Drive to make villages in Villupuram district free of illicit arrack, gains pace
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February 04, 2021 13:40 IST
So far, over 30 villages have been declared illicit arrack free, after the district police began an initiative that cracked down on bootlegging and also helped bootleggers find alternative employment
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Aalagramam village in Mailam block in Villupuram district has been declared an arrack-free village | Photo Credit:
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So far, over 30 villages have been declared illicit arrack free, after the district police began an initiative that cracked down on bootlegging and also helped bootleggers find alternative employment
Aalagramam, a nondescript village in Mailam block in the district, which was notorious for illicit liquor brewing in the recent past, has become the latest hamlet to join the list of illicit arrack-free villages in the district.
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The Madras High Court has decided to withdraw from February 8 all restrictions and limitations imposed by it on the functioning of trial courts across the State and the Union Territory of Puducherry to contain the spread of COVID-19.
In an official memorandum issued on Monday, Registrar General C. Kumarappan said the Administrative Committee of the High Court had taken the decision after reviewing the prevailing situation of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. “It is open to the Principal District Judges to decide on the mode and manner of functioning depending on the situation prevailing in their respective district or even in a particular taluk,” the memorandum, circulated to all judicial officers, read.
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CHENNAI: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday informed the Madras High Court that it is not in favour of granting horizontal reservation to government school students in medical admissions since it may undo reform of merit-based admissions.
The reply also said, Any artificial horizontal reservation is likely to create abnormal incentives/disincentives affecting pre-medical education. which will not be desirable.”
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Tamil Nadu Elections 2021: How to check name in voter list and download voter slip
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Updated: Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 14:55 [IST]
Chennai, Jan 20: The Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021 are round the corner. Elections are also being held in the states of West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
Though one has been registered as a voter for quite sometime, or even when a person has transferred the registration to a new place, it is at times hard to check one s name in the local voter s list. Below we will provide you with step-step instructions on how to check your name in the voter list.