Chennai, Oct 31: The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed an election petition challenging the victory of DMK Legislator O.Panneerselvam from the Bodinayakanur Assembly constituency in his native Theni district in the April Assembly elections. A former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK Coordinator, Panneerselvam had since quit the party, joined the DMK and contested from his home turf of Bodinayakanur seat and got elected for a fourth successive term. He was elected on AIADMK ticket in 2011, 2016 and 2021 and the 20216 polls on DMK ticket. OPS secured 85,206 votes and defeated his nearest TVK rival S.Prakash by…
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Chennai, Oct 31: A special court on Friday reserved its orders to November 2 on the Chennai Central Crime Branch (CCB) police plea seeking five days of custody of former Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi for questioning in the alleged Rs 100 crore private school recognition scam. Mahesh, arrested on October 26, was brought from Puzhal prison and produced before Special Judge L S Sathyamurthy. His bail plea, filed on October 28, will also be heard on November 2. The court directed police to produce him at 11 am. Opposing police custody, his counsel Abudu Kumar Rajaratnam said Mahesh had lost…
Chennai, Oct 31: Customs officials seized 1.478 kg of hydroponic cannabis worth Rs 51.7 lakh from a passenger who arrived at Chennai International Airport from Bangkok, Thailand, and arrested him. Acting on intelligence inputs that narcotics were being smuggled into Chennai from abroad, officials of the Air Intelligence Unit of Chennai Customs intensified surveillance at the airport. They monitored passengers arriving on a flight from Bangkok and subjected suspicious travellers to checks. During the operation, a man aged around 30 allegedly attempted to leave the airport without reporting to the customs inspection area. Customs officials intercepted him and searched his…
Chennai, Oct 31: With Deepavali approaching, Southern Railway has warned passengers against carrying firecrackers on trains, stating that violators could face imprisonment of up to three years or a fine of Rs 1,000 or more. The railway administration said firecrackers are highly inflammable and pose a serious safety risk to passengers and railway property. Passengers have been advised not to carry or transport crackers in trains, either in their luggage or otherwise. It warned that strict action would be taken against those violating the rules.
Chennai, Oct 31: The increasing incidents of power cuts in various parts of Tamil Nadu has not spared even Vice-President C.P.Radhakrishnan’s media interaction in Madurai on Friday. After having darshan at the famous Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple in Madurai on day’s visit to Tamil Nadu, the Vice-President was interacting with the media, when the power went off for a few seconds. Though it was restored immediately, yet another outage occurred for a few more seconds, before the situation was set right, reports received here said. The growing complaints of power cuts across the state has been plaguing the ruling TVK headed…
Chennai, Oct 31: The Madras High Court has appointed an administrative committee headed by two retired High Court judges to oversee the management of the Chidambaram Nataraja Temple, observing that the temple had not been properly administered by the Podu Dikshitars. A Division Bench comprising Justices G Jayachandran and E Manokaran issued the directions while hearing petitions challenging and supporting the Tamil Nadu government’s order allowing devotees to worship from the Kanagasabai (Kanaka Sabha) inside the temple. The judges noted that despite the High Court’s 2014 order handing over the temple administration to the Dikshitars, its management had not…
Chennai, Oct 31: The Madras High Court has directed the police and district authorities not to grant permission for public meetings or rallies aimed at personally defaming judges over their judicial decisions. It also ordered cybercrime police to monitor social media for posts threatening judges and take prompt legal action against offenders. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S A Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan issued the directions while hearing a public interest litigation filed by R Karthikeyan of Chennai. The petition sought action against those allegedly conducting campaigns and making defamatory remarks against a judge who was part…
Chrnnai, Oct 31: A special court in Chennai has permitted former Tamil Nadu minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, lodged in Puzhal prison in connection with an alleged corruption case, to receive home-cooked food, subject to conditions. Mahesh was arrested on October 26 in a case alleging that Rs 400 crore was received as bribe for granting recognition to private schools. While remanding him to judicial custody, the Special Court for cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act had directed that he be lodged in a first-class prison facility and provided food suited to his health requirements. Subsequently, Mahesh filed a petition…
Chennai, Oct 31: VK Sasikala on Friday said there would be no problem with efforts to reunite the AIADMK if the discussions continued in a positive manner. She also said leaders could earn a lasting place in people’s hearts only by undertaking constructive work for their welfare and not through publicity. Speaking to reporters at Chennai airport, Sasikala said all Chief Ministers had traditionally participated in the Thevar Jayanthi celebrations at Pasumpon. She wondered why the present Chief Minister had not attended the event, adding that even the Vice-President and leaders of various political parties had visited the memorial. Commenting…