The supply will be restored in these areas once the maintenance work is completed, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board stated in its release.
Customs department sleuths have seized about 810 gm of gold (24 karat) worth over Rs 40 lakh from a passenger who carried it in his rectum from Dubai to Chennai.
Petrol prices in the Mumbai rose to Rs 107.83 per litre on July 19, The price of diesel in the city was Rs 97.45 per litre.
Acting on inputs, the personnel of the department opened a cardboard box and found in it 994 “Pink Punisher” methylene-dioxy-meth-amphetamine (MDMA) also known as ecstasy pills worth Rs 50 lakh.
The Tamil Nadu government has further extended the ongoing Covid-induced lockdown in the state till July 31, while providing several relaxations in curbs.
The petrol prices were hiked in India on July 15 while diesel rates also followed a similar trend. Petrol price in the national capital rose to Rs 101.54 per litre on Thursday. Diesel sold at Rs 89.87 per litre. In Mumbai, the retail price of both petrol and diesel stood at Rs 107.54 and 97.45 respectively. As for Bhopal, petrol price stood at Rs 109.89 per litre and diesel cost Rs 98.67 per litre. Kolkata reported Rs 101.74 per litre for petrol and Rs 93.02 per litre for diesel.
The Air Customs officials at Chennai airport intercepted a parcel from Poland that had arrived at the Foreign Post Office on suspicion of containing arthropods (hard-bodies species without a backbone) or invertebrates (cold-blooded species without backbones).
The charred remains of a temporary staff member of IIT Madras, Unnikrishnan Nair, who is the son of an ISRO scientist and hails from Ernakulam in Kerala, was found in the hockey ground within the IIT campus last night.
The prices of petrol and diesel have been hiked once again on June 22, pushing rates to record highs. Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 25-28 paise per litre today.
In Stanley Govt Medical College, Chennai, there is a large number of cases brought for surgery and 90 per cent of these cases are due to road accidents.
Amid COVID-19 fear in animals, around 28 elephants undergone COVID-19 test at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Chennai.
Anti-encroachment drive conducted to remove vehicles parked illegally near the temple premises in Chennai on June 07.
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, who visited the zoo on Sunday and took stock of the situation, directed officials of Environment & Forest dept and the facility to provide the best treatment to the infected lions as per protocols.
In a statement issued in Chennai, the Customs said two African lady passengers, who arrived by a Qatar Airways flight from Johannesburg via Doha, were intercepted at the exit point on suspicion of carrying narcotics.
'Neela' succumbed to the virus on Thursday while nine others of the 11 in the zoo tested positive, said the officials of the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur.
While Gomathi is the daughter of Arumugham, who died in 2019 while working as a village assistant, the other one Sangeetha is her brother's wife.
Jail authorities have conducted special camps in association with local bodies to inoculate prisoners and prison staff following the Covid protocol.
Nitika Kaul, wife of Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal passed out from Officers Training Academy in Chennai today. Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal lost his life in the 2019 Pulwama attack.
With this the caseload crossed the 20-lakh mark to reach 20,09,700 till date and the toll of fatalities at 22,775, said the dept.
According to a statement by the state health dept, the committee which comprises experts from public and private sector, including medical experts, would advise the state govt on prevention and treatment of the disease.
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