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Isha Foundation Maintains Integrity as TN Police Report in SC Clears Missing Persons Allegations
The Tamil Nadu police would hope that one missing person will also be found soon.
'We Don't Encourage People to Embrace Monkhood', Isha Foundation Clarifies
The Coimbatore-based Isha Foundation in a statement on Wednesday said it is home to thousands who are not monks or sanyasis and a few are monks and practising brahmacharis.
Central agencies warn of Islamic terror modules, sleeper cells in Tamil Nadu
The central investigating agency had raided the premises of the youth following information that he along with a few others were involved in raising money and to brainwash Muslim youth and recruit them into terror organisations. This has sent shockwaves across the home department of Tamil Nadu which had swiftly ordered the elite 'Q' branch squad to conduct a detailed probe about the youth, his accomplices, family, friends and relatives.
Sasikala urges DMK govt to buy sugarcane of all sizes for Pongal hampers
Sasikala said that the size of the sugarcane is based on the soil from where it was grown and that it was not in the hands of the farmers. The former AIADMK general secretary said that the government must not stick to the fixing of the size of sugarcane and buy sugarcane of all sizes from the farmers. It is to be noted that the state government was buying sugarcane from farmers at a rate of Rs 33 per piece.
Advanced Light Helicopter Mk-III commissioned in Coast Guard
It will provide a major boost to the security of coastal areas, specially in Tamil Nadu and Andhra region. According to a Defence Ministry official, the aircraft has the ability to switch roles from an offensive platform with heavy machine gun to that of a benign one carrying a Medical Intensive Care Unit to facilitate transfer of critically ill patients.
Bharat Jodo Yatra is going to make me wiser, help Congress: Rahul Gandhi
"The idea of this yatra is to connect with the people, listen to them, understand what they are facing and also communicate to them a few things... communicate the fact that India has changed," Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, adding: "This yatra is going to help the Congress party. I don't think it is going to harm the party."
Stalin transfers Namakkal custodial death case to CB-CID
Three police officers including two sub-inspectors and one constable were suspended from service after protests by the relatives of the deceased and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi before the Salem district collector's office. The police had arrested Kumar of Kottapati village in Namakkal district on charges of stealing gold ornaments at Senthamangalam. Subsequently, a disabled person Prabhakaran and his wife Hema were also taken into custody.
Jallikattu: Bull tamers want govt to provide jobs
The 21-year-old won the best bull tamer award and a two-wheeler sponsored by the DMK Youth wing president and son of Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, Udayanidhi Stalin. Prabhakaran tamed 21 bulls after he took the field at round 4 and endured till round 7. M. Karthik Raja who had tamed 11 bulls won the second place and was awarded with an LED TV. Sivaganga Puliyur Sooravali won the best bull award and a car sponsored by the Chief Minister.
Jallikattu held in TN as part Pongal celebrations
Over 500 bulls and 300 bull tamers are registered for the game that began in the morning. A person is announced as winner if he hangs on to the bulls' hump for a specified time. The bull owners are also given prizes if their animal was not tamed by anyone. Meanwhile Tamil Nadu celebrated harvest Pongal festival thanking rain/sun Gods and farm animals fervour on the first day of the Tamil month Thai.
PM to inaugurate 11 new govt medical colleges across TN on Jan 12
The new medical colleges are being established at an estimated cost of about Rs 4,000 crore, out of which around Rs 2,145 crore has been provided by the Centre and rest by the Tamil Nadu government. The districts in which the new Medical Colleges are being established are Virudhunagar, Namakkal, The Nilgiris, Tiruppur, Thiruvallur, Nagapattinam, Dindigul, Kallakurichi, Ariyalur, Ramanathapuram and Krishnagiri.
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