Ariyalur

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  10 Dead In Explosion At Fireworks Unit In Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur District

  Ten people were killed Monday in an explosion at a fireworks unit in Tamil Nadu in the second such accident in the state in last five days.

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  "Scary": 2 Students Ask Official To Move Liquor Shop. He Takes Action

  A letter to the district Collector by two school students has resulted in the shutting down of a liquor shop near their school in Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur district. The siblings now have appealed to the Chief Minister to shut down all liquor shops in t

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  Another Tamil Nadu Teen Dies By Suicide After Medical Exam NEET: Police

  A 17-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur district died allegedly by suicide Monday night, a day after taking the Medical Entrance Exam NEET.

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  Tamil Nadu NEET Aspirant Kills Self Ahead Of Exam: Police

  A 19-year-old NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) aspirant, who was found dead in Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur district on Wednesday, is suspected to have died by suicide, police said. The death of the teenager has triggered a political row; his parents said he was stressed due to the medical entrance exam to be held on Sunday.

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  Senior Cop, On Poll Duty In Tamil Nadu, Suspended Over Firing Incident

  An officer posted as an election observer at Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur was suspended by the Haryana government on Monday for reportedly firing in the air from a constable's gun. IGP officer Hemant Kalson, a 2001-batch officer, was sent on election duty in view of the April 18 Lok Sabha election in Tamil Nadu.

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  Tamil Nadu Poll Observer From Haryana Fires In Air, Relieved From Duty

  An election observer from the IPS cadre of Haryana caused a flutter in Ariyalur when he fired nine rounds in the air from a constable's gun early Sunday and was promptly removed from duty, officials said.

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  Protests Across Tamil Nadu After Student Who Fought NEET Exam In Supreme Court Kills Self

  There are wide-spread protests across Tamil Nadu a day after a 17-year-old Dalit student, who had fought against the common entrance exam for medical colleges in the Supreme Court, committed suicide allegedly after she did not get an admission into a medical college.

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  MDMK Leader Vaiko Alleges Hand Of Police Official In Sadiq Batcha's Death

  The death of Sadiq Batcha, an aide of former telecom minister A Raja, has come back into focus after a man from nearby Ariyalur alleged that he was murdered and it was not a case of suicide.

• AIADMK Appoints New District Secretaries in Dharmapuri, Ariyalur

  AIADMK General Secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today appointed 'Pookadai' M Munusami and 'Thamarai' S Rajendran as the party's district secretaries in Dharmaprui and Ariyalur.

• Minor boys rescued from employer

  Four minor boys, who were used for grazing cattle for the past six months, were rescued from their employer today, police said.

• Tamil Nadu government allots Rs 287 crore for irrigation facilities

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has allocated Rs 287.20 crore for upgrading and maintaining water bodies across the state.

• Marine fossil site in Tamil Nadu to be declared 'National Geological Monument'

  Geological Survey of India would soon declare a marine fossil site in Ariyalur district of Tamil Nadu as a 'National Geological Monument,' a top GSI official said today.

• Tamil Nadu govt allocates Rs 15 crore for various schemes in police department

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today announced allocating over Rs 15 crore towards various initiatives in the police department, including creating an additional Armed Reserve police division in Ariyalur district.