With no signs of rain across Tamil Nadu and the reservoirs running dry, some Chennai restaurants have reduced their operational hours and some IT companies have reportedly told their staff to work from home. There are also reports of violence taking place over water.
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Telangana chief minister and TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao called DMK chief MK Stalin to his residence, to discuss his proposal for a “Federal Front”. However, sources said Stalin was firm that the DMK would be with the UPA and urged Rao to extend TRS’s support to the Congress.
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The Election Commission has cancelled polling in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore Lok Sabha constituency. This development comes after a total of ₹11.5 crore in cash was recovered from a DMK candidate’s house and other places towards the end of March through the first week of April.
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While there’s unanimity on the demand for an impartial probe into the case, there is a sudden new claim doing rounds that “600 young women had been sexually abused by the gang” and “sex videos of many victims are circulating in the public.” This has put Pollachi on the edge.
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The Tamil Nadu governor, Banwarilal Purohit, has granted consent to the transfer of the Pollachi sexual assault case to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The matter came to light when a 19-year-old reported her sexual abuse and blackmail to the police.
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The Supreme Court said it could not deprive lakhs of families, dependent on manufacturing firecrackers, of their livelihood. It observed that the court “can’t let people go hungry” and “generate unemployment”.
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Over 50 women from across Tamil Nadu were allegedly lured and sexually exploited by a four-member gang from Pollachi. Police stumbled upon the case when they arrested four suspects in February for allegedly blackmailing and sexually harassing a 19-year-old girl.
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The Congress has been allotted total of 10 seats, out of which, the party will contest nine seats in Tamil Nadu and one seat in Puducherry. Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha seats.
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The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, on Tuesday, has formally announced its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party and Pattali Makkal Katchi for the upcoming general election and the anticipated bypolls in the state.
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The Supreme Court has decided to ease the restrictions on timing for bursting firecrackers in states such as Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. The court has allowed the states to fix the timing, but not to exceed limit of two hours.
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