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Chennai tech honcho Prasanna Sankaranarayanan moves Madras HC alleging police harassing him at wife’s behest | Chennai News – The Times of India

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CHENNAI: Days after alleging police harassment, Prasanna Sankaranarayanan, co-founder of HR software firm Rippling, moved the Madras high court seeking protection. He claimed that the Chennai police were harassing him at the behest of his estranged wife, Dhivya Sashidhar. Admitting his plea, Justice G.K. Ilanthirayan on Thursday directed the police not to harass the petitioner…

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CMs rally against Centre’s proposed population-based delimitation | Chennai News – The Times of India

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CHENNAI: The Joint Action Committee for Fair Delimitation, comprising chief ministers and heads of political parties from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha and Punjab, on Saturday passed a resolution calling for a 25-year extension of the freeze on Lok Sabha constituencies based on the 1971 population census.The JAC, initiated by Tamil Nadu CM MK…

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Proposed panel will be final authority on delimitation: FM Nirmala Sitharaman | Chennai News – The Times of India

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CHENNAI: The Delimitation Commission will be the final authority to decide the basis of delimitation, according to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The commission will have the ultimate say in the matter, the finance minister said in an interaction with journalists in Chennai on Saturday.“Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah clarified…

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In Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin’s fair delimitation push, a ‘Sword of Damocles’ warning rings loud from ally | Chennai News – The Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK hosted the first Joint Action Committee (JAC) meeting on Saturday, bringing together political leaders from multiple states to oppose population-based Lok Sabha delimitation. The meeting, chaired by TN chief minister MK Stalin, saw a consensus emerge to push for “fair delimitation” that does not penalise states with successful population…

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Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) raids Amazon, Flipkart warehouses; seizes non-certificated products | Chennai News – The Times of India

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CHENNAI: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) raided warehouses of e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart in Tiruvallur district on Wednesday, seizing large quantities of products being sold without mandatory certification.At Amazon’s warehouse in Puduvoyal, officials confiscated 3,376 items including insulated flasks, food containers, metallic potable water bottles, ceiling fans, and toys without BIS standard marks….

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Indo-Russian chamber official held in fraud case | Chennai News – The Times of India

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CHENNAI: Secretary-general of Indo-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industries P Thangappan, 68, has been arrested on charges of abusing his position and aiding fraudsters in cheating a businessman of 7.3 crore, promising to get him 2,000 crore worth of Russian government contracts.Police, who in November 2024 arrested nine people in connection with the case, said…

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Metro expansions, new airport, language museum and more: Key takeaways, announcements from Tamil Nadu Budget 2025-26 | Chennai News – The Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin’s DMK-led administration presented the state Budget for 2025-26 in the assembly on Friday, outlining extensive welfare provisions ahead of the forthcoming elections. The financial plan includes substantial allocations for key initiatives, notably the fare-free bus travel scheme for women.However, the proceedings were briefly disrupted as AIADMK,…

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Man’s body brought to marriage hall to ‘solemnise’ wedding of son | Chennai News – The Times of India

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KRISHNAGIRI: A 60-year-old man died while attending his eldest son’s engagement near Mathur in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday evening, on the eve of the wedding. In normal circumstances, the wedding would have been postponed. But in this case, the grieving family members and the bride’s side decided to advance wedding and hold…

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3-year-old may have provoked sexual assault, says collector, shunted out | Chennai News – The Times of India

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District collector of Tamil Nadu’s Mayiladuthurai A P Mahabharathi TRICHY: The district collector of Tamil Nadu‘s Mayiladuthurai caused outrage Friday by allegedly suggesting that a three-year-old survivor of an attempted sexual assault may have “provoked” the actions of the suspect, a 16-year-old boy. The remark led the state to transfer A P Mahabharathi and appoint…

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