The escape of 17 prisoners from Theni sub-jail has brought Tamil Nadu’s prison department under scrutiny, exposing a decades-old staff crunch despite overcrowding of the prisons. Nearly 15% of sanctioned posts remain vacant in the prison.
The Escape Of 17 Inmates From Theni Jail On Monday Exposes Overcrowding, Staff Shortage, And Faulty Security At State Prisons
A couple of years ago, a few villagers from Valayaputtur around Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary blocked the flow of water from the nearby lake with sandbags. “This reduced the amount of water that flowed into the Vedanthangal tank.
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Tamil Nadu allows MLAs to use MLACDS funds to build and renovate anganwadi centres from this fiscal year; ₹828 crore allocated across 234 constituencies.
The holiday has been announced to enable employees and students to celebrate the festival, according to a govt order.
In a video that went viral on social media, the councillor was heard saying, “If we had finished him off at Karur on that day, we wouldn’t be in this situation today.” The remark was allegedly directed at Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, in an apparent reference to the stampede in Karur
M K Stalin, the DMK president, has submitted a memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu regarding electoral roll revisions. He claims that the Special Intensive Revision led to many genuine voters being removed from the rolls. Stalin accuses Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of making unconstitutional decisions that disregard other election commissioners' opinions. He is seeking both parliamentary and judicial intervention to address this issue.
Sources said that the event will be held in the presence of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay. Tamil Nadu Minister for Industries, Investment Promotion and Commerce S. Keerthana will visit Germany in the first week of November