Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader and Lok Sabha MP representing Sriperumbudur constituency near Chennai T R Baalu Tuesday wrote a letter to 'all the like minded MPs' urging them to back a proposal seeking removal of the Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi.

Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 14 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Madurai district president P Saravanan on Saturday announced his resignation from the party.

Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 1 (ANI): Sri Lankan Navy on Monday rescued six Indian fishermen who were stranded after their boat drifted in Lankan waters due to a glitch.

Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 28 (ANI): The Tranquil Panambur beach in the port city of Mangalore was buzzing with action from Friday morning marking the beginning of the third edition of the much-awaited Indian open of surfing.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 25 (ANI/NewsVoir): A host of big brands have recently signed up and purchased shops and office space at the ambitious Market of India project here in Chennai.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 15 (ANI): Registering protest against Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi for not sending the NEET Exemption Bill to the President after being passed twice in the state Assembly, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and its allies boycotted a get-together party called by the Governor on the occasion of Tamil New Year day on Thursday.

Chennai Mar 25 PTI The Madras High Court has directed a Magistrate here to issue non-bailable arrest warrants against three policemen including an officer in the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police ACP Justice A D Jagadish Chandira gave the direction recently while delivering verdict on a criminal original petition from the Deputy Superintendent of Police Metro Wing-I Crime Branch CID in Egmore seeking to set-aside an order of the Metropolitan Magistrate Special Trial Court for CCB CBCID dated February 1 and to issue non-bailable arrest warrants against the absconding accused Sivakumar ACP Pandiyarajan Inspector and Saravanan Sub-Inspector attched to Tirumangalam police station here According to the Additional Public Prosecutor based on a complaint lodged by one R Rajesh a case was registered by the CBCID Metro for offences under various sections of the IPC last year Sec 4 of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act was included later The case was registered against one Tharun Krishna Prasad and 9 others It was a case where the accused along with the police officials including the three officers kidnapped the complainant and under threat extorted and illegally transferred the property belonging to the complainant The petitioner had so far arrested five accused in this case The police officials against whom there were serious offences were still evading arrest despite steps to bring them for investigation Despite issuance of notice under Section 41a CrPC they had not complied with the same On the other hand they had instigated their family members to file a complaint against the petitionerofficer before the Human Rights Commission The police officials who belong to uniform service were supposed to obey the Law But they were evading investigation The petitioner moved the Special Judge seeking for issuance of non-bailable warrants under Section 73 of CrPC But the judge had rejected his plea Hence the present petition Allowing the petition Justice Chandira referred to a ruling of the Supreme Court where it had had held Sec 73 of the CrPC conferred the power upon the Magistrate to issue the warrant and that it could be exercised by him during the investigation also As the accused in this case were evading arrest the only course left open to the Investigating Officer was to ensure their presence by obtaining an order from the Magistrate under this section In such an eventuality there is no bar for the Magistrate to legitimately exercise his power under Sec73 of the CrPC for the person to be apprehended during investigation since the respondents are accused of non-bailable offence and are evading arrest In view of the above the impugned order of the Special Judge stands set aside The Magistrate is directed to issue non-bailable warrants of arrest against the absconding accused Sivakumar Pandiyarajan and Saravanan the judge said PTI CORR SA SA

Chennai Mar 21 PTI The Madras High Court has directed the authorities concerned to continue sending notices and assessment orders through registered post speed post or courier with acknowledgement due to the parties concerned on matters relating to Goods and Services Tax GST Justice C Saravanan gave the direction while disposing of a batch of writ petitions from aggrieved firms in the state recently According to Pushpam Reality in Hosur in Krishnagiri district one of the petitioners the assessment notice was passed in 2021 without proper service of a show cause notice or without giving adequate opportunity to reply to the same It therefore contended that the assessment order was passed in violation of the principles of natural justice Accepting the submission Justice Saravanan pointed out the GST Act was implemented with effect from July 1 201711 Though Section 169 of the respective enactments allows the authorities to communicate any decision order summons notice or other communication under this Act by any one of the methods specified unless the proper conformation that notices and impugned orders which were uploaded in the web portal of the State Government in tngstcidtngovin are auto populated it cannot be said that there is a sufficient compliance of this section PTI CORR SA SA

Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 21 (ANI): Repolling for urban local body elections in Tamil Nadu is underway in seven polling booths spread over five wards in Madurai's Thirumangalam.

Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 20 (ANI): BJP Madurai president Saravanan on Saturday submitted a petition to the district collector seeking re-election in more than 15 wards of Madurai Corporation alleging that the DMK cast fake votes in these booths.