Over 1 lakh Covid-19 patients have been discharged after treatment, according to the Tamil Nadu government-issued health bulletin. This also comes at a time when the capital city Chennai is witnessing relatively lower daily cases and the southern districts of the state are seeing a spike.

Tamil Nadu: Over 1 lakh recover from Covid-19; Chennai sees lesser daily cases

The Central Bureau of investigation has formally taken over the investigation of Jayaraj-Bennix custodial deaths case from the CB-CID. A team headed by CBI ADSP Vijaykumar Shukla began the probe at the residence of the bereaved family in Sathankulam on Saturday.

Tuticorin custodial deaths: CBI takes over probe from CB-CID

A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers is to arrive in Madurai on Friday and continue investigations in the father-son custodial deaths case, the CBI counsel informed the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court.

TN custodial deaths: CBI team to arrive tomorrow for conducting probe

Tamil Nadu has become the second state (after Maharashtra) in India to record over 1lakh corona virus cases. The southern Indian state has crossed this grim number at a time when the capital city Chennai and three adjoining districts with high population density are under an intense lockdown since June 19th.

Tamil Nadu surpasses 1 lakh Covid-19 cases; sees 40,000 new cases in last 10 days

Tamil Nadu's Higher Education Minister KP Anbazhagan has tested positive for COVID-19 and admitted to a private hospital. Anbazhagan is part of COVID-19 control team and oversees control measures in North Chennai.

Tamil Nadu's higher education minister tests positive for coronavirus

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday extended the lockdown in the state till July 31. The state reported 62 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 1141. Currently, there are 37,331 active cases in the state.

Lockdown in Tamil Nadu extended till July 31 as state registers 3949 new cases

Just a couple of days after the cabinet decision to allow reform in India’s Space sector and the briefing by the ISRO Chairman, many Indian start-ups have expressed interest in participating in space-based activities, said ISRO Chairman DR.

Indian start-ups sent requests after private sector allowed in space: ISRO

On Thursday, the Southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu had surpassed the 1million (10 lakh) mark in RT-PCR tests conducted thus far, for Covid-19. This is being viewed as a commendable feat, given that Tamil Nadu is the first state in India to have done so.

How Tamil Nadu became the first state in India to test over 1 million Covid-19 samples

Environmentalists and activists have lashed out at the Tamil Nadu government’s proposal to denotify Vedanthangal, a popular bird sanctuary-cum-wetland that is located in the Chengalpattu district, nearly 100kms away from Chennai.

Environmentalists urge Tamil Nadu Govt to save Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary and its ecological heritage

Tamil Nadu, the second worst-hit state in India due to the coronavirus pandemic, reported the highest single-day spike so far with more than 2,500 cases in the past 24 hours.

Tamil Nadu reports a highest single-day spike of 2,532 covid-19 cases, tally nears 60,000-mark

Tamil Nadu’s Capital City, Chennai, and its three adjoining districts are to be under a 12-day lockdown starting from the morning of June 19 until June 30. While all of India is on ‘unlock’ starting June, Tamil Nadu has become the only state to announce a strict lockdown, based on the suggestions of an expert medical committee.

Complete lockdown to be initiated in Tamil Nadu; experts demand more planning and action

Tamil Nadu government decided to give its localities a phonetic makeover amid the pandemic, and changed the English spellings of the names of localities to match the way they are pronounced.

Tamil Nadu government changes spellings amid pandemic; Twitter reacts with #NameChange

When the state government has not decided to open schools and colleges until COVID-19 situation subsides, how can 9 lakh students, 2 lakh teachers and thousands of non-teaching staff be forced to risk their lives attending class 10 board exams from June 15, questioned a bench of the Madras High Court.

Why risk lakhs of lives: Madras HC asks TN Govt on having Class X exams

The carcass of an 18-feet-long, one-toed sperm whale washed ashore on Atrankarai near Alakankulam in Ramanathapuram district, on Sunday. Forest officials later buried it on the beach after conducting an autopsy.

Giant sperm whale washed ashore on Tamil Nadu beach

Nineteen more people succumbed to the coronavirus in Chennai which reported a spike of 1,458 fresh cases on Saturday taking the infection count to 30,152 and death toll to 251, the health department said.

19 more die of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu taking total death toll to 251

The Tamil Nadu government has capped the daily rate for treatment of COVID-19 patients in private hospitals across the state. This comes after complaints, demands from the public due to overcharging private hospitals and the mounting pressure on government hospitals.

Tamil Nadu government fixes rates for COVID-19 treatment across private hospitals, as cases near 30,000

Mohandoss, who owns a salon in the southern state of Tamil Nadu’s temple town Madurai says that he or his family didn’t expect any recognition or rewards when they donated a large part of their savings for helping the needy during the lockdown.

From special mention in Mann Ki Baat to recognition by UN body: Tamil Nadu girl’s philanthropy is winning hearts

Kamal Haasan alleged that there was a contrast in the Covid-19 data being shared by the Tamil Nadu government, during a video conference with journalists. However, he refused to take many questions about his allegations, possible testing strategies or elaborate on his ‘Naame Theervu’ (We are the solution) initiative that is aimed at changing Chennai into a green Zone from its current Red Zone status.

Kamal Haasan questions Tamil Nadu Covid-19 data, launches people’s campaign to ‘resurrect’ Chennai

Tamil Nadu has crossed 1000-mark in terms of new coronavirus cases in the past 24-hours, as per state Health Department's data said on Sunday. This has happened on the day when the state government decided to relax few lockdown restrictions.

Tamil Nadu crosses 1,000-mark in terms of new coronavirus cases in one day

Tamil Nadu has the third highest number of coronavirus cases in the country, and has observed a constant high rise in the number of cases, with Chennai being the state's epicenter.

COVID 19: Tamil Nadu shifts to lockdown 5.0, instead of unlock 1.0

The counsel of Nalini Sriharan(a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case) told WION that the Tamil Nadu Government’s submission to disallow Nalini and her husband Murugan(a fellow convict) to make video calls to their kith and kin who are residing abroad is Unconstitutional.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: 'It's unconstitutional' says Nalini's counsel on Tamil Nadu govt denying video call with kin

India's domestic airline Indigo had to ground it's crew after one of the passengers on Chennai-Coimbatore flight tested positive for coronavirus. All the passengers who travelled along with the infected were notified.

Coronavirus: Indigo grounds crew members after one passenger on Chennai-Coimbatore flight tests positive

The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government to reconsider its decision to convert late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s Poes garden Residence in Chennai into a memorial.

Make it Chief Minister residence cum office, use a portion for a memorial: Madras high court on Jayalalithaa’s residence

The Tamil Nadu government has decided to allow incoming domestic flights from Monday, 25th March, in line with the Aviation Ministry’s decision to re-start limited flights across India.

Tamil Nadu government allows domestic air travel; e-pass compulsory

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