Chennai news live: R N Ravi (File)Chennai News Highlights, November 29: The Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Ordinance expired on Sunday night for want of Governor’s assent to the Bill approved by the Tamil Nadu Assembly last month. This has sparked a new conflict between the state government and Governor R N Ravi on a day the state reported another death by suicide at Tenkasi, allegedly due to losses in online gambling.
In other news, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) held a meeting here with its leaders and members to finalise decisions for the upcoming year. The two-day consultative meeting, which concluded on Sunday, discussed issues including enhancing the RSS’s outreach among the people and strengthening the implementation of the national education policy (NEP).
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin inaugurated an industrial park at Eraiyur in Tamil Nadu’s Perambalur district on Monday. He also laid the foundation stone for the Phoenix Kothari Footwear Park. The inauguration of the 243.39-acre park of the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (Sipcot) followed an announcement in the 2022-23 budget session that new parks would be set up in Coimbatore, Perambalur, Madurai, Vellore and Tiruvallur districts.
Tamil Nadu BJP leader K Annamalai Tuesday alleged that there were major security lapses during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Chennai earlier this July. PM Modi had visited the city to participate in the inaugural ceremony of the 44th Chess Olympiad at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai.
Chief Minister M K Stalin, Governor R N Ravi and dignitaries from over 180 countries had participated in the mega event.
A memorandum regarding this was handed over to Governor RN Ravi by Annamalai and other senior BJP leaders. In a statement, the BJP said that it has come to light that most of the handheld metal detectors, door frame metal detectors and bomb detectors that were used in the security arrangement were not in order and overdue for maintenance. Read More
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday expressed his condolences as three students - R Murugesh, R Udhayakumar, M Vijay died drowning in a pond in Thiruporur municipality in Tamil Nadu's Chengalpattu district. Stalin announced a solatium of Rs 2 lakh each to the family of the deceased.
Two men in Tamil Nadu died allegedly of asphyxiation Monday after they entered a sewer pit near a shop on Monday, police said.
The police identified the deceased as K Manikanadan, 35, and G Iyappan, 38, who hail from Paakam village. They were engaged in the construction of a sewer pit for a provisional store near Kandamangalam in the Villupuram district. Continue...
A winter wear shop in Chennai may not sound like a great business idea. But there is one store which has thrived doing that and become the go-to destination for people ahead of packing their bags for cooler climes; Joonus Sait & Sons, known as the Woollen House, at Rattan Bazaar near Parrys. Janardhan Koushik
The Crime Branch Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID) Tuesday filed a chargesheet against six policemen in the case of custodial death of V Vignesh, who died in April after being detained for allegedly possessing drugs in Chennai.
The accused were identified as SSI Kumar, head constable Munab, police constable Pounraj from the Secretariat Colony police station, AR constables Jegajeevan Ram, Chandrakumar, and Home Guard Deepak. They were charged under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989. Read More
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall in six districts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places in Kanyakumari, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Theni and Dindigul districts. Know more here
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian along with a few doctors and media personnel was stuck in an elevator inside the Stanley Hospital complex in Chennai today. Subramanian visited the hospital to participate in an event. He was rescued quickly by other staff of the hospital.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin inaugurated the SIPCOT Industrial Park at Eraiyur in Perambalur district, and laid the foundation stone for the Phoenix Kothari Footwear Park there on Monday. Know more here
The Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Ordinance expired on Sunday night for want of Governor’s assent to the Bill approved by the Tamil Nadu Assembly last month.
This has sparked a new conflict between the state government and Governor R N Ravi on a day the state reported another death by suicide at Tenkasi, allegedly due to losses in online gambling. Read more now
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) held a meeting here with its leaders and members to finalise decisions for the upcoming year.
The two-day consultative meeting, which concluded on Sunday, discussed issues including enhancing the RSS’s outreach among the people and strengthening the implementation of the national education policy (NEP). Know more here
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On Monday, Health Minister Ma Subramanian gifted gold rings to 13 newborn babies at the Saidapet Government Maternity Hospital commemorating DMK MLA and party's youth wing leader Udhayanidhi Stalin's birthday.
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The Tamil Nadu government has launched automatic announcements of bus stops on Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses in Chennai, officials said.
The GPS-based service, a long-time demand of commuters in the city, was launched Saturday by Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin, who is also the son of Chief Minister M K Stalin, in the presence of Minister for Transport S S Sivasankar and other senior officials.
The announcement system has been installed in 150 buses in the first phase, officials said. The department is planning to expand this facility and install it in about 1,000 more buses, they added. Over 3,000 MTC buses in the city already have GPS devices installed in them. Read more.
MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin inaugurated the facility on Sunday.
Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK youth wing secretary and MLA turned 45 on Sunday and the party celebrated his birthday by distributing welfare assistance to beneficiaries.
Gold rings were gifted by ruling party office-bearers to newborns in State-run hospitals, and a boat race and cricket tournament held here were among the highlights of the birthday celebrations of Chief Minister M K Stalin's son, Udhayanidhi.
Blood donation camps and community meal programmes were held and the welfare assistance to beneficiaries includes distribution of rice bags as well.
Udhayanidhi, days ago appointed again as youth wing chief, is also an actor and film producer. Stalin is the DMK president. PTI