Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday condoled the demise of three persons in a blast at a firecracker unit at Banduvarpatti near Sattur in Virudhunagar district, and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund to the kin who lost their loved ones in the accident. “I am deeply… Continue reading "Virudhunagar blast: CM orders relief to families of victims"
AIADMK ally DMDK’s General Secretary Premalatha Vijayakanth on Thursday called for a recounting, under the supervision of a retired judge, in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency where her son and party candidate Vijaya Prabhakaran lost. DMDK’s Prabhakaran lost to his Congress rival and sitting MP, Manickam Tagore by a slender margin of 4,379 votes. While Tagore garnered 385,256 votes,… Continue reading "Recount votes in Virudhunagar: DMDK"
At least four people died and several others were injured on Wednesday after an explosion occured at a stone quarry in Tamil Nadu’s Kariapatti area in Virudhunagar district. The Virudhunagar Fire and Rescue Department told news agency ANI, “At least three people died in an explosion that occurred in a stone quarry near the Kariapatti area of Virudhunagar district, this… Continue reading "Four dead, several injured after explosion at stone quarry in Virudhunagar"