Chennai Apr 24 PTI Tamil Nadu on Sunday recorded 52 new COVID-19 infections including three overseas returnees taking the total caseload to 3453552 The death toll remained unchanged at 38025 with zero fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours a health department bulletin said Of the 52 new infections 33 were men and 19 women Recoveries grew to 3415193 with 28 more people getting discharged leaving 334 active infections the medical bulletin said Chennai accounted for the majority of new coronavirus infections with 34 followed by Chengalpet with five while Pudukottai and Tiruvallur recorded two each Coimbatore Kancheepuram Madurai Salem Thanjavur and Tiruchirappalli recorded one case each The state capital currently has 200 active infections while the overall tally stood at 751465 cases A total of 18858 samples were tested in the last 24 hours pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 66055191 till date PTI VIJ VIJ KH HDA

Chennai Mar 28 PTI Buses run by state run transport corporations remained off the roads in most parts of Tamil Nadu hitting normalcy on Monday the first day of the two-day nationwide strike by central trade unions In view of unavailability of buses people were put to inconvenience and students in several places could be seen hitchhiking to schools and colleges and tourists in hill stations like Ooty had a tough time in finding other modes of transport services Private buses autorickshaws and share autorickshaws were crammed in several regions including Pudukottai and Dindigul and several complained of a steep increase in fares Operations in public sector banks were affected barring the State Bank of India and the Indian Overseas Bank according to an All India Bank Officers Association office-bearer Also a section of workers of a couple of scheduled private banks also took part in the strike he told PTI The strike was marked by demonstrations by workers and bank employees affiliated to various unions at various parts of the state In Chennai people flocked to suburban train stations Metrorail and Mass Rapid Transit System MRTS train stations to reach their destinations Only state-run buses are allowed here unlike several other parts of the state Barring a single route that connects suburban Poonamallee private buses are not operational here A joint forum of central trade unions had given a call for a nationwide strike on March 28 and 29 to protest against the government policies affecting workers farmers and people Their demands include the scrapping of the labour codes no privatisation in any form scrapping of the National Monetisation Pipeline NMP increased allocation of wages under MNREGA Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act and regularisation of contract workers among others PTI VGN SA SA

Chennai Oct 22 PTI Searches were held on Friday by vigilance sleuths here and in Salem in connection with a case of Rs 2722 crore disproportionate assets against C Vijayabaskar who was the Health Minister in the previous AIADMK regimeIn Chennai the searches were held in the residence of a former personal assistant to Vijayabaskar in the office of a property developer and another person The raid was conducted in a hospital in Salem the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption saidThe searches were carried out after obtaining a warrant from a court in Pudukottai the agency addedA case was filed by the DVAC on October 17 against Vijayabaskar for possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 2722 crore The following day searches were held in 50 locations in the state PTI VGN ROH ROH

Pudukottai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 19 (ANI): A doctor drowned after the car she was driving got stuck in stagnant rainwater at a railway underpass near Thudaiyur in Pudukottai district.