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A street in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, being fenced by corporation workers as a containment zone on July 14.

COVID-19 deaths and infections on the rise in Tamil Nadu

With 69 more people dying of Covid-19 related complications on July 16, the number of deaths due to the infection in Tamil Nadu has reached 1,035 sinc

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Salem Corporation staff checking the temperature of residents in Salem Corporation limits as part of a door-to-door survey to contain the spread of COVID-19 on July 3.

In Tamil Nadu, 628 deaths in 10 days, three Ministers in hospital

As many as 628 deaths in the first 10 days of July and three Ministers and eight MLAs in hospital: this is highlight of the COVID-19 tally in Tamil Na

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Chief Minister Edappadi K.Palaniswami laying the foundation stone for relaying of water pipelines from Salem to Attur, at Mettupatti in Salem district on June 28.

Tamil Nadu: Districts in focus

The government, which refuses to make its fight against the pandemic inclusive, claims that the COVID-19 curve is flattening in Chennai. But it has a

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Checking for fever in Triplicane in Chennai as part of COVID-19 detection, on July 1.

Tamil Nadu COVID-19 cases set to cross 1 lakh on July 3

The number of COVID-19 positive cases in Tamil Nadu per day crossed 4,000 for the first time on July 2 and the total number of infections in the State

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In Chennai, a medical worker collect a swab sample from a senior citizen for the COVID-19 test on June 29.

COVID cases race past 90,000 in Tamil Nadu, Minister tests positive

A Tamil Nadu Minister has tested positive for COVID-19 infection, even as the State continues to record new highs in the number of cases with each pas

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At the sample testing centre in Kilpauk Medical College Hospital in Chennai on June 23.

Domino effect

With a large number of people leaving for their home towns from Chennai, which accounts for the largest percentage of COVID in Tamil Nadu, the infecti

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Members of the public on a road roko at Sathankulam on June 23 in protest against the custodial death of the father-son duo.

Tamil Nadu opposition leaders raise questions over father-son custodial deaths

Tamil Nadu’s opposition political parties and local leaders have raised a series of questions following the mysterious custodial death of two shopkeep

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A private bus that arrived from Pallapatti in Karur district at the Corporation Central bus stand in Erode in early June when private buses were not allowed to operate.

Tamil Nadu stops inter-district travel from tomorrow following spike in COVID-19 cases

Even as new COVID-19 cases increase with each passing day in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced an abrupt suspension of inte

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In Chennai, police personnel check documents that allow travel during the 12-day lockdown that began today.

Another lockdown begins in Chennai, but case numbers continue to increase

The COVID-19 cases galloped in Chennai even as the Tamil Nadu government imposed yet another lockdown in the city and areas in three districts surroun

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami.

It’s back to being Vellore as T.N. revokes order on spelling-change of place names

The Tamil Nadu government has withdrawn its order bringing anglicised names of over 1000 cities, towns and suburbs in the State closer to their Tamil

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Homeless people queue up to receive free food at Koyambedu on June 15.

Lockdown in Chennai Area for 12 days from June 19

Just three days after saying that there was no plan for a complete lockdown anywhere in the State, the Tamil Nadu government announced just the opposi

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J. Radhakrishnan, new Health Secretaary of Tamil Nadu.

J. Radhakrishnan replaces Beela Rajesh as Tamil Nadu Health Secretary

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the top-most official who handles the Health Department has been transferred out. As infections in Chennai beg

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