Dhanush in Maaran.
Tamil Nadu Chennai News Live Updates: The first look poster of director Karthick Naren’s upcoming film, tentatively titled D43, was released on the occasion of actor Dhanush’s 38th birthday. The first look also reveals the title of the film as Maaran. The poster features an angry-looking Dhanush taking on one of his rivals. “His courage is his weapon Proudly presenting the first look of #Maaran … Happy birthday (sic),” tweeted Karthick, while unveiling the poster.
AIADMK’s top leaders O Panneerselvam and K Palaniswami on Tuesday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah and handed over a memorandum of Tamil Nadu related issues. Speaking to reporters in Delhi after visiting Shah, Palaniswami said, “it was a courtesy visit.”
Tamil Nadu recorded 1767 positive cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, bringing the state tally to 25,52,049. Among these, Chennai reported 139 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 5,37,386. The state recorded 29 deaths on Tuesday, putting the state toll at 33,966. 28 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities. A total of 2312 patients were discharged following treatment, taking the total number of recoveries to 24,95,895.
As of Tuesday, the number of active Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu is 22,188. Till date, 14,91,084 males, 10,60,927 females and 38 transgenders have tested positive for the virus in the state.
Quashing a criminal defamation proceedings initiated by the previous AIADMK government against the Tamil daily Dinamalar, a Madras High Hourt order, however, said the newspaper referring to the former Chief Minister late J Jayalalithaa as ‘J’ in a news article was disrespectful.
READ | Referring to Jayalalithaa as ‘J’ is disrespectful: Madras High Court
Two people were injured when the two-wheeler they were riding was knocked down by an SUV in a hit-and-run incident on the Salem-Coimbatore highway in Tamil Nadu. Visuals of the incident, captured on the dashcam of another car, went viral on social media.
READ | Dashcam footage of car records hit-and-run incident on Salem-Coimbatore highway; 5 held
For assistance on COVID-19-related queries and mental health support in Chennai, citizens can contact the Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) COVID-19 helpline 044 46122300 or 044 25384520 | Citizens can also contact the general helpline 104, the 24-hour helplines 044 29510400 or 29510500 and the 24 x 7 mobile helplines 8754448477 or 9444340496 | Citizens can find the nearest GCC-facilitated COVID-19 fever clinic here | For lodging rain-related complaints and assistance during the monsoon, citizens can contact the GCC’s monsoon helplines 044 25384530 or 044 25384540 or the control room 1913 (available 24×7)
Tamil Nadu Chennai News July 26, 27 Highlights
Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/tamil-nadu-chennai-coronavirus-lockdown-second-wave-corporation-metro-stalin-madras-hc-police-power-cut-live-7425977/
