All motor vehicles seeking to enter the #Nilgiris and #Kodaikanal between May 7 and June 30 must obtain e-passes to help the district administrations collect data on the number and types of vehicles entering the two hill stations. Mohamed Imranullah S reports.
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Shocked to learn that 20,000 vehicles (11,500 cars, 1,300 vans, 630 buses & 6,500 bikes) enter the Nilgiris every day during summer, the #MadrasHighCourt has made e-pass mandatory for entering the Nilgiris & Kodaikanal between May 7 & June 30 The Hindu - Chennai
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Around 40 houses and shacks were damaged in a fire at Thiruma Nagar near Karamadai in #Coimbatore district. The police said the fire spread from an adjacent land with dry grasses. The Hindu - Chennai

The #Gudalur forest division plans to install Artificial Intelligence (AI) cameras across the division at 90 “conflict points,” where there is a high occurrence of interactions between humans and #elephants | Rohan Premkumar 🇵🇸
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A Fast Track Mahila Court in #Srivilliputtur convicted #NirmalaDevi , a former assistant professor at the Devanga Arts College in #Aruppukottai , in what became a sensational case, on charges of attempting to traffic four girl students of the college in 2018
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A committee constituted by the #TamilNadu government to identify #elephant corridors in the State has brought out a list of 42 elephant corridors and has invited comments from the public, on the draft report | Wilson Thomas
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The #SupremeCourt continued its February order of stay of criminal proceedings against #TamilNadu #BJP state president K. #Annamalai in a hate speech case instituted for his remark on a Christian missionary NGO.
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Amid serious irregularities in the sale of sand, illegal sand mining to the tune of ₹4,730 crore as alleged by ⁦ED⁩ Water Resources Dept #TamilNadu has proposed to constitute a separate wing to handle sand mining operations ⁦The Hindu - Chennai⁩ thehindu.com/news/national/…

Fast Track #Mahila #Court in #Srivilliputtur on Monday #convicted for former Asst. Prof #NirmalaDevi of #Devanga Arts College, #Aruppukottai on charge of bid to #traffic 4 #college girl #students in 2018 case. The Hindu - Chennai

The Enforcement Directorate ( #ED ) maintained in the #SupremeCourt that former  #TamilNadu Minister V. #Senthilbalaji  played a “central and pivotal role” in the “job racket scam” during the period 2014-2015.

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In a first for Tamil Nadu, Chennai Corporation to administer multi-vaccine to stray dogs in June to enhance immunity against 6 diseases, including canine distemper virus (CDV). thehindu.com/news/cities/ch…
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Justice C.V. Karthikeyan of #MadrasHighCourt dismisses the second bail petition filed by S. Sasikumar, one of the accused in the Aarudhra financial scam case. The Hindu - Chennai

#MadrasHighCourt Advocates Association issues a statement in response to Greater Chennai Traffic Police's announcement on use of unauthorised stickers on motor vehicles. The Hindu - Chennai

#Students preparing for #NEET this year speak about how difficult it is to prepare for the State board public #exam and the entrance exam simultaneously. Added to it is #learning loss due to #pandemic and lack of access to #NCERT books The Hindu - Chennai
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#MadrasHighCourt CJ's Bench agrees to hear tomorrow a plea by a doctor, employed in Australia, for conduct of special polling in Coimbatore parliamentary constituency for the voters whose names were found to be missing from the electoral list The Hindu - Chennai BG
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The dispute between New Tirupur Area Development Corporation Limited and its shareholder Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd. (IL&FS) over debt repayment has now reached the doorstep of the Registrar of Companies (RoC), Coimbatore. | Sanjay Vijayakumar
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As part of a temporary arrangement for summer, authorities of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) have shifted 26 captive elephants from the Kozhikamuthi elephant camp near Top Slip in Coimbatore district to four other places within the reserve.

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A view of partially dried-up #Bhavanisagar dam near Sirumugai in #Coimbatore District. The water level at Bhavanisagar dam dropped to 45.60 feet against the full reservoir level of 105 feet on Sunday. 📽: Periasamy M / The Hindu - Chennai

The Madras High Court has succeeded in making the Tamil Nadu government bring into force the Tami Nadu Heritage Commission Act of 2012 (as amended in 2017), 12 years since it was enacted by the legislature, Mohamed Imranullah S writes

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Decades ago, in Madras, a yellow-wattled lapwing was hardly a rara avis. Fast forward to 2024, a yellow-wattled lapwing sighting in the uttermost reaches of Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) is something to shout about, Prince Frederick writes

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