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Here’s a list of top news stories to watch for Tamil Nadu on Thursday, May 18, 2023

May 18, 2023 09:59 am | Updated 09:59 AM IST

  • The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court will hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against illegal sand mining at Gundar in Ramanathapuram district.

  • CM Stalin will lay the foundation stone of Porunai Archaeological Museum through video conferencing

  • Reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision on a batch of petitions seeking to strike down Tamil Nadu’s law protecting Jallikattu, claiming that the bull-taming sport is the state’s cultural heritage.

  • The monthly rates for multi-level car parking in Coimbatore have been reduced by the corporation following a lukewarm response from car owners.

  • O Panneerselvam, the expelled coordinator of the AIADMK, urged the DMK government. To implement the 4% hike in Dearness Allowance of the State Govt. employees, teachers and pensioners with retrospective effect from January 1, 2023. TN Govt. It was announced yesterday that it would be implemented with retrospective effect from April 1 this year.

  • Salem Central Jail now has a computer literacy lab for prison inmates with 25 desktop computers. More than 200 jail inmates will be imparted training in basic computer skills by the faculty members of the private college.

  • Pure science programs find fewer takers in arts and science colleges.

  • Dharmapuri district administration has launched an app for complaints of food adulteration.

  • A 30-year-old man died near Thiruttani after he fell off his two-wheeler after hitting a speed breaker.