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The State government on Monday told the Madras High Court that Tamil Nadu’s population in the age group of 18 to 44 is estimated to be 3.65 crore, and

Sterlite Copper’s oxygen plant to resume oxygen generation shortly, says Minister

The technical snag in the plant’s ‘Cold Box’ had been rectified and the preliminary steps for heating-up of the plant had already started, Minister for Industries Thangam Thennarasu said

Heads of key medical institutions in TN transferred

P. Vasanthamani, who was dean of KMC, is now secretary of the Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education

TN chooses not to participate in virtual meeting with Union Education Minister

In a letter to the Union Minister sent on Sunday, TN School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi had said that it would be appropriate only if the Education Department Minister participates along with officials from the Department for such a high-level meeting

Erode COVID-19 war room becomes functional

The round-the-clock facility will provide details about availability of beds, oxygen support in hospitals, home isolation and other COVID-19 related information

Coronavirus | AIADMK to donate ₹ 1 crore to CM’s Public Relief Fund

The party’s MLAs and MPs would also give a month’s salary, a statement said

Lawyers help each other to stay afloat during the pandemic

Well established senior counsel donate generously for welfare of less privileged juniors

Coronavirus | Madras HC suspends judicial work in all courts across TN, Puducherry

The trial courts shall not take up any judicial proceedings, except for remand applications and other unavoidable matters, until further orders, a memorandum said

Coronavirus | TN Medical Minister advises against steam inhalation

People should not resort to steam inhalation without a doctor’s advice, and this could lead to the rapid spread of the virus, he cautioned, in a statement

Oxygen storage tank installed at Rajah Muthiah Medical College in Chidambaram

Installed at a cost of ₹30 lakh, the six kilolitre storage tank will store liquid oxygen, which can be vaporized and used to treat patients requiring oxygen support, an official said

Remdesivir to be sold directly to hospitals in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu makes changes in system following fears over spread of COVID-19

Unit tests for Class 12 students set to begin in some districts

Question papers and answer scripts would be sent via WhatsApp

E-registration must for exempted industries

Representative of each firm can register vehicles of all employees in one application

Auto drivers overcome odds to serve people amid pandemic

Manikandan and Karthi ferry patients at a nominal fare

33,181 new cases and 311 fatalities in T.N.

Chennai reports 6,247 new cases; the number of active cases in State rises to 2,19,342

CM to decide on water release from Mettur Dam

Duraimurugan holds consultative meeting with farmers and Collectors; farmers seek water for kuruvai crop

TN ropes in ex-Health Minister Vijayabaskar in multi-party COVID advisory panel

The advisory committee will meet as per the urgency and need of the emerging COVID-19 situation, the government said.

SHGs in Tamil Nadu will be revived, says Rural Development Minister

The Minister said that in the last 10 years, the SHGs had not been given the due importance they should have been given.

Work begins to establish 500 beds at Government Erode Medical College Hospital

There are currently 550 beds at the hospital providing treatment only to COVID-19 positive patients.

Anbumani urges Tamil Nadu government to take over vaccine facility in Chengalpattu

“It needs only a few hundred crores, which is less that the amount Tamil Nadu requires to procure the vaccines,” he said.

COVID-19 | Virudhunagar Collector seeks help from elected representatives of rural local bodies

“Prevent movement in containment zones to check spreading of infection”

Three arrested in Chennai for trying to sell Remdesivir at higher price

A Special Team received information that some people were selling Remdesivir worth ₹800 for ₹25,000

Tamil Nadu changes Remdesivir supply protocol

Hospitals will have to send representatives to collect. The Chief Minister also cautioned hospitals to procure the drug to use it only on eligible patients.

Major schools, colleges in Chennai to turn ‘extension centres’ of govt hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients

Extension centres will have dedicated teams of doctors and nurses to provide treatment to COVID-19 patients and save their lives

70-year-old man held for raping his granddaughter

The All Women Police, Thiruvottiyur, on Saturday, arrested a 70-year-old man for allegedly raping his granddaughter.According to police, the victim is

T.N. deputes two officers to Bhubaneswar, Rourkela for oxygen supply logistics

Tamil Nadu has been allotted 100 metric tonnes of liquid oxygen per day from Kalinga Nagar and Rourkela.

Two held, six others booked for forcing three elderly Dalit men to fall at feet and apologise

The police in Villupuram district arrested two caste Hindus and booked a case against six others for making three elderly Dalit men fall at their

DMK questions Puducherry Chief Secretary for consulting BJP MLAs alone on COVID-19

Taking objection to the delay in cabinet formation, the petition said the infighting (between AINRC and BJP) for Deputy Chief Minister's post and ministerial berths are hampering government formation.

Vellore police choose music over lathis to create COVID-19 awareness

DGP J.K. Tripathy had asked his personnel not to use force or lathis to enforce the lockdown

5,250 IMFL bottles worth ₹5 lakh seized near Srivilliputtur

They were stocked in a coconut farm near Thanipparai under Watrap police station limits

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