Chennai

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami accused the DMK of "thrusting" the test on students while being part of the UPA.

At least three medical students committed suicide in the last week due to the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), as the competitive test was not being deferred.

In a statement issued here, Stalin alleged that the privilege notice was issued again to some lawmakers for bringing a banned tobacco product to the Assembly three years ago in order to prevent them from attending the House and raising various issues.

Veteran goalkeeper Karanjit Singh has agreed to extend his stay by one year at Indian Super League club Chennaiyin FC

Examination of swabs of the legislator representing Mudaliarpet indicated he was infected, Director of Health andFamily Welfare S Mohan Kumar said.

The sample size was around 12,000 to detect a sero-prevalence of 2%, for a relative precision of 20% design effect of 2.5 and for 95% confidence interval. Of the individuals tested, 2,673 individuals had evidence of past SARS-CoV-2.

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Singer SP Balasubrahmanyam, who was admitted into critical care at the hospital days after testing positive for Covid-19, is on the road to recovery.

The liquor shops would be open from 10 am to 7 pm and only 500 tokens shall be issued per day to consumers.

Rs 36.9 crore would be paid towards IT and wealth tax arrears which Jayalalithaa had owed the I-T department, thus freeing it of any encumbrance, sources sai.

A probe panel was set up after discrepancies in the numbers reported by the State Health department came to the fore. The panel has recommended adding 444 deaths to the city’s Covid toll

CM Palaniswami said there was no social transmission of the virus in the state and noted that the recovery rate was 57.85 per cent (the rest includes those being treated and dead).

Grandmaster RB Ramesh said the Selection Committee had sent its recommendation and All India Chess Federation would take the final call.

As many as 3,095 people were discharged, also the highest for a day so far, taking the cumulative recoveries to 56,021. The active cases stood at 41,047.

The Madras High Court earlier said there is enough evidence of assault on the bodies of Jayaraj and Bennix, adding that prima facie evidence can lead to registration of murder case against the police officers.

The FIR against Jayaraj-Bennix claimed that the duo resisted arrest and even rolled on the floor while crowds gathered and witnessed this, leading to internal injuries.