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Here are the big stories from Tamil Nadu today

Welcome to the Tamil Nadu Today newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories to follow today.

The Hindu · Jun 21, 2023

Plan is on to upgrade Semmozhi Poonga on par with Dubai Miracle Garden, T.N. government tells Madras High Court

The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 told the Madras High Court that it intends to upgrade the sprawling Semmozhi Poonga on Cathedral Road in Chennai into a world-class park, by annexing to it the recently-retrieved land from Agri-Horticultural Society. The submission on the government’s plan to upgrade…

The Hindu · Jun 21, 2023

Senthilbalaji case | Supreme Court refuses instant relief to ED, says Madras HC ‘understands the law’

The Supreme Court listed the case for July 4 as it awaits the final opinion from the Madras High Court on Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji’s arrest, which will hear the case on June 22.

The Hindu · Jun 21, 2023

Justice R. Tharani assumes office as chief of Official Language panel

Justice R. Tharani assumes office as Chairperson, State Official Language (Legislative) Commission

The Hindu · Jun 19, 2023

PIL in Madras High Court questions Senthilbalaji’s continuation in Tamil Nadu Cabinet

A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court questioning the propriety of allowing V. Senthilbalaji, arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on June 14 in a money laundering case, to continue in the Cabinet as a Minister without portfolio despite him being in judicial…

The Hindu · Jun 19, 2023

Madras High Court refuses to stay trial in corruption case against Minister Ponmudy

The Madras High Court has refused to stay all further proceedings in a case pending against Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy before a special court, for having allegedly abused his position when he was Minister for Mines and Mineral Resources between 2007 and 2011 and obtained quarry licences in favour…

The Hindu · Jun 19, 2023

PIL in Madras High Court challenges ban on using the word ‘water’ to sell non carbonated water-based beverages

The Madras High Court on Monday ordered notice to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on a public interest litigation petition challenging its January 12, 2023 circular which states that non-carbonated water-based beverages should not be sold, projected as ‘water’ in any form, be it in the…

The Hindu · Jun 19, 2023

T.N. Senthilbalaji arrest | Minister is feigning illness, want him back in custody on discharge from hospital: ED to SC

The Supreme Court agreed to hear on June 21 a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate against an order of the Madras High Court allowing the shifting of arrested Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji to a private hospital.

The Hindu · Jun 19, 2023

A case of propriety versus politics

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s unconditional backing and retaining of V. Senthilbalaji, a political turncoat, as a Minister without a portfolio citing only his “hospitalisation” raises uncomfortable questions.

The Hindu · Jun 18, 2023

Power games: the anatomy of an arrest

Minister V. Senthilbalaji was questioned for 18 hours by the ED and when he complained of chest pain, was initially admitted to the Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital at Omandurar Government Estate in Chennai. He was later shifted to a private hospital in Chennai

The Hindu · Jun 17, 2023