Chennai, July 4 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall in Coimbatore, the Nilgiris and Kanyakumari districts on Saturday, as a low-pressure area has formed over the northwestern Bay of Bengal and adjoining regions.The weather system is expected to intensify further over the next two days, raising the likelihood of widespread rainfall across several parts of Tamil Nadu.In a weather bulletin issued on Saturday, the IMD said the newly formed low-pressure area i…
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Kochi, July 3 (IANS) The Kerala government said on Friday that the formation of a Special Task Force, led by the State Police Chief Ravada A. Chandrasekhar, to intensify the fight against drug trafficking as part of the next phase of ‘Operation Toofan’, the state’s flagship anti-narcotics campaign. Inaugurating ‘Toofan Jagaran’ at Perumbavoor, State Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said the new task force would coordinate anti-drug operations across Kerala and lead efforts to dismantle inter-sta…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday sent 2012-batch Haryana cadre IPS officer Deepak Gahlawat to 14 days’ judicial custody in connection with an alleged bribery case after rejecting the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea seeking an extension of his custodial interrogation. The order was passed by the Rouse Avenue Court after Gahlawat was produced on the completion of his one-day CBI custody.The CBI had sought a further four days of custodial interrogation of the IPS offi…
Chennai, July 2 (IANS) Strongly opposing Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu dam across the Cauvery river, the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) on Thursday resolved to continue its fight against the project, describing it as a threat to the rights of Tamil Nadu’s farmers and a violation of judicial orders.The resolution was among three major resolutions adopted at a meeting of District Congress Committee presidents held at Sathyamurthy Bhavan in Chennai. The meeting was chaired by the newly ap…
Chennai, July 2 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall in parts of western Tamil Nadu over the next two days, with Coimbatore and the Nilgiris expected to receive intense showers under the influence of a trough extending from southern Gujarat to Karnataka.According to the latest weather bulletin issued by the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, the prevailing weather system is likely to enhance rainfall activity across several districts of Tamil N…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday sent 2012-batch Haryana cadre IPS officer Deepak Gahlawat to one day custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with an alleged bribery case. Gahlawat, currently posted on Central deputation with the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) in Delhi, was produced before the Rouse Avenue Courts after being arrested by the CBI earlier in the day.The CBI had sought five days’ custodial interrogation of the accused. However,…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested a 2012-batch IPS officer, Deepak Gahlawat of the Haryana cadre, currently posted on Central deputation with the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) in Delhi, in connection with an alleged bribery case. According to the CBI, the agency had registered a case on June 8 against a Delhi Police Inspector and two private individuals.During the course of the investigation, it allegedly came to light that the IP…
Chennai, July 1 (IANS) A fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining regions by July 3, raising the prospect of enhanced rainfall activity across parts of Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry over the next few days, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).In its latest weather bulletin, the IMD said an upper-air cyclonic circulation persists over the north Bay of Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh. Under its influence, a low-pressure are…
Chennai, June 29 (IANS) The AIADMK suffered another setback on Monday after Karur MLA and former Transport Minister M.R. Vijayabaskar resigned from the Tamil Nadu Assembly, adding to the growing list of opposition legislators who have quit the party following the 2026 Assembly elections. According to reports, Vijayabaskar submitted his handwritten resignation letter to Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar, formally relinquishing his membership of the House.Political sources said he is expected to j…
Chennai, June 28 (IANS) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) President Anbumani Ramadoss on Sunday urged the Tamil Nadu government to immediately announce whether it will implement the Centre’s new 125-day rural employment scheme, warning that the continued uncertainty has left lakhs of rural workers in the state unsure about their livelihood. In a statement issued, Ramadoss pointed out that with only two days remaining before the scheme comes into force on July 1, Tamil Nadu is yet to make its position …