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The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday carried out searches against AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu minister C Vijayabaskar apart from a Chennai-based real estate group as part of separate money laundering investigations

The Tamil Nadu Governor has accorded sanction to prosecute former AIADMK Ministers: Dr C Vijayabaskar and B V Ramana in the gutka scam being investigated by the CBI, state Law Minister S Regupathy said in Pudukkottai on Monday.

Former Tamil Nadu Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar was raided today by the officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti- Corruption (DVAC) wing of the Tamil Nadu Police over a disproportionate assets case.

The agency carried out raids at 26 locations linked to MR Vijayabaskar and his alleged associates, largely at his hometown Karur, and four in Chennai.

Officials from the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption in Tamil Nadu are conducting raids at least 20 properties of former Transport Minister MR Vijayabaskar.

After holding a detailed telecon with Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijayabaskar over the COVID-19 situation, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that Chennai continues to remain a hotspot and the mortality rate is low at 1.39 per cent.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami has tested negative for coronavirus, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said in Chennai today.

A 54-year-old man infected with coronavirus died at a hospital here in the early hours of Wednesday, the first death recorded in Tamil Nadu due to the contagion, state Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said.

A 20-year-old man from Delhi has tested positive for coronavirus in Chennai, taking Tamil Nadu's tally to two. The case of this man from with travel history to Delhi and no overseas travel has raised concerns of community transmission of the disease. He is now being treated in Chennai. Health Minister Dr Vijayabaskar said the patient is "stable".

Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijayabaskar, in the eye of a political storm over the gutka scam and opposition demands for his resignation, has been named as one of the organising secretaries of the party, a key post in the ruling AIADMK.

Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Minister C. Vijayabaskar on Wednesday said as a law-abiding citizen, he would extend his cooperation for any probe.

Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijayabaskar on Wednesday, faced the second central agency probe in two years, with the CBI knocking at his doors after the Income Tax raid last year.

The DMK has demanded removal of Tamil Nadu's health minister and and the state police chief after the CBI raided their residence in connection with a gutkha scam.

An AIADMK minister found himself at the centre of a controversy after he told a woman journalist she was beautiful, while trying to evade questions from her.

Animal rights advocacy group, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has written to a Tamil Nadu Minister, whose bull died during a jallikattu event, seeking his support to repeal an act passed to ensure conduct of the bull taming event in the state.

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday carried out searches against AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu minister C Vijayabaskar apart from a Chennai-based real estate group as part of separate money laundering investigations

The Tamil Nadu Governor has accorded sanction to prosecute former AIADMK Ministers: Dr C Vijayabaskar and B V Ramana in the gutka scam being investigated by the CBI, state Law Minister S Regupathy said in Pudukkottai on Monday.

Former Tamil Nadu Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar was raided today by the officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti- Corruption (DVAC) wing of the Tamil Nadu Police over a disproportionate assets case.

The agency carried out raids at 26 locations linked to MR Vijayabaskar and his alleged associates, largely at his hometown Karur, and four in Chennai.

Officials from the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption in Tamil Nadu are conducting raids at least 20 properties of former Transport Minister MR Vijayabaskar.

After holding a detailed telecon with Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijayabaskar over the COVID-19 situation, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that Chennai continues to remain a hotspot and the mortality rate is low at 1.39 per cent.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami has tested negative for coronavirus, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said in Chennai today.

A 54-year-old man infected with coronavirus died at a hospital here in the early hours of Wednesday, the first death recorded in Tamil Nadu due to the contagion, state Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said.

A 20-year-old man from Delhi has tested positive for coronavirus in Chennai, taking Tamil Nadu's tally to two. The case of this man from with travel history to Delhi and no overseas travel has raised concerns of community transmission of the disease. He is now being treated in Chennai. Health Minister Dr Vijayabaskar said the patient is "stable".

Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijayabaskar, in the eye of a political storm over the gutka scam and opposition demands for his resignation, has been named as one of the organising secretaries of the party, a key post in the ruling AIADMK.

Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Minister C. Vijayabaskar on Wednesday said as a law-abiding citizen, he would extend his cooperation for any probe.

Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijayabaskar on Wednesday, faced the second central agency probe in two years, with the CBI knocking at his doors after the Income Tax raid last year.

The DMK has demanded removal of Tamil Nadu's health minister and and the state police chief after the CBI raided their residence in connection with a gutkha scam.

An AIADMK minister found himself at the centre of a controversy after he told a woman journalist she was beautiful, while trying to evade questions from her.

Animal rights advocacy group, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has written to a Tamil Nadu Minister, whose bull died during a jallikattu event, seeking his support to repeal an act passed to ensure conduct of the bull taming event in the state.