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The Supreme Court’s order to leave nine new districts out of Tamil Nadu civic polls, originally scheduled for December 27 and 30, led to the election commission withdrawing its notice for the polls on Friday, leaving everyone guessing if the polls will be held as per earlier schedule in the remaining districts or be delayed. The DMK was upbeat after the order following its petition alleging delimitation and reservation exercise had not been done properly in the nine newly formed districts before the polls.The ruling AIADMK went ahead with the seat sharing negotiations with the allies on Friday despite the order and alleged Stalin’s party had moved the court to stall the polls as it feared losing.Civic polls were to be held after a seven year gap in Tamil Nadu and the nominations for the rural seats, earlier voting on December 27 and 30, were supposed to begin on Friday.SC ordered that civic polls in the nine new districts of Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Ranipet, Thiruppattur, … [Read more...] about Tamil Nadu civic polls under a cloud after SC order to exclude nine new districts

Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka could follow in the footsteps of Gujarat and Chhattisgarh to declare a 'no new coal' policy, a new analysis said on Thursday. This implies these states will not need any new coal power plants in the future, and all of their future energy demands could be cost-effectively met by renewable and flexible based energy alone. The report, 'Winds of Change: No New Coal States of India', was released by New Delhi-based climate communications organisation Climate Trends. It said its findings were on the analysis of current economic indicators, the states' installed power capacities, electricity generation and renewable energy potential, as well as the impacts of air pollution and water stress that is aggravated by coal power. "Our analysis confirms the beginning of the end for coal in India. The decision by Gujarat, the country's most industrialised state, and Chhattisgarh, the largest coal bearing state, to exit new coal power highlights the poor … [Read more...] about Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka to declare ‘no new coal’ policy; future demands to be met by renewable & flexible based energy

Venkatachalam, 27, of V. Kottapady village in Karaikal district, has been killed in a fire accident at a ceramic factory caused by a LPG tanker blast in Sudan. His family was informed of his death by the Sudanese Embassy in New Delhi on Thursday.Venkatachalam joined the factory as a technician based on his ITI qualification and work experience in a ceramic unit in Karaikal in September.His parents were initially led to believe that he was alive and they received a 23-second audio clip of his conversation with a co-worker from Tamil Nadu. In the clip, Venkatachalam seeks the help of a co-worker over phone. But he was reportedly shifted to one of the hospitals before his friend could reach the spot. “We believed till Thursday that Venkatachalam survived the blast, till we got the information of his death,” Sarathkumar, 28, cousin of Venkatachalam, said.The family has learnt that all the bodies of the victims belonging to Tamil Nadu will be flown in next week. “We … [Read more...] about Karaikal youth dies in Sudan ceramic factory blast

Coimbatore: A court here on Friday granted bail to 25 people, arrested for staging a protest over the recent wall collapse that claimed 17 lives in Nadur village, over 50 km from here. The protesters had demanded the arrest of the owner of the house a portion of the compound wall of which collapsed on four tiled roof houses, killing 17 Dalits on Monday. After being arrested, they were remanded to judicial custody. When their bail applications came up for hearing on Friday, District Munsif and Judicial Magistrae P M Raikhana Parveen granted them the relief. Get the best of News18 delivered to your inbox - subscribe to News18 Daybreak. Follow News18.com on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, TikTok and on YouTube, and stay in the know with what's happening in the world around you – in real time. CoimbatoreTamil Nadutamil nadu wall collapse … [Read more...] about 25 Protesters Arrested for Staging Protest over Wall Collapse That Killed 17 Get Bail

The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the decks for rural local bodies in 27 districts in Tamil Nadu. Polling will take place in two phases, on December 27 and 30.The court gave Tamil Nadu four months to complete delimitation of its nine reconstituted districts and conduct panchayat elections at the village, intermediate and district levels. The districts are: Vellore, Tirupattur, Ranipet, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi.The AIADMK and the DMK have hailed the verdict. The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) on Friday issued orders cancelling the poll notification issued by it on December 2 announcing polls in rural local bodies across the State.A communication from the TNSEC Secretary L. Subramanian also declared as null and void all the election proceedings of the Returning Officers/Assistant Returning Officers so far. “There shall be no legal impediment against holding elections for panchayats at the village, intermediate and … [Read more...] about Decks cleared for rural local body polls in 27 districts