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2 Madras High Court Judges Make Surprise Visit To Prison In Chennai
In an unexpected move, two judges of the Madras High Court made a surprise visit to Puzhal Central Prison on the outskirts of Chennai on Wednesday.
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Six Tamil Nadu Fishermen Released From Sri Lankan Prison
Six fishermen who had set out for fishing on January 12 were arrested by the Lankan Coast Guard allegedly for crossing the maritime border and their vessel was impounded.
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Senthil Balaji Leaves Jail Amid Buzz About Becoming A Minister Again
Former Tamil Nadu transport minister Senthil Balaji left Chennai's Puzhal Cental Prison on Thursday evening, hours after the Supreme Court granted him bail, sparking speculation over whether he would be reinducted into the state cabinet.
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First Fuel Outlet Run By Women Convicts Opens In Chennai
Tamil Nadu's prisone department is being praised for providing jobs to women convicts at a petrol pump in Chennai.
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In A First, Fuel Outlet Run By Women Convicts Opens In Chennai
The nation's first retail fuel outlet run by women convicts who are still serving their prison sentences was inaugurated in Chennai on Friday by Tamil Nadu Minister for Law and Prisons S Regupathy.
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Arrested Tamil Nadu Minister Taken Into Custody By Probe Agency For Questioning
Officials of the Enforcement Directorate on Monday took custody of Minister V Senthil Balaji from the central prison in Chennai for questioning in a money laundering case, after a court granted custody to the agency
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Jailed Tamil Nadu Minister Shifted From Hospital In Chennai To Prison
Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a cash-for-jobs case, was on Monday shifted to the Puzhal Central Prison here from a private hospital, official sources said.
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Ex Tamil Nadu Minister Released From Jail Accuses DMK Of Political Vendetta
AIADMK Senior leader D Jayakumar, arrested in connection with three cases including one on land-grab, was released from the Central prison in Chennai on Saturday after being granted conditional bail by the Madras High Court.
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"Happy To Be Free, But Kashmiris Being Denied Freedom": P Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said that while he's "happy to breath the air of freedom" after being in prison for more than three months, the people of Kashmir are being denied freedom.
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2 At Chennai Petrol Pump Run By Convicts Return Cash, Phone To Owner
Two prisoners, who were on night duty on November 10 at the Freedom Filling Station - an Indian Oil Corporation petrol bunk - run by prisoners in Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu, found a bag left behind by a two-wheeler rider after filling up fuel.
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Tamil Nadu Parties Seek Release Of 7 Prisoners In Rajiv Gandhi Case
Led by MDMK leader Vaiko, the party today staged a protest in Chennai demanding that Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit release seven people serving life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
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Their Train Heist Went Like Clockwork. Demonetisation Left Loot Useless
The five accused persons in the Rs 5.78 crore train heist case were sent to Central Prison in Tamil Nadu capital Chennai on Monday after their police custody came to an end, police said.
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TVs Removed From Chennai Jail To Prevent Inmates From Charging Cellphones
Authorities of the Puzhal Central Jail on the outskirts of Chennai have removed 18 television sets and two FM radios from its premises in the wake of findings that inmates were using these appliances to charge mobile phones sneaked inside illegally.
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Chennai Jail Inmates Squeeze Some Value Out Of Banned Notes
Prisoners in Puzhal prison outside Chennai are giving a new lease of life to heaps of demonetised currency -- they are converting the notes into useful office file-holders
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No Visitors, No Politics, No Poes Garden As Sasikala Gets 5-Day Parole
VK Sasikala walked out of a Bengaluru prison today, nearly eight months after she was jailed for corruption. She has been granted five-day parole to travel to Chennai and visit her husband in hospital.
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2 Madras High Court Judges Make Surprise Visit To Prison In Chennai
In an unexpected move, two judges of the Madras High Court made a surprise visit to Puzhal Central Prison on the outskirts of Chennai on Wednesday.
-
Six Tamil Nadu Fishermen Released From Sri Lankan Prison
Six fishermen who had set out for fishing on January 12 were arrested by the Lankan Coast Guard allegedly for crossing the maritime border and their vessel was impounded.
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Senthil Balaji Leaves Jail Amid Buzz About Becoming A Minister Again
Former Tamil Nadu transport minister Senthil Balaji left Chennai's Puzhal Cental Prison on Thursday evening, hours after the Supreme Court granted him bail, sparking speculation over whether he would be reinducted into the state cabinet.
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First Fuel Outlet Run By Women Convicts Opens In Chennai
Tamil Nadu's prisone department is being praised for providing jobs to women convicts at a petrol pump in Chennai.
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In A First, Fuel Outlet Run By Women Convicts Opens In Chennai
The nation's first retail fuel outlet run by women convicts who are still serving their prison sentences was inaugurated in Chennai on Friday by Tamil Nadu Minister for Law and Prisons S Regupathy.
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Arrested Tamil Nadu Minister Taken Into Custody By Probe Agency For Questioning
Officials of the Enforcement Directorate on Monday took custody of Minister V Senthil Balaji from the central prison in Chennai for questioning in a money laundering case, after a court granted custody to the agency
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Jailed Tamil Nadu Minister Shifted From Hospital In Chennai To Prison
Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a cash-for-jobs case, was on Monday shifted to the Puzhal Central Prison here from a private hospital, official sources said.
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Ex Tamil Nadu Minister Released From Jail Accuses DMK Of Political Vendetta
AIADMK Senior leader D Jayakumar, arrested in connection with three cases including one on land-grab, was released from the Central prison in Chennai on Saturday after being granted conditional bail by the Madras High Court.
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"Happy To Be Free, But Kashmiris Being Denied Freedom": P Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said that while he's "happy to breath the air of freedom" after being in prison for more than three months, the people of Kashmir are being denied freedom.
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2 At Chennai Petrol Pump Run By Convicts Return Cash, Phone To Owner
Two prisoners, who were on night duty on November 10 at the Freedom Filling Station - an Indian Oil Corporation petrol bunk - run by prisoners in Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu, found a bag left behind by a two-wheeler rider after filling up fuel.
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Tamil Nadu Parties Seek Release Of 7 Prisoners In Rajiv Gandhi Case
Led by MDMK leader Vaiko, the party today staged a protest in Chennai demanding that Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit release seven people serving life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
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Their Train Heist Went Like Clockwork. Demonetisation Left Loot Useless
The five accused persons in the Rs 5.78 crore train heist case were sent to Central Prison in Tamil Nadu capital Chennai on Monday after their police custody came to an end, police said.
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TVs Removed From Chennai Jail To Prevent Inmates From Charging Cellphones
Authorities of the Puzhal Central Jail on the outskirts of Chennai have removed 18 television sets and two FM radios from its premises in the wake of findings that inmates were using these appliances to charge mobile phones sneaked inside illegally.
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Chennai Jail Inmates Squeeze Some Value Out Of Banned Notes
Prisoners in Puzhal prison outside Chennai are giving a new lease of life to heaps of demonetised currency -- they are converting the notes into useful office file-holders
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No Visitors, No Politics, No Poes Garden As Sasikala Gets 5-Day Parole
VK Sasikala walked out of a Bengaluru prison today, nearly eight months after she was jailed for corruption. She has been granted five-day parole to travel to Chennai and visit her husband in hospital.
