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‘What happened to 47,000 acres of temple land?’, Madras HC asks Tamil Nadu govt to submit the status of missing temple land records

OpIndia Staff - 9 June, 2021

Madras High Court askes Tamil Nadu govt to explain the status of 47,000 acres of temple land that has gone missing from official records

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Claims of TN Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan being a US citizen go viral, here is what we know

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2021

Saravanaprasad Balasubramanian, Editorial Member of News Portal Mediyaan, alleged in a Twitter post that on scanning American Citizenship Records, it was found Thiagarajan is a US citizen.

Opinions

Tamil Nadu’s opposition to ‘one state, one vote’ in GST council opens a Pandora’s Box where the state stands to lose

Venkat Goli - 31 May, 2021

Was the Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu Panivel Thiaga Rajan ignorant of the precedents and the consensus that went into framing the one-state-one-vote rule?

Crime

Tamil Nadu: Two men, Mubarak Ali and Rafeeq, steal and butcher two pregnant cows owned by a poor farmer

OpIndia Staff - 25 May, 2021

While Mubarak Ali has been arrested, the police is on a lookout for Rafeeq who is on the run.

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PSBB school issues statement, denies knowledge of any case of sexual harassment by the teacher, promises action: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2021

PSBB denied previous knowledge of any allegations against Rajagopalan and promised action in the case, read the full statement

Social Media

Appearing semi-naked during class, sexual comments to girls: Students of Chennai’s PSBB school start online campaign against teacher

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2021

Students of PSBB Chennai called out one of the teachers for harassing and making sexual advances towards students. They have alleged that the school administration has been ignoring repeated complaints by students and parents.

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No oxygen and ICU beds, hospitals discharging serious patients to avoid recording death: Covid-19 situation turns grim in Tamil Nadu

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2021

Journalist Sandhya Ravishankar alleged that Tamil Nadu govt is under-reporting the actual number of new Covid-19 cases and deaths.

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Tamil Nadu: 13 patients die at Chengalpattu govt hospital in one night, oxygen shortage alleged

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2021

The hospital authorities have contended that the deaths were not due to a shortfall of lifesaving medical oxygen. Chengalpattu district collector A John Louis denied reports that the deaths were due to oxygen shortage.

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