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The state orders Tamil boards for shopkeepers and puts Hindi on its own highways. The Sathankulam signboard is not a clerical error — it is a mirror of a government that has a two-language policy on paper and no one accountable for it on the ground.
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The India Meteorological Department has sounded a yellow alert across Tamil Nadu, warning of heavy rain with thunder, lightning and 50 km/h gusts in the Nilgiris, Coimbatore and Erode till October 3; Chennai is already seeing waterlogging and traffic snarls.
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September's GST data is unambiguous: India collected 14.7 per cent more, Tamil Nadu collected 5 per cent less. A government that claims administrative competence cannot shrug off a shrinking tax kitty in a booming economy.
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India's gross GST collections rose 14.7% year-on-year to about ₹2.04 lakh crore in September, the third straight month above the ₹2 lakh-crore mark. Tamil Nadu bucked the trend: its domestic collections fell 5% to ₹10,188 crore, making it the only major state in the red.
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Chennai's Special POCSO Court has rejected the bail pleas of Shanti, 60, and her husband Mahendra Simhan, 63, arrested alongside Gem Granites proprietor R. Veeramani in the alleged child-abuse case. The court cited pending forensic examination of seized devices, flight risk and the risk of witness intimidation.
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With polling four days away, the ruling TVK, the DMK and the AIADMK are trading charges of horse-trading, coordinated smear campaigns and "reels" governance in two constituencies the Chief Minister's party cannot afford to lose.
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The court has closed the ₹4-crore fraud plea against TVK's C. Vijayabaskar. The legal fact must be respected — but the political question of how corruption cases against the powerful are handled will not close with the file.
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Police told the Madras High Court there was no prima facie evidence against TVK executive and former minister C. Vijayabaskar in a ₹4-crore fraud complaint, and the court closed the plea seeking action against him.
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The TVK government's attempt to place its law-and-order department beyond the reach of the RTI Act — revoked within days under pressure — reveals a ruling instinct hostile to scrutiny. Periyar taught us to question everything; a Dravidian government should know the question is not an insult, it is the citizen's right.
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The Enforcement Directorate has opened a money-laundering probe into the alleged ₹100 crore racket in which private schools were promised permanent recognition for cash. The case, first registered by the Chennai Central Crime Branch, names former school education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi; he denies the charges and has moved the Madras High Court to quash the FIR.
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From 1 October, Tamil Nadu's 2.09 crore ration cardholders can collect their subsidised foodgrain quota at any fair-price shop in the State, not just the shop their card is tied to. Biometric authentication is now mandatory at every shop, and POS devices will track each withdrawal.
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Led by the CPI(M), Left parties held demonstrations across Tamil Nadu on Thursday demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's removal and a halt to the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls, alleging 13 crore voters have been disenfranchised.
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Chennai recorded 1,290 dengue cases in September, more than double the 605 in August, the health department says, as the mosquito-borne disease surges across Tamil Nadu. Over 25,000 workers have been deployed for mosquito control and fever surveillance.
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The expanded Vetri Payanam scheme brings free travel to 12,692 state buses, including Express, LSS and Deluxe services, from 2 October. An estimated 8.4 million women and transgenders stand to benefit daily, with no income cap or journey limit.
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