Day: May 29, 2020

Ajit Jogi, the first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh and a mass leader who dominated the State’s politics for long, died at a private hospital here today.

Tamilnadu today witnessed its biggest ever increase in the number of coronavirus cases, with a whopping 874 persons testing positive for Covid-19 in a single day.

A couple of days after declaring J Jayalalithaa’s relatives Deepa and her brother Deepak as second class legal heirs of the former Chief Minister, the Madras High Court today declared them as straight heirs of the late leader.

Hours after making private the trailer of web series Godman following protests from various quarters for demeaning Brahmins and their faith, the makers muted a few dialogues and re-released the trailer much to the agony of Hindus.

Days after nine deaths were reported on-board Shramik Special trains, the Indian Railways today appealed to people not to travel on these trains if they are suffering from pre-existing health conditions.

The State police have arrested 5,47,649 persons for defying rules of lockdown imposed to curtail the spread of Coronavirus.

With lockdown 4.0 ending Sunday, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami today held a meeting with all District Collectors about extending the curfew, amid a buzz that lockdown would be extended with strict measures due to the sharp increase of Covid-19 cases in Tamilnadu.

DMK president M K Stalin today submitted a second batch of ‘6,23,914 requests received on the People’s Helpline’ to the Chief Minister’s Office and called upon the government to “step up and fulfill its duty to citizens”.

Former India captain and Kings XI Punjab head coach Anil Kumble is hopeful of the IPL happening this year and is not averse to the idea of conducting the cash-rich event without spectators due to the COVID-19 threat.