The new Vande Bharat trains will run from December 15 to December 25 and the Indian Railways said the special train will stop at stations including Katpadi, Salem, Palakkad and Aluva.
Tamil Nadu School Closing News Today: The Nilgiris district administration declared a holiday for schools and colleges on Wednesday as a result of the heavy rainfall.
Chennai: Even if you haven’t got voter slips or your voter ID card, you can vote as long as your name is on the electoral rolls. This was the promise of Tamil Nadu’s chief electoral officer Satyabrata Sahoo on election eve.
Polling is open for 12 hours from 7am on Tuesday, with the last hour reserved for Covid patients. But everyone will have to wear masks to the polling booths, where their temperature will be taken before they are given a glove to go in and press the button of their choice on the EVM. Given that more polling stations were added as auxiliary due to Covid-19, the voters could check their booths on the commission’s NVSP portal or helpline 1950 with STD code.
The flying squad teams and special surveillance teams and other enforcement agencies had seized cash and other materials worth Rs 433.92 crore until Monday
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu votes on Tuesday amid complaints of voter bribery from both AIADMK and DMK and seizures of more than Rs 230 crore in cash, besides a protest demonstration in one village demanding cash.
Chief electoral officer Satyabrata Sahoo said his office has not received any communication from the Election Commission of India (ECI) on rescinding polls, following complaints of distribution of cash to voters by parties, in any assembly segment.
Earlier in the day, the ruling AIADMK complained to the chief electoral officer seeking countermanding of polls in five assembly segments, where DMK leaders are contesting. These were Kolathur (DMK president M K Stalin), Chepauk – Triplicane (Udhayanidhi Stalin), Katpadi (general secretary S Durai Murugan), Trichy West (principal secretary K N Nehru) and Tiruvannamalai (former
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CHENNAI: The city police have issued prohibitory orders barring any assembly or meeting in public places from April 1 to 30 under Section 144 of CrPC.
The order passed by commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal specifically bars assemblies, processions, fasts, demonstrations, human chain meetings within city limits during the said period. The implementation of other guidelines and restrictions mentioned in the order will be issued by the revenue and disaster management department.
The order was passed keeping in mind the assembly election on April 6 and the raging coronavirus pandemic, a police source said.
People who have a wedding or a funeral in the house don t come under the regulatory orders. The order further said, Applicants are advised to apply for grant of permission at least five days in advance.