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In photos | Members of the Thamizhnadu Brahmin Association (TAMBRAS) staged a demonstration at Valluvar Kottam in Chennai on Sunday in support of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam . #CAAProtests.#CAA_NRC
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Two girls who studied at the Government Higher Secondary School at Velliangadu, near Karamadai, in #Coimbatore district have cleared the #NEET in their first attempt without any special coaching.
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Following the announcement of the #completelockdown in #TamilNadu, residents of #Chennai thronged markets on Saturday morning. Photos: M. Karunakaran, M. Vedhan and R. Ragu/The Hindu
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#ChennaiRains | With heavy rains predicted for tomorrow, residents of Velachery in #Chennai parked their cars on Velachery flyover on Monday, as a precautionary measure. Photo: B. Velankanni Raj (@VelankanniRaj6) / The Hindu
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Actor @Suriya_offl, who co-produced and starred in the widely acclaimed film #JaiBhim that portrayed the custodial death of Rajakannu in the 1990s, has decided to deposit ₹10 lakh in the name of Parvathi, the victim's wife.
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@Atlee_dir @imranhindu @TheHinduCinema Director @Atlee_dir claims to have written his script in July 2018 whereas present litigant K.P. Selvah had reportedly written his script on football only in October 2018. #Bigil.
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The carcass of a blue #whale was washed ashore at Valinokkam seashore in #Ramanathapuram district on #Sunday. The 20-meter long whale weighed about 7 tonnes. Photo : L. Balachandar / The Hindu.
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A couple who tied the knot wading through flooded streets at Villivakkam in #Chennai. #Chennairains.Photo | M. Vedhan.
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Just In | An FIR has been registered against actor Varadharajen for a video clip where he cited difficulty in finding a hospital bed for his friend who had #COVID19 symptoms. He has been booked under sections of IPC, Epidemics Act & Disaster Management Act @SIVARAMAN74 reports.
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Crowds gather at the #MarinaBeach in #Chennai to watch the #airshow rehearsal on Friday, ahead of the 92nd #IndianAirForceDay celebrations to be held on Sunday. The #KamarajarSalai towards the Marina witnessed heavy traffic movement in view of the rehearsal. 📸: R. Ragu
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Just in | Actor Ajith and Wife Shalini entering polling Booth at Thiruvanmiyur in #Chennai. Photo: Karunakaran M. #TNAssemblyElection2021
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People throng to buy grocery items at Kothwalchavadi market on Sunday ahead of the intense lockdown in #TamilNadu from 4 a.m. on May 24 to 6 a.m. on May 31, with severe restrictions that will shut all shops, including provision and grocery stores. 📷 R. Ragu
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Chief Minister M.K. Stalin visited ESI Hospital in #Coimbatore on #Sunday and interacted with #COVID19 patients.
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As the Indian Air Force’s mega air show fever has gripped Chennai city, let us take time to look back at the Chennai’s first show held in the year 2003. 📸R. Shivaji Rao,V. Ganesan, Shaju John, R. Ragu.
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#ChennaiRains | The inundated #MarinaBeach due to heavy downpour in #Chennai on Sunday morning. Photo credit: Raghunathan S. R.
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#Rajinikanth fans, dressed like his film characters, gather in front of his house in #Chennai Poes Garden on his birthday on #Saturday. Photo : S. R. Raghunathan / The Hindu
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B. Karthik Rajan, a Class 12 student who is a resident of Tirunagar in Madurai, has made a nadaswaram out of stone during the lockdown period. His father is a sculptor who makes idols for temples. Photo: R. Ashok / The Hindu.
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A view of a flight taking off during the sunset in #Chennai today. 📸: Velankanni Raj B (@@VelankanniRaj6)
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Roller safety barriers have been installed at 8 places along #Udhagamandalam - Kallatty, #Masinagudi ghat road where frequent accidents take place. Installed for a length of 312 meters, the rollers will push vehicles to roadside, during impact. 🎥: M. Sathyamoorthy / The Hindu
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Just in | #Rajinikanth says he had a vision for "alternative politics." His party will not have "unnecessary party posts". His party will give tickets to youngsters and those under 50 years, retired bureaucrats and "good people" who have joined from other parties.
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“ #CAA is no threat to Muslims, if they face trouble I will be the first person to raise voice for them,” says #Rajinikanth
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#Chennai's 49th mayor is 28-year-old R. Priya, a councillor from Kolathur, who holds a post-graduate degree in commerce reports @aloysius_axl .Photo: Pichumani K/The Hindu
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A school girl is brought on a float from waterlogged areas at Dhanalakshmi Nagar of Iyyappanthangal in #Chennai on Thursday, to board the school van. The locality remains flooded following the recent rains. 📸: M. Vedhan / The Hindu
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#TamilNadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, and S. S. Kim, MD & CEO, #Hyundai Motor India Ltd., at the roll-out of the 10 millionth car from the company, at its plant near #Chennai on Wednesday.Photo: Velankanni Raj B/The Hindu
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Actor Ajith Kumar contributes Rs 25 lakh to #TamilNadu Chief Minister's Relief Fund through bank transfer.
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Just in | Madras HC begins hearing case filed by script writer K.P. Selvah to restrain the release of Vijay-starrer #Bigil on the ground that director @Atlee_dir had plagiarised his script on football. - @imranhindu reports.@TheHinduCinema.
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So, #SuperstarRajini is all set to receive the #DadasahebPhalkeAward today. Tell us about your favourite Rajini scene, and why you love it! Do tag us as well.#DadasahebSuperstarRAJINI
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A view of Chennai's crowded Kasimedu fish market when fishermen return with their catch on Saturday. 📷 B. Jothi Ramalingam
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Schoolchildren from Karumathampatty, #Coimbatore pay tribute to the defence personnel who were killed in the #HelicopterCrash .@wilson__thomas
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#ChennaiRains | Water logging at Dr. Ambedkar College Road, Ganesapuram on Sunday. Photo credit: Jothi Ramalingam B.
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In order to create awareness about the global soil extinction, the volunteers of the Save Soil movement will organise a marathon on June 5 to World Environment Day.
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Students of Pondicherry University extends support to their counterparts in Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University in Lucknow. #JamiaProtest #JamiaMilia #Pondicherry.
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#ChennaiRains | Daily life was thrown out of gear due to heavy downpour caused by the #CycloneMichaung in Chennai on Monday. Photo: Raghunathan SR
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Residents of Karumathampatty in #Coimbatore pay floral tributes to the defence personnel who were killed in the #HelicopterCrash .@wilson__thomas
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A father went to buy medicine but did not get it. He was stopped by police who fined him Rs. 500. He tags @CMOTamilnadu. Medicine and the money comes home. @journovivek reports. @mkstalin @tnpoliceoffl
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The Golden Lotus Tank of Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in #Madurai shimmers in the reflection of the '#Karthigai Villakus' that adorn the side walls of the tank on #Friday. Photo, Moorthy G/ The Hindu.
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Naam Tamilar Katchi coordinator Seeman on Sunday introduced the party’s 234 candidates — an equal number of women and men — at a public meeting held at Royapettah in #Chennai. #TNElection2021 .
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#TamilNadu today I It looked like life returned to normalcy during #lockdown3 with vehicles plying on the roads in thousands. (Clockwise from left) Scenes from Coimbatore, Dindigul and Thoothukudi. Photos: M. Periasamy, G. Karthikeyan and N. Rajesh / The Hindu.
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Union Minister Pon. Radhakrishnan, and relatives and friends pay their last respects to CRPF jawan G. Subramanian at Madurai airport. | Photo: S. James. #PulwamaTerroristAttack.
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#VaikunthaEkadashi | Sri Namperumal attired in ‘Ratnangi’ passing through the Paramapada Vasal on the occasion of #VaikundaEkadasi festival at Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in #Srirangam on Saturday. 📽️: M. Moorthy / The Hindu
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#COVID19 I Wholesale Fruit market in #Madhavaram in #Chennai on Saturday. Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam / The Hindu
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A policeman carrying an elderly man into the polling booth in Tiruthangal in Virudhunagar district as the man was unable to walk beyond a point. Photo G. Moorthy. #TNAssemblyElection2021
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#ChennaiRains | Corporation conservancy worker clearing stagnated rain water during the heavy rain in #Chennai. Photo credit: R. Ragu
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In the absence of a bus shelter, commuters, in a bid to escape from scorching sun, wait inside large concrete pipes at Pallavaram - Thuraipakkam Radial Road in Pallavaram, #Chennai on Monday. 📸: B. Velankanni Raj / The Hindu
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Parts of #Chennai experience heavy waterlogging as #CycloneMichaung picks up pace . 📸: Radhakrishnan Salai
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Kishore K. Swamy, 41, a social media commentator, has been arrested by #Chennai police on charges of circulating defamatory content against former CMs and DMK veteran leaders — C.N. Annadurai and M. Karunanidhi and the present CM M.K.Stalin.
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During his leisure time, traffic policeman Mr. Srinivasan waters and maintains the vertical gardens set up around the pillars of an overbridge at Vannarpettai in Palayamkottai of #Tirunelveli district, in #TamilNadu. 📸: A. Shaikmohideen / The Hindu
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Residents collect the Rs. 2,000 given by the #TamilNadu government as #COVID19 financial aid .Photo: Vedhan M/The Hindu
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As parts of #Chennai continue to remain waterlogged, residents parked their cars on high ground -- on the flyover near MRTS Velachery Station.#ChennaiRains #TNRains .Video: Karunakaran M/The Hindu
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The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) buses, especially outstation bound buses, are covered with advertisements or stickers except for the front windshield preventing passengers from knowing the routes.
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Deserted look at Kathipara fly over during the complete lockdown on Sunday to prevent spreading of #Omicron. Photo: Velankanni Raj B/ The Hindu.
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It has been a month since faeces were found in water tank that supplies potable water to #Dalit families at #Vengaivayal village in #Pudukkottai district. On Wednesday, #NaamTamilarKatchi leader #Seeman visited the villagers & demanded arrest of culprits. 📸: M. Moorthy
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#TamilNadu Chief Minister #MKStalin hoisted the national flag, inspected the parade, and gave a speech at Fort St. George in Chennai on the occasion of India's 75th year of independence. #IndependenceDay. 📸 Raghunathan SR
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#Chennairains | Heavy rain and fog have led to poor visibility on the Tambaram-Maduravoyal Bypass in #Chennai on Tuesday. Photo: M. Vedhan (@M_Vedhan)
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A coal-fired steam locomotive, manufactured by the Golden Rock Railway Workshop in #Tiruchi for the Nilgiri Mountain Railway service, began its trial journey from Mettupalayam to Coonoor.Video: Sathyamoorthy M/The Hindu
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A pregnant woman from #Thoothukudi, had tested positive for #COVID19 while being admitted to a hospital for her delivery. She delivered triplets. 15 days later, and now cured from COVID-19, she and her babies were discharged from the hospital on Tuesday. 📸 Rajesh N
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In a social media post, actor Rajinikanth said that he was shocked at the incidents that have unfolded after the #custodialdeaths of the father and son due to police brutality came to light #Sattankulam
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A tiger spotted at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, which boasts of a rich, varied and unique biodiversity, in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. 📷 @sathyooty
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The #TamilNadu government has announced free travel for all working women and girls pursuing higher education on board government buses (ordinary fare) in cities across the State from Saturday. 📷 Vedhan M
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R.K. Alwar, the man who has been selling old books on Luz platform in Mylapore for several decades, is no more. #mylapore.
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Members of the #RSS also took out a march at #Kallakurichi in #Tamil Nadu to mark 75 years of India’s Independence and the 153rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, today. 🎥: Lakshmi Narayan E/The Hindu
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On June 2, Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) will commence services at 4.30 a.m. with a frequency of a train available every half hour till 6 a.m to help those writing the UPSC examinations.
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A Nataraja idol, which was stolen 37 years ago from a temple at Kallidaikurichi in Tirunelveli district and smuggled outside the country, is on its way back from Australia. #TamilNadu.
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#Deepavali2024: Firecrackers lighting up the #Madurai sky on Thursday. 📸: G. Moorthy / The Hindu
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"I wanted to come up with an alternative politics. I respect Arignar Anna. I want to create leaders like how Anna created," #Rajinikanth says. #Rajinikanthpoliticalentry.
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The @chennaicorp has begun installing sculptures made from automobile scrap in the city. The sculptures are being installed at 14 locations @aloysius_axl .Photos: Velankanni Raj B./The Hindu
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The swift action of a #Chennai sub-inspector of police in nabbing two men accused of stealing mobile phones, who were on a motorcycle, received wide appreciation following a video which went viral on social media .
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"I will not rest until this anti-people Government is removed": Kamal Haasan .
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Despite years of struggle, many public places continue to remain inaccessible to persons with disabilities #Chennai #Disability .Photo: R. Ravindran/The Hindu
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When a face mirror replaced a broken rear view mirror in a car #Chennai .Photo: K. Pichumani/The Hindu
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#Chennai woke up to thunderstorms and flooded roads on #Thursday morning as Northeast #monsoon set in vigorously. Anna Salai - GP Road junction, Ponnamalee High Road and Anna Nagar West seen flooded here. Photos: S.R. Ragunathan, R. Ragu, K. Pichumani #ChennaiRains
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Due to #COVID19 pandemic, a family in #Coimbatore offers Ramzan prayer at home on #Friday. Photo: Periasamy M / The Hindu.
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Actors Sarath kumar, Yogibabu, Saranya and Vikram visit actor #Vivekh's house in Saligramam to pay their last respects to the actor who suffered a massive heart attack on Friday, died early Saturday morning. 📷 Velankanni Raj B
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Makkal Needhi Maiam #MNM founder #KamalHaasan being welcomed by his party cadre in #Madurai on Sunday Photo: R. Ashok/The Hindu
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Just in: Justice CV Karthikeyan of #MadrasHC comes down heavily on #Patanjali for attempting to make profits by exploiting fear of #COVID19. Directs it to pay Rs.10 lakh in costs to Cancer Institute, Adyar in Chennai and Govt Yoga & Naturopathy hospital. - @imranhindu reports.
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The Madras High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by #actorvijay in 2012, seeking exemption of Entry Tax for his Rolls Royce Ghost, imported from England. Justice S.M. Subramaniam said real heroes are those who remit their taxes promptly @imranhindu
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To mark the 75th anniversary of Independence, residents of #Chennai carry a 500-meter-long tricolour in a rally held at Mint on Sunday. Video: R. Ragu
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#TamilNadu has bagged the first place under the ‘Best State’ category under the National Water Awards 2019, presented by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
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The #IPL Trophy that #ChennaiSuperKings won receives a special pooja at the TTD temple in #Chennai. | Photos: Velankanni Raj B
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@the_hindu @businessline #THCleanerSharperBolder | Actor #KamalHaasan takes a look at the redesigned @the_hindu and @businessline, at #Chennai today. 📸: B. Jothi Ramalingam / The Hindu
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#SuriyaSivakumar rejected PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss’s charge that the actor’s recent film, Jai Bhim, had insulted the Vanniyars. He said he and the film crew had no intention to insult any community.
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A #school boy collects lotus from Korampallam Tank in #Thoothukudi on Wednesday to earn some money. Photo : N. Rajesh / The Hindu.
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The #Chennai Traffic Police have now introduced an LED traffic pole that changes colour according to the traffic signal, on the arterial Kamarajar Salai. It will be visible to motorists from a distance
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The CM and party chief will be two different persons and the party chief will act like a opposition head, critically looking at the functioning of the government: #Rajinikanth.says. #Rajinikanthpoliticalentry.
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Just in | Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes his maiden visit to Meenakshi Sundareshwara Temple. He was received by temple thakkar, Karumuthu T. Kannan at Amman Sannathi. @SundarSubbiah reports. Photo by: Ashok R / The Hindu
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