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Notable group of cases in Chennai on Monday was about 150 vegetable traders in MGR Market being asked to check for Covid-19

150 vegetable vendors in Chennai MGR market to undergo covid testing

With three more deaths, the death toll due to the virus went up to 81, even as on a single day 536 patients testing...

19 May 2020 12:04 PM IST

Workers wearing protective suits wait to screen and verify documents of migrant labourers in Chennai. (PTI)

Tamil Nadu records another high in COVID cases

Total number of persons testing positive for Covid-19 breached the 11,000-mark

18 May 2020 10:43 AM IST

A man gives money to a worker (L) to buy bottles of alcohol from a liquor shop. (AFP)

Alcohol sale begins in Tamil Nadu's non-containment zones

Authorities implemented colour-coded token system that specified the date and time allotted for the buyers.

16 May 2020 3:14 PM IST

Madras high court

Supreme Court stays Madras HC order directing government to close...

Following the stay on the high court order by the apex court the state-owned liquor shops may reopen in the state.

15 May 2020 3:32 PM IST

Migrant labourers from Bihar wait to board a special train for their home state from Chennai Central Railway Station on Thursday, May 14, 2020. (PTI)

Tamil Nadu leaps into second place on corona positive cases

While the number of new cases continues to spiral, mortality rate is lowest in the country

15 May 2020 11:25 AM IST

Stimulus or sleight of hand? Rs 6L crore is the packaging, Rs 24k crore is the cake

Stimulus or sleight of hand? Rs 6L crore is the packaging, Rs 24k...

The other measures on equity infusion into MSMEs would need to be watched for uptake, given the poor execution of such...

15 May 2020 9:56 AM IST

Representational image (PTI)

Big drop in sea turtles visiting Rameswaram shores for nesting this...

Forest department staff keep a watch over these nesting spots

12 May 2020 7:26 PM IST

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178 Indians from Malaysia reach Tiruchy, none test positive fo...

Of them, only one was admitted to Government hospital for a kidney ailment, while 117 were taken to a quarantine...

10 May 2020 7:11 PM IST

Air ambulance flies from Chennai to evacuate AP native from Johannesburg

Air ambulance flies from Chennai to evacuate AP native from...

At the centre of the mission is a bank employee suffering from terminal cancer who needs immediate evacuation from...

9 May 2020 6:49 PM IST

No, you cant shoot. The Tamil Nadu government is allowing only post-production work.

OK, Kollywood, you can get back to (some) work, May 11

Only post-production work, and subject to maximum number of workers

9 May 2020 1:34 PM IST

A worker sits down for meal at the closed Koyambedu market in Chennai. The market has reported an alarming surge of coronavirus cases in the past week. (PTI)

Decentralise vegetable market to all zone to avoid another Koyambedu'

According to the merchants, at least 1900 shops including 270 wholesalers are currently in the market.

9 May 2020 11:22 AM IST

A worker sits down for meal at the closed Koyambedu market in Chennai. The market has reported an alarming surge of coronavirus cases in the past week. (PTI)

Don't be afraid, don't be very afraid of Tamil Nadu's coronavirus...

State reports 600 new cases in the past 24 hours and rises to fourth in the corona table of India

9 May 2020 8:54 AM IST