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AIADMK Govt Fixing Tenders, Allege Anti-Corruption Body
22 Jan 2021
Following a complaint by the Arappor Iyakkam alleging foul play between official machinery and a few other firms on ‘fixing tenders’, the Department of Highways has cancelled a tender of Rs 494 crore…
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Chennai Corporation: Over 700 Sanitation Workers Terminated, Another 2,200 Face Threat
13 Jan 2021
The termination comes after the GCC decided to privatise solid waste management works. More than 9,200 workers are in contract with the GCC in the 15 zones, out of which 2,954 workers are in the…
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TN this Week: Electricity Workers Resist Further Contractualisation; Chennai Rejects Hefty Garbage Fee; Political Parties in Election Mode
26 Dec 2020
The major political parties, the ruling AIADMK and the opposition DMK, have gone into campaign mode as assembly elections are just five months away.
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TN this Week: Massive Farmer Protests, State Mourns SPB’s Passing Due to COVID-19
26 Sep 2020
The state’s politics is in flux with assembly elections approaching. Its political parties have demanded that the Centre scraps the Cultural Committee.
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TN This Week: COVID-19 Deaths Decrease, Factional Feud Continues in AIADMK, Protest Against NEET and NEP Intensifies
19 Sep 2020
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has started its election campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections. which are likely to be held April/May 2021, with an online membership drive and a target to…
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Sanitary Workers of Chennai Corporation Protest Against Exploitation
13 Sep 2020
Thousands of sanitary workers belonging to the Greater Chennai Corporation had begun an indefinite protest demanding their legitimate rights.
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COVID-19: Southern Tamil Nadu in Focus after Surge, Cases Drop in Chennai
10 Jul 2020
While Chennai has seen a slight drop in the number of cases this week as compared to the previous one, alarm bells have gone off in Madurai, Thoothukudi and Kanyakumari
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COVID-19: Cases Surge Past 27,000, Secretariat Staff Apprehensive of Increasing Infections in TN
05 Jun 2020
The five continuous days from May 31 registered more than 1,000 cases. The steep hike took the total positive cases from 19,372 on May 28 to 27,256 on June 4.
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Chennai Residents Oppose Evacuation Move, Demand House Pattas
26 Nov 2019
The residents of Khanu nagar, Sooraipallam, Sanjai Gandhi colony and John kennedy street protested in front of the Mambalam taluk office in Chennai on November 26.
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Workers’ Protest Against Privatisation of Garbage Collection Work in Chennai Corporation
09 Jul 2019
The mounting burden of around Rs. 1,000 crore will further increase the taxes of the people and the job security of the existing workers of the corporation will be under threat.