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How a nondescript place created history in power sector

There were differences over who should execute the project — Centre or the State

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu receives 3.89 lakh doses of Corbevax

‘State government will wait for guidelines from the Centre to roll out scheme for vaccinating children above 12 years’

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu to recover ₹5,832 crore from miners

It also decides to constitute a SIT to probe illegal mining since 2000-01 and seized 1.5 crore tonnes of available stock

The Hindu

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Ranji Trophy | Confident Tamil Nadu in quest of an outright victory

Tamil Nadu will fancy its chances for an outright win against a confident Chhattisgarh when the two sides meet at the Nehru Stadium in their second outing of the Elite Group H Ranji Trophy that begins on Thursday.

The Hindu

People's endorsement: On DMK front’s victory in Tamil Nadu urban civic polls

The DMK’s victory is a vote of confidence for its record of governance in the last nine months

The Hindu

Chief Minister Stalin seeks Union Minister Jaishankar’s intervention for the early release of T.N. fishermen

In a letter to the Minister, he says such instances of arrest create fear among the fishing community

The Hindu

SC sets aside Madras HC orders that transferred 864 cases pending in special courts to other courts

It termed the procedure adopted by the HC ‘unknown to law’

The Hindu

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Tamil Nadu local body polls: BJP spreads its reach in most parts of state

CHENNAI: The BJP has spread its reach in municipalities and town panchayats in 28 districts, and not just in its perceived traditional strongholds like Kanyakumari.

The Times of India

Tamil Nadu local body polls: Going it alone proves disastrous for AIADMK

CHENNAI: The confidence of the AIADMK, which parted ways with the BJP ahead of the urban local body polls, was clearly misplaced. In 2016, J Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK swept the assembly election on its own.

The Times of India

Tamil Nadu local body polls: DMK does victory dance over opposition debris

CHENNAI: Two days before the urban local body elections in Tamil Nadu, DMK president and chief minister M K Stalin told TOI that his party will record a hat-trick electoral victory. On Tuesday, the ruling party did just that.

The Times of India

8 new Covid cases in Madurai, 19 in Trichy

MADURAI/TRICHY: New Covid-19 cases in Madurai dropped further to just eight cases on Tuesday - the lowest since the third wave began. The trend was similar in south Tamil Nadu as well as only 50 new cases and two 19 deaths were reported. Meanwhile, the southern region recorded 267 recoveries…

The Times of India

Tamil Nadu opposes draft NEP citing UG entrance tests

CHENNAI: Higher education minister K Ponmudy on Tuesday opposed the draft National Higher Education Qualifications Framework (NHEQF) which states that the admission to the first year undergraduate programme will be open to those who have met the entrance requirements. This framework was envisaged in the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020.

The Times of India

Four held for smuggling rice in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: Civil Supplies CID on Tuesday busted a PDS rice smuggling racket and seized About 24 bags of rice that was about to be smuggled out of Tamil Nadu.

The Times of India

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Game, set, match: DMK sweeps local body polls in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: Nine months after storming to power in Tamil Nadu, the DMK on Tuesday swept the urban local body elections. It won a majority in all the 21 corporations and came up trumps in a large majority of the 138 municipalities and 489 town panchayats. The new councillors will elect…

The Hindu

T.N. defends Vanniyar quota law in Supreme Court

It has challenged a Madras HC decision quashing a State law granting internal reservation

The Hindu

PMK, NTK reject BJP’s claims of ‘growth’

MNM blames distribution of money for no-show

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 977: SC on Param Bir Singh, India calls for de-escalation in Ukraine

Salil Ahuja brings you the news from the Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Ukraine.

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Urban local body polls: DMK’s sweet revenge in Western TN

Barely nine months after its humiliating defeat at the hands of the AIADMK in many Assembly constituencies in western Tamil Nadu, the ruling DMK alliance was headed for a sweep in the urban civic polls in the region, as per available trends on Tuesday at noon.

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu urban local body elections 2022: Highlights

Counting of votes for the urban local body elections commenced at 8 a.m. across the 10 southern districts of Tamil Nadu

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu logs 788 fresh COVID-19 cases, 1 death

Active cases dropped to 14,033; 2,692 persons were discharged after treatment

The Hindu

The DMK’s surprising silence: on UGC’s proposed changes to the higher education structure

Its stand on the Draft National Higher Education Qualifications Framework is unclear

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 976: Lalu sentenced to jail, Karnataka district tense after murder

Yusra Hasan brings you the news from Bihar, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Qatar.Produced by Yusra Hasan, edited by Umrav Singh.Contribute to our NL Sena for the election coverage here.You can get updates about all our podcasts via Twitter and Facebook.Newslaundry is a reader-supported, ad-free, independent news outlet based out of…

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Kamal Haasan pushes for Area Sabha, Ward Committee in urban local bodies

Local bodies that function from the taxpayers’ money should have a better participative democracy, he says

The Hindu

Stalin springs a surprise on students visiting R-Day parade tableau

Students from at least four schools in Chennai were in for a surprise on Monday when Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin made a pit stop at the Marina beachfront where they were visiting the Republic Day tableau near Vivekananda House on Kamarajar Salai.

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