In his letter to the Prime Minister, Stalin said he has learnt that the proposed amendment bill plans to delicense the distribution sector of electricity, by introducing a concept of 'Distribution Company' and deemed registration of any such distribution company after 60 days of application.
Two districts reported zero Covid-19 cases and 32 recorded zero deaths due to the viral infection on Wednesday, when Tamil Nadu added 703 fresh cases to its Covid registry. At the end of the day, 728 people were discharged leaving 7,946 people under treatment for the viral infection.
A woman who tried to get refund for a cancelled order of 240 placed through a food delivery app was conned of 44,000 by a fake customer care staff.
Damage caused to streetlights and underground utilities along Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road during expansion works has remained unattended for months now.
The first bench of acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice P D Audikesavalu made the observations while hearing a batch of 108 petitions filed over years seeking action against such encroachments.
A masked man murdered a woman and her daughter, sleeping in their home, by attacking them with a log early on Tuesday at Kandappachavadi village in Villupuram district.
Dr Sarada Menon, the country's first woman psychiatrist who died here on Sunday of age-related ailments at 98, was popular among both patients and fellow professionals.