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Tamil Nadu Telangana Assembly Elections COVID-19 Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Tamil Nadu and Puducherry today to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development initiatives, including key power projects in Tamil Nadu.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an election meeting in Coimbatore on February 25 and at least 1.5 lakh people are expected to attend, BJP sources said on Tuesday.

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Chief Minister K Palaniswami and Deputy Chief minister O Panneerselvam will participate in the official function. Party workers and functionaries from 12 districts are expected to attend the meeting, in the presence of BJP national general secretary C T Ravi, Union minister of state for home G Kishan Reddy and State president L Murugan.

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The CMRL has joined hands with Geo India Foundation and Rotary International in launching the vending machines.

To facilitate women passengers, the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has installed sanitary napkin vending machines across 39 stations in the city. CMRL has joined hands with Geo India Foundation and Rotary International in launching the vending machines, with each capable of holding up to 20 pads. Every station has been provided a stock of 1,000 pads for a refill. The machines will be set up near women’s toilets. Commuters can get a sanitary pad by inserting a coin into the machine, with the help of staff members stationed there.

READ | Chennai: Sanitary pad vending machines at 39 metro stations

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Tamil Nadu government Wednesday issued an order to constitute an enquiry committee to probe the sexual allegation complaint filed by a woman IAS officer against Special Director General of Police (Law and order) Rajesh Das. The officer has been put on ‘compulsory wait’, which means he will not get any posting and cannot carry out his duties as the Special DGP as long as the probe is on.

READ | Tamil Nadu government to probe sexual allegation complaint against Special DGP; officer put on ‘compulsory wait’

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