Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin. (File)
Tamil Nadu Chennai News Live Updates: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday congratulated javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and wrestler Bajrang Punia for winning a gold and bronze medal respectively, at the Tokyo Olympics.
Stalin tweeted, “A remarkable day in the history of Indian sports. My heartiest congratulations to Neeraj chopra for ending the 120 year wait of India to win an athletics gold medal in Olympics. You’ve instilled a new sense of hope in a billion hearts. You are truly a national hero.” The Chief Minister congratulated Bajrang Punia on winning the sixth medal for India at Tokyo in his Olympics debut ‘through a clinical and dominating performance.’
Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings on Saturday announced that Rs 1 crore will be given to Neeraj Chopra, as a mark of his honour and achievement at the Olympics.
Tamil Nadu has recorded 1,969 new cases of COVID-19 and 29 deaths, the Health Department said on Saturday. The fresh cases reported during the day took the total number of infections to 25,73,352 and the fatalities to 34,289 till date. Coimbatore topped the list of new infections with 223 people testing positive. Chennai reported 194 cases yesterday.
The Madras High Court has directed the management of private schools to issue transfer certificates (TCs) to the students who opt for the same without insisting on payment of the fees due, within a week on receipt of applications. Any student or parent, who wants to continue the education in a different school should submit an application in that regard to the transferor school concerned. Immediately after the application is submitted, the transferor school shall issue the TC within a week.
Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday paid floral tributes at the mausoleum of former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi here on his third death anniversary and urged party workers to take a vow to perpetuate DMK’s rule in Tamil Nadu.cStalin showered flower petals at the late party patriarch’s samadhi on the Marina beachfront and on the occasion of the anniversary, he asked cadres to work hard to perpetuate the memory of ‘Kalaignar’ and the DMK’s rule in Tamil Nadu.
READ | On Karunanidhi’s death anniversary, CM Stalin asks cadres to preserve DMK rule in TN
Pa Ranjith’s latest boxing drama ‘Sarpatta Parambarai,’ which released on Amazon Prime Video on July 22, has received massive attention from the audience and is being touted as one of the most successful boxing films out of India. While the period film set in the 1970s mainly focuses on the clash between two rival boxing clans, the life of Kablian (played by actor Arya) as a boxer, and touches upon the caste issues and politics during the Emergency, it ends up doing much more than that. Sarpatta Parambarai brings into attention one of the lesser-known traditions of North Madras: professional boxing.
READ | Sarpatta Parambarai brings North Madras’ boxing memories back in the ring
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 | Find the nearest GCC vaccine centre 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)
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