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Pranav Mohanlal starrer Hridayam gets a release date

Hridayam stars superstar Mohanlal's son Pranav Mohanlal, Kalyani Priyadarshan and Darshana Rajendran. It has been directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan.

Nargis Fakhri to star in Pawan Kalyan’s Hari Hara Veera Mallu: ‘It’s something new for me’

Hari Hara Veera Mallu will be directed by Krish Jagarlamudi. It will feature Pawan Kalyan in a never-seen-before avatar.

RRR writer KV Vijayendra Prasad working on Rowdy Rathore 2?

RRR writer KV Vijayendra Prasad is also working on Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan 2.

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British watchdog censures football club Arsenal over cryptocurrency ads

Fan tokens allow supporters of soccer and other sports clubs to vote on minor decisions such as songs played at matches after a goal is scored, or images used on social media.

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HP announces manufacturing of laptops, desktop in India

Some products that will be manufactured in India are: HP EliteBooks, HP ProBooks and HP G8 series notebooks.

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LG DualUp, UltraFine Display monitors make life easier for multitaskers, creators

The new LG DualUp is basically two vertically stacked monitors making multitasking a breeze, while the LG UltraFine Display aims to provide more precision for creators. Read more below.

Chennai News

Madras High Court orders probe into lawyer’s ‘indecent behaviour’ in virtual hearing

🔴 The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, meanwhile, prohibited the lawyer, R D Santhana Krishnan, from practising law in view of his “indecent behaviour while attending the court proceedings through virtual mode”.

Puducherry to allow tourists for New Year, masks, vaccine mandatory

🔴 More than 40 music concerts of nationally-renowned bands and other live performances are planned along with the one where Bollywood actress Sunny Leone is likely to make a special appearance.

Cop killed in Madurai as 110-year-old building collapses

Another constable, who was standing nearby, suffered grievous injuries and is currently undergoing treatment. Chief Minister M K Stalin has announced a solatium of Rs 25 lakh to the family of the deceased.

Tamil Nadu minister urges Centre to bear capital cost, recurring expenses of community kitchens

🔴 While capital expenditure includes expenses for the building, utensils and furniture, recurring costs are incurred for food grains, transport of material, salary of staff and so on.

Reverse move to increase GST on textile items, AIADMK urges Centre

🔴 The Tamil Nadu Federation of Power Looms Associations is demanding a restoration of GST to its previous slab of 5 per cent, Panneerselvam pointed out.

Chennai News Live: Tamil Nadu logs 604 Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths; active infections drop below 7,000

🔴 Chennai, Tamil Nadu Omicron Coronavirus Cases Live Updates News 22 December: Meanwhile, hundreds of fishermen and women observed a fast in Rameswaram on Wednesday to protest against the arrest of 68 fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy and demanding their immediate release.

Chennai power cut today: These parts of city to face power disruption

🔴 Chennai power disruption December 22, Wednesday: Parts of Chennai will face a power cut from 9 am to 2 pm for maintenance work today.

Sri Lanka detains 13 more fishermen from TN; Stalin asks centre to uphold India’s traditional fishing rights in Palk Strait

🔴 Writing to the Union government, MK Stalin said action should be taken to prevent such ‘fearsome’ incidents and attacks on fishermen.

Apple supplier Foxconn’s India plant shut this week after protests over food poisoning

🔴 The factory looked deserted on Tuesday, with a few cars including a police vehicle parked outside. No workers were seen at the site, which was manned by two guards and a few other security officials.

IT dept detects Rs 250 crore unaccounted cash transactions after raids on Neyveli based group

🔴 The searches were carried out on December 16, and 30 premises of the unidentified group, also engaged in real estate and finance business, in Neyveli (Cuddalore district), Coimbatore, Nilgiris and Chennai were covered.

Tamil Nadu lawyer suspended from practising for ‘improper’ behaviour during virtual hearing

🔴 The judges directed the CB-CID wing of the police to register a case and hold a thorough probe on the issue and file a report on December 23.

Tamil Nadu: Two Class 10 girls in custody over murder of a youth who blackmailed them

🔴 The case came to light on Sunday when farmers of Eachangadu village, in the suburbs of Chennai, spotted hair and bloodied remains of a body in a deserted farm.

TN: Team engaged in doorstep education sacked after video shows member in official t-shirt buying liquor

🔴 The Illam Thedi Kalvi Scheme was launched as schools remained closed for a long period owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Chennai: Karunanidhi’s personal secretary passes away

Starting from 1969, Shanmuganathan was associated with Karunanidhi for almost five decades. He earlier worked in the police department.

There are holy cows from Varanasi to Vadipatti, dare not poke fun at them, says Madras HC

🔴 All over the country, national security happens to be the “ultimate holy cow,” the Madras High Court Bench observed.

Tamil Nadu: Burglary at Vellore’s Jos Alukkas cracked, jewellery worth Rs 8 crore recovered

🔴 The police said they had analysed 200 pieces of footage from the streets near the Jos Alukkas showroom in Thottapalayam and found the accused, V Teekaraman, loitering around on a couple of occasions.

Salem woman held for killing transgender son

🔴 Five of the woman’s acquaintances were also arrested.

Tamil Nadu: TNSTC to operate over 16,000 buses for Pongal festival

🔴 The decision to run the special buses was taken at a meeting chaired by state Transport Minister RS Rajakannappan on Monday.

Tamil Nadu govt considering plea for parole to Nalini, Madras High Court informed

🔴 State Public Prosecutor Mohammed Hassan Jinnah told this to the Division Bench of Justices P N Prakash and R Hemalatha when a petition from Padma, mother of Nalini, came up for further hearing today.

Chennai: College student held for abetment of 17-year-old girl’s suicide

The girl was found dead in her room on Saturday and a purported suicide note was retrieved by the cops. The letter had a line ‘stop sexual harassment’ on the top and said no one, including teachers, relatives, should be trusted.

Protest in Tamil Nadu seeking release of fishermen arrested by Sri Lanka

🔴 The fishermen in Rameswaram, who are on an indefinite strike from Sunday over the arrests, demanded that the Sri Lankan authorities immediately release all the arrested fishermen and their boats.

Infant dies as TN man tries to carry out wife’s delivery at home using YouTube videos

The profusely bleeding woman was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition. The Health Department in Ranipet district has registered a complaint in the wake of the incident.

TN police intensifies search to arrest ex-Minister

With the Madras High Court rejecting Bhalaji’s anticipatory bail application on December 17, police have intensified searches apart from forming as many as six special teams to arrest him in the case, Virudhunagar district police sources said.

Chennai: ‘Godman’ arrested for raping woman for years, wife held for aiding him

The woman had been facing the sexual assault since she was a minor and had also been impregnated by the self-styled ‘godman’.

43 Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested, 6 boats seized by Sri Lankan Navy

🔴 Demanding their immediate release, the fishermen association here said it would stage a protest on Monday and announced an ‘indefinite strike’ as well.

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