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Due to the new timelines for the second dose of Covishield, the students are afraid that they may be forced to further delay their journey abroad.
In Canada, unvaccinated and partially vaccinated persons will have to undergo a quarantine period which can cost around 2000 Canadian dollars.
Raama Sreenivasan, a student tweeted out the students’ emergency request for priority vaccination to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.
Chennai: Indian students bound for foreign countries to pursue higher education are left in a dilemma. This comes after the 45-day time interval between two vaccine shots in India has been increased to 12-16 weeks for Covishield.
Updated: Mar 3, 2021, 10:30 PM IST
Air Customs officials at Chennai Airport intercepted three passengers returning from Dubai on suspicion of gold smuggling. The passengers had arrived via Emirates flight EK-544.
According to the officials, frisking led to the recovery of nine bundles of gold paste weighing 3.65 kg which was concealed in the rectum of the passenger. On further investigation, 3.27 kg gold worth Rs 1.53 crore was recovered and seized. In addition, five semi-finished gold chains weighing 150 gms, valued at Rs 7l lakhs were also recovered from their pant pockets.
Apart from that, 19 units of iPhone 12, 51 Cigarettes cartons, 15 Airpods, 19 Apple watches, 18 used laptops, totally valued at Rs. 28 lakhs, were found on examination of their baggage.
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New Delhi: AAP MLA and former Delhi minister Somnath Bharti was on Saturday sentenced to two years in jail by a court here in a 2016 case of assaulting the security staff at AIIMS and causing damage to hospital property. AAP backed its MLA from Malviya Nagar, claiming “injustice” had been meted out to him. PTI
Condition worsens, Lalu shifted to Delhi
Ranchi: Jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad (72) was on Saturday shifted to AIIMS-Delhi via an air ambulance as his condition deteriorated at a hospital here. Convicted in fodder scam cases, the former Bihar Chief Minister is undergoing treatment for multiple ailments, including pneumonia. PTI
NIA files chargesheet against 10 terrorists of Jihadi gang Shahadat is our Goal ANI | Updated: Jan 23, 2021 19:51 IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 23 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against ten terrorists of a jihadi gang Shahadat is our Goal in a Chennai Court. The probe establishes that accused were radicalised by violent Jihadi ideology. Prime accused Sheik Dawood and Mohamed Rifas had attempted to carry out terror acts by procuring illegal firearms, NIA officials said.
Apart from Dawood and Rifas, NIA has charge-sheeted Muparish Ahamed, Abubakar Siddiq, Hameed Asfar, Ahamed Imithiyas, Mohamed Rashid, Liyakath Ali, Sajith Ahamed and Rizwan Mohammed. They have been booked under sections 120B, 153A, 121A and 122 of IPC, sections 13 and 18 of UA (P) Act and section 25(1)(a) of Arms Act.
Videos and speeches of Sri Lankan Islamic State leader Zahran Hashim were used by jihadi gang Shahadat is our Goal to radicalise youths in Tamil Nadu during 2017-2018 calling for violent jihad to liberate their associates lodged in .