Arun Janardhanan

The election brings an end to constitutional uncertainties since President Gotabaya dissolved the parliament after his poll victory last year so as to let Mahinda become Prime Minister despite the SLPP not commanding a majority.   

Lokka, 35, had gone missing from Sri Lanka in 2017 and is believed to have been living in the state for the past year.

Calling the Centre's plan “painful and saddening”, CM Palaniswami said the Prime Minister should reconsider the three-language policy and allow states to implement their own policy on the subject.

Officials and insiders who had direct access to Jayalalithaa and her residence recalled how she zealously maintained her books with serial numbers and title stickers. And of the long hours she spent reading on the first floor of Veda Nilayam.

The court said the committee, comprising representatives from the Centre, state and the Medical Council of India (MCI), should be constituted within three months.

The incident reportedly followed a disagreement over parking slots at the housing society. The woman, who does not want to be identified, demanded payment for his use of a parking slot owned by her.

The bench also directed the prosecutor to get instructions from the state government regarding the parole request and directed the court registry to inform the counsel for the Governor’s office to get appropriate instruction as to the disposal of the recommendation.

Probed by the Colombo Crime Division, Criminal Investigation Department and the Terrorism Investigation Department, the probe into the Easter Sunday blasts has result in the arrest of around 200 suspects, and the investigation is in its final stages.

Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, who holds the Finance portfolio, presented the Budget after Speaker V P Sivakolundhu cancelled Bedi’s address, followed by a resolution passed by the House.

The daughter of forest brigand Veerappan, who was killed by police in 2004, is now a 29-year-old law graduate who runs a “school for kids” in Krishnagiri — and the new vice-president of the BJP's Tamil Nadu youth wing.

Sasikala, convicted in a disproportionate assets case, is expected to be released from prison after October. Jayalalithaa was also convicted in the case, but the verdict came after her death.

The fake branch came to light when the customer contacted his local SBI manager and asked for his account to be shifted to the “new branch”.

The probe zeroed in on the alleged role of six members of the state’s community policing initiative.

Manikandan says in his complaint that they introduced themselves as police officers from the Tiruchendur, and that they handcuffed him, took away all his cash, his ATM card, his ID cards and drove him to Tiruchendur.

Following the arrests, the CB-CID altered two FIRs registered in connection with the case. While earlier, the deaths of Jeyaraj and his son Bennix were registered as 'suspicious deaths', murder charges have now been added against the five police personnel.

The arrests were made ahead of the hearing at the Madras high court today.

A CB-CID official said Ganesh would be sent to judicial custody on Wednesday night. They have formed 12 teams to nab the other accused.

A source at the Madras High Court said it had received complaints as well as physical evidence regarding torture of around a dozen victims.

The new appointments seem to be yet another tool for the opposition DMK to hit out at the ruling party.

The Madras High Court Monday directed the district collector to depute revenue officers to take control of the Sathankulam station.

The report names Sub-Inspectors Balakrishnan and Raghu Ganesh as having led the torture, with Inspector Sridhar playing “an active role” and urging them on. The same three officers are named in the deaths of Jeyaraj and Bennix, and have been suspended.

Thoothukudi SP Arun Balagopalan said the ongoing judicial probe will be looking into all aspects of the case.

Many of these experts also said that the current situation is unlikely to overwhelm the state’s health system in coming weeks if the ongoing efforts to contain the outbreak in Chennai — with an intense lockdown — succeed.

The tender got mired in controversy with allegations of corruption and charge raised by Chennai-based Arappor Iyakkam, that changes in the tender were made to favour a few companies.