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Balamurugan, 40, a Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi functionary, was hacked to death by a gang at a Thoothukudi petrol bunk on 1 November. Police suspect an earlier dispute over a banner. Relatives blocked a road demanding arrests, and heavy police have been deployed.
Reyaansh Agarawal2 min
From 1 November every bottle of liquor sold by TASMAC in Tamil Nadu costs Rs 10 more, because the maximum retail price now includes an environment and social welfare cess. The separate buy-back charge is folded into the price, and purchases above Rs 1,000 at state-run outlets must be paid digitally.
Subhash Gupta3 min
Tamil Nadu has revised auto-rickshaw fares for the first time since August 2013, notifying a minimum of Rs 50 for the first 1.8 km, up from Rs 25, and Rs 25 for each extra kilometre, up from Rs 12. Waiting is charged at Rs 1 a minute, and the night fare is 1.5 times the normal rate.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
A Supreme Court bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan has stayed the Madras High Court's 8 September order directing the Centre to take custody of art trafficker Subash Chandra Kapoor and facilitate his return to Germany. The High Court relied on the speciality rule.
Prateek Rawat4 min
Tamil Nadu's Aavin has revised the prices of 63 to 67 milk products from 28 October, among them ghee, butter, curd, milkshakes and sweets, citing higher raw material and operating costs. A 100 g butter pack goes to Rs 70 and 250 g of gulab jamun to Rs 115. Reports say milk packets are not affected.
Amita Sahani4 min
A suspect has been detained and questioned on day 16 of the search for a seven-year-old girl who vanished from her home near Gingee in Villupuram district on 12 October. The CB-CID has the case, and police say there is a 90 per cent chance she is alive. She has not been found.
Subhash Gupta4 min
Chennai's Central Crime Branch arrested former School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Monday, hours after the Madras High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea. Police say about 177 private schools paid a 'party fund' for approvals; he denies it and the DMK calls it vendetta.
Prateek Rawat4 min
The IMD has an orange alert for Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, with rain of 11 to 20 cm possible in the south. Schools are shut in five Tamil Nadu districts and all of Puducherry, and a fresh low-pressure area could form in the Bay of Bengal around 23 October.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
A private bus with more than 50 passengers hit a barrier in Cuddalore district on Wednesday morning, injuring at least 15. Local reports differ on the count, on whether the driver was on a phone call or listening to music, and on whether he has been arrested.
Reyaansh Agarawal3 min
A low-pressure area formed off the Tamil Nadu coast early on Wednesday, and Chennai saw up to 15 cm of rain overnight. Schools are shut in four districts, 27 districts are under warning, and the department expects more rain through Friday.
Prateek Rawat4 min
IMD expects a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal this week, with heavy to very heavy rain in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and coastal Andhra Pradesh. It may become a depression by 27 October and, possibly, a cyclonic storm near the Andhra-Odisha coast by month end.
Prateek Rawat3 min
