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Six of seven accused have been arrested, the Superintendent of Police said; the Chief Minister announced ₹40 lakh for the officer’s family.

The official index stops at 500; readings fell to about 200 by the next morning, and a change in the wind should help clear the smoke.

The new State corporation will carry out projects costing more than ₹200 crore and raise money from unused government land.

Hearing a missing teenager’s case, the court added the Coast Guard-led rescue centre to the case and asked the Centre for a reply by 20 November.

Official figures for the 24 hours to 7 a.m. on 8 November show 1,387 injury admissions across the State; 1,283 ambulances were on duty.

It is the Chief Minister’s latest letter on the dam, which Tamil Nadu says would cut the Cauvery water it receives at a time its reservoirs are a third full.

Burns wards and emergency teams are ready for the festival night, when fire and cracker injuries peak.

First- and second-year undergraduate and diploma students in this academic year are eligible. ELCOT will buy the laptops.

A 2022 change in wildlife law allowed captive elephants to be moved for religious purposes. Critics say the rules meant to protect them are easy to get around.

The government told the Madras High Court that the post would now be filled through the regular process.

The plaza on the Chennai–Tada stretch of NH-16, in Tiruvallur district, has long been a sore point for daily commuters.

Carrying crackers on a train is an offence that can mean up to three years in jail. Nine people were also fined for walking on the tracks.

The northeast monsoon has to make up the gap. Weather forecasters expect November rain to be below normal, and Karnataka has been asked to release far less Cauvery water than the State sought.

Expect a wet Deepavali. In Tiruvannamalai, water has been released from the Shenbagathoppu dam and people in four towns have been told not to cross the swollen river.