Chennai, Tamil Nadu News Live Updates: Four youth, who were arrested for assaulting a Chennai cop, were booked under the Goondas Act on Sunday, police said.
Read The four men were arrested for assaulting the cop on duty on Friday
The accused men were identified as M Mohammed Rizwan (35), K Mohammed Nowshad Ali (31), D Sulaiman (33), M Afsar Hussain (36). While Rizwan and Sulaiman belong to ‘Seven Wells’ area, Ali hails from Mannadi and Hussain from Royapuram in Chennai.
Out of the four Indian sailing teams set to take part in next month’s J80 World Championship at Bilbao in Spain, three will be from Chennai’s Royal Madras Yacht Club (RMYC).
RMYC’s hopes rest on a professional team, a mixed team, and an all-women’s team. The members belonging to these teams range from pilots, school and college students, doctors etc.
A couple was hacked repeatedly with a machete by unknown people at Mettupalyam in Kovai district, Tamil Nadu today. 21-year-old Kanakaraj died on the spot, while the girl, Varshini, aged 18, was critically injured and is fighting for life at a hospital where she was admitted earlier today.
The Southern Railway announced today that there would be a change in the pattern of suburban train services due to track maintenance work being carried along the Chennai - Arakonam section at Kadambattur Yard on the Up and Down lines on June 25 and June 26. As per the revised schedule, trains plying along the Down fast line between Tiruvallur to Thiruvalangadu will skip stopping at the Senji Panambakkam station until the maintenance work is over.
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Originally, services were cancelled from June 18 to June 25 and were supposed to resume from tomorrow, but an announcement from the Southern Railway today declared that the services will resume from Friday.
Even as Tamil Nadu and its capital Chennai, in particular, are reeling under water scarcity, tankers with Rajinikanth’s picture are zigzagging across the city and supplying water in worst-affected regions. The initiative, by members of Rajini Makkal Mandram (RMM), the fan club of superstar Rajinikanth now made into a broad political platform, is to provide drinking water free of cost to a city thirsting for a solution to the months-long crisis.
The RMM workers have also lent a helping hand in the resurrection of Chitlapakkam lake. The agri division of RMM joined the volunteers of ‘Chitlapakkam Rising group’ and were involved in the cleaning drive on Sunday.
The Tamil Nadu Weatherman took to Twitter today and announced that there were chances of rainfall in Chennai and Puducherry and the districts of Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Villupurum and Cuddalore in tamil Nadu tonight due to the depression in the Bay of Bengal.
The Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation, in association with the Delegation of the European Union to India, Alliance Française of Madras and Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan will host Day 2 of the 24th European Union Film Festival (EUFF) today from 6 pm to 08:15 pm at the Alliance Française of Madras institute on College Road, Chennai. The EUFF will be held from June 24 to July 4 in the city.
Two films will be screened today. A Belgian film, King of the Belgians, directed by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth will be screened at 6 pm and will be followed by a screening of Bubblegum, a Bulgarian film directed by Stanislav Todorov at 07:30 pm. The films will be screened for one hour and fifteen minutes each. For all the cine lovers out there, mark your calendars for the EUFF is the place to be over the next two weeks!
Election Commission of India has announced Biennial Election to six Rajya Sabha seats from Tamil Nadu. Five seats fell vacant by the retirement of MPS and 1 fell vacant as DMK MP Kanimozhi got elected to LS. The polling is scheduled to take place on July 18.
The list of states that have the best sanitation and hygiene, which was released today saw Tamil Nadu falling from its previously held rank of number 3 and trailing at rank number 9 this year.
Kerala bagged the first rank this year, followed by Andhra Pradesh at number 2 and Maharashtra at number 3.
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court granted Kollywood director Pa Ranjith anticipatory bail today, following a hearing of the plea petition that was filed by the director.
The Tamil Nadu Government had filed a case against Ranjith for his controversial remarks against Raja Raja Chola at en event in Chennai. After deferring the hearing for Ranjith's plea last week, the Madurai bench of the Madras HC granted anticipatory bail today and warned the director against making such remarks in the future.
Officials from the Customs Department seized Rs. 99.5 lakh worth of foreign currency from a passenger at the Chennai International Airport today. The passenger, who had arrived from Colombo was arrested and later sent out on bail.
On Sunday, customs officers from the Chennai International Airport detained a trader from Kolkata for carrying a pistol containing ten bullets in his hand luggage. The man claimed that he had purchased the pistol for his personal safety and had forgotten that he had packed the firearm in his bag.
Justice N Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court has initiated contempt proceedings against two persons including educationist and film producer Ishari K Ganesh, for having attempted to influence the judge through a mutual friend in relation to Nadigar Sangam elections.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) released a statement on Monday, where it called for developing mobile payment applications, customer services and redressal cells in multiple languages to promote inclusiveness and extend the reach of digital payments in India.
The Mobile Payment Forum of India submitted their recommendations to Nandan Nilekani on Monday to develop applications in multiple languages in the country.
A day after residents staged a protest outside a Tamil Nadu State Management Corporation (TASMAC) outlet in Coimbatore on Monday to protest the death of a woman who was killed by in an accident, the husband of the deceased woman staged a protest outside the TASMAC today and demanded closure of the outlet.
Shobana met with an accident on Monday after three drunk men riding a motorcycle rammed into her scooter. While Shobana died on the spot, her daughter sustained multiple injuries and was admitted to a hospital.
The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) directed Karnataka today to release Tamil Nadu's share of Cauvery water that was reserved for the months of June and July to the state immediately at the CMWA meeting today.
The CWMA had earlier directed Karnataka in May to release 9.19 thousand million cubic feet (tmc) of water to drought-hit Tamil Nadu for the month of June. However, the state only received 1.72 tmc of water.
Madras HC allows plea by Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict S Nalini to appear in person to argue for parole. She will be produced at the High Court on July 5th. Nalini had earlier moved a petition seeking six months parole for her daughter's wedding & she also wanted to argue her petition in person before the Madras High court.
Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) secretary TTV Dinkaran has slammed Thanga Tamilselvan, the AMMK propaganda secretary for his remarks about the party and its leadership. Speaking to the reporters at his residence today, TTV Dinakaran, said: "Today's meeting with secretaries was not an emergency meeting, it was pre-planned. Tamilsevan is not worth to talk about. I told him beforehand that his activities are not aligning with the party principles and he would be stripped off his post. Let him decide whatever he wants (if he wants to join AIADMK), we are not scared of him."
Train tickets to southern towns for Diwali were sold out within two hours after the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) opened reservations on Monday. Only 59 berths were available on the Podhigai Express, 65 on Nellai Express, 100 on Pearl City and 78 on the Thiruvananthapuram Mail at the end of the day.
The IRCTC announced that with Diwali falling on October 27 this year, tickets for October 25 can be booked today and for October 26 on June 26 on the IRCTC website. The website will also display the probability of confirmation of waitlisted and Reservation Against Cancellation (RAC) tickets ahead of the booking.
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) announced on Monday that the GCC and the Public Works Department (PWD) will be conducting a joint inspection on Tuesday to complete work on the proposed nature trails along the Couum six months from now. Work on the trails were initiated a few months ago after encroachments and a place of worship along the Cooum were demolished to make way for a 1.5 km long trail in Nungambakkam. The project was delayed due to the slow pace of the formation and compaction of the bund by the PWD.
The nature trail in Nungambakkam, once it is completed, is expected to offer connectivity to residents from College Road to Chetpet and is a part of the GCC's project for ecorestoration of the river. Currently, 8 km of the nature trails have been completed.
Chain snatching has been on the rise in the city after ten isolated incidents were reported over the past few days in Chennai. Five cases were reported in Chennai alone on Sunday and Monday. Two bike-borne men snatched the chain of a woman in Royapettah on Sunday morning near the Indian Bank administrative office. Elsewhere in the city, a woman and her dog were injured when they fell off their bike after two bike-borne men snatched the woman's chain on Sunday morning.
A woman from Kotturpuram was snatched on Sunday night while returning home from a wedding, while two other men snatched the chain of a woman in Triplicane on Sunday night. Both the women sustained injuries. Two bike borne men also snatched the chain of a woman in Mylapore on Monday morning during the wee hours of the day.
After Chennai received moderate rainfall over the weekend, which brought some respite to the city which had been under the grip of a heatwave for two weeks, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) predicted rainfall in the city for the next two days.
Weather forecasters said that parts of Chennai would receive patchy rainfall due to the build up of heat and moisture. Light to moderate rainfall has been predicted at Chennai and its neighbouring districts for the next two days, following which dry weather will continue to lay seige on Tamil Nadu. The RMC said that rainfall would halt once the monsoon in Kerala comes to an end in the next two days.
The Southern Railway announced on June 18 that there would be a change in the pattern of suburban train services due to track maintenance work being carried along the Chennai - Arakonam section at Kadambattur Yard on the Up and Down lines from June 18 to June 25. As per the revised schedule, trains plying along the Down fast line between Tiruvallur to Thiruvalangadu will skip stopping at the Senji Panambakkam station until the maintenance work is over.
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has called for its legislature party meet on June 28 at 11 am at the party's headquarters, Anna Arivalayam in Chennai.
The DMK party meet is scheduled to be held on the same day as the state assembly meet, which was has been called by Governor Banwarilal Purohit on June 28 at 10 am.
The Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation, in association with the Delegation of the European Union to India, Alliance Française of Madras and Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan will host Day 2 of the 24th European Union Film Festival (EUFF) today from 6 pm to 08:15 pm at the Alliance Française of Madras institute on College Road, Chennai. The EUFF will be held from June 24 to July 4 in the city.
Two films will be screened today. A Belgian film, King of the Belgians, directed by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth will be screened at 6 pm and will be followed by a screening of Bubblegum, a Bulgarian film directed by Stanislav Todorov at 07:30 pm. The films will be screened for one hour and fifteen minutes each. For all the cine lovers out there, mark your calendars for the EUFF is the place to be over the next two weeks!
The Madras High Court directed the collectors of Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts to submit reports on the supply of water through private tankers, the sources they were obtaining the water from and the number of tankers operating under them on Monday.
Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad also asked the trio to file a report of the illegal extraction of groundwater for commercial purposes in Chennai, in light of the city-wide water crisis. The order was passed after a resident, R K Ilayaraja filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) with the Madras HC, alleging illegal extraction of groundwater by private parties for commercial usage in his area.
With light rainfall having made its presence felt in Chennai for the past few days, weather forecasters have predicted the skies to be cloudy today, with minimum and maximum temperatures expected to be 29C and 35C respectively. Light showers can be expected in certain areas of the city today.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had forecasted on Monday that rainfall was expected in Chennai, Puducherry and neighbouring districts of Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Pudukottai, Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Theni, Dindigul and Tiruvannamalai on Monday and Tuesday.
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