Day: January 10, 2022

Based an order from a special court, the Crime Branch police on Sunday booked former Chief Minister and AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam and his son, Theni MP P Raveendranath, for allegedly furnishing false information regarding their immovable assets, agricultural properties, annual income, liabilities and educational qualifications in the affidavit filed during nomination for elections.

In a positive development at a time when Tamilnadu is witnessing steep rise of Covid-19 cases, Health department officials have said all Omicron patients have recovered in the State.

In a first, amid rising cases of Covid-19, the Southern Railways has announced that only passengers possessing a certificate of complete vaccination will be provided tickets to avail the suburban trains in Chennai.

The total Sunday lockdown announced by the Tamilnadu government due to rising Covid cases and to curb the spread of Omicron variant, seemed to have not dampened the ‘spirits’ of the tipplers across the State.

Precautionary third doses of vaccines – announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month – will be given to health and frontline workers and immuno-compromised seniors starting today as Covid numbers spike in the country, driven by Omicron.

Tamilnadu continued to report over 10,000 daily Covid-19 cases for the second consecutive day on Sunday as 12,895 infections were added to its tally, which touched 28,00,286 while 12 more deaths mounted the toll to 36,855.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that a meeting with Chief Ministers should be convened soon to discuss State-specific public health responses and best practices at the local level, as he reviewed the preparedness to deal with the pandemic on a day when the country reported 175,972 new Covid-19 cases.