By informing the Madras High Court that it had taken a policy decision to hand over all idol theft cases to the CBI, the Tamilnadu government has admitted that the racket of very serious nature requires a thorough probe by a national agency.
Author: NT Bureau
Opting to bat, Patriots opener S Dinesh 30 (18b,3×4,1×6) and wicket-keeper S Anand 23 (22b, 4×4) stitched a 50-run stand in 32 balls for the second wicket. Trichy Warriors then removed both the set batsmen to storm back in the match.
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has exuded confidence that GST revenues will go up in the coming months on improved compliance and market demand.
After summoning the Thoothukudi Collector to be present at the Court premises recently, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court today directed that all cases pertaining to the anti-Sterlite protests that took place this May, be dealt with as one.
The minister, said,”This effort will provide timely care and hospitalisation of accident victims and inturn will reduce deaths. It’s a part of government’s vision of providing free and better quality healthcare to the masses.”
In a development which could bring cheer to DMK workers, party president M Karunanidhi, who is being treated at Kauvery Hospital in the city for the past one week, is likely to be discharged tomorrow.
He was Tamilnadu’s Governor between 1991 and 1993, during the first tenure of J Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister. He also governed Assam between 1984 and 1989.
The intense flames which are yet to die down even today, the second day, are at Seithur Hills in Rajapalayam taluk. Sources said fire is rapidly speading from the Navaloothu forests in the hill range to nearby areas.
Acclaimed actress-filmmaker Nandita Das will be among the jury members of the 2018 edition of the Unesco-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence.