arrested by the police, he said. The police SI Margaret Theresa, 29, was on duty at a temple festival in Suthamalli police station limits when Arumugam entered into an argument with her and attacked her with a knife. He inflicted cut injuries on her face and neck, police said. (PTI)
BJP Tamil Nadu unit president K Annamalai on Friday accused the State government of creating artificial power cut so that electricity can be purchased from private parties allegedly on a commission basis.
This was nothing but a repeat of the 2006-2011 DMK regime wherein there was total darkness due to power shutdown, he told reporters here. Read More
The Tamil Nadu government will observe December 18, every year, as Minorities Rights Day at the state level and about Rs 2.50 lakh will be earmarked for the purpose, Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Gingee K S Masthan told the Assembly on Friday.
The government, being the saviour of minorities, is striving tirelessly to promote the upliftment and economic advancement of the minorities through effective implementation of various development schemes and welfare measures, he said. Read More
At a function held at the Chennai High Court premises, CM MK Stalin in the presence of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court N. V. Ramana, presented the order for allocating 4.24 acres of land to the courts in Chennai to the Chief Justice of Madras High Court Munishwar Nath Bandari. The allocated land will be used to set up various courts to cater to the infrastructural needs of the judiciary.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana on Saturday said there were "certain barriers" as regard the introduction of local languages in the respective High Courts in the country but expressed confidence that the issue may be "solved in the near future" with the help of scientific innovation including Artificial Intelligence (AI).
In his address here after laying the foundation stone for a 9-storeyed Administrative Block of the Madras High Court, Justice Ramana also said the Tamil people were always in the forefront of protecting cultural and linguistic rights in the country and made an apparent reference to the anti-Hindi agitation in Tamil Nadu in the 1960s.
Justice Ramana's remarks on the use of local language in High Courts came after state Chief Minister M K Stalin, who also participated in the event on Saturday and made the request, for allowing Tamil to be used in the proceedings before the Madras High Court. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi will inaugurate a two- day conference of vice-chancellor of universities in the state here on April 25. At the conference, ideas and action plan for India's role in emerging new world order and India to be world leader by 2047 would be discussed, an official release said on Saturday.
UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar and Zoho Corporation Chief Executive Officer Sridhar Vembu will deliver special addresses at the conference. The vice-chancellors of all the state universities, central universities and private universities in Tamil Nadu would be participating in the conference. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday announced setting up ‘Village Secretariats’ for effective implementation of various government schemes at grassroots level and 600 such secretariats would come up this year.
Making a statement in the state Assembly, Stalin said with an objective of ensuring good governance in local bodies, village secretariats would be established, which would coordinate and integrate several government schemes for effective implementation. In Tamil , the village secretariats are ‘Grama Seyalagangal,’ and a village secretariat is a ‘Grama Seyalagam’. Read more