"When people don't have money, they go for cheap illicit liquor. People should understand that if they resort to such things, it will take away their lives and their families will suffer," Elangovan said.
AIADMK advocates have requested the Madras High Court to take up an urgent petition on the Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy issue for hearing. The Madras High Court division bench of Justices D Krishnakumar and K Kumaresh Babu have agreed to hear it on June 21.
At least 25 people died and more than 60 people were hospitalised after reportedly consuming illicit liquor in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district, officials said on Thursday.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has ordered an inquiry by the Crime Branch, Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID) on the issue and transferred District Collector Sravankumar Jatavath and appointed MS Prashanth as the new Collector for Kallkurichi district.
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After Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin extended birthday wishes to Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leader replied by saying that he is waiting for his box of sweets.
"The replacement of the above mentioned three Acts has been done in haste without adequate deliberations and consultations. These enactments are falling within List III - concurrent list of the Constitution of India and hence extensive consultation ought to have been done with the State Gove
While addressing a public meeting in Coimbatore on Saturday, the Tamil Nadu CM also targeted the BJP over its slogan of 'Abki Baar, 400 Paar', saying, "Despite a lot of efforts, the BJP got only 240 seats."
The final rites of Sivashankar Govindhan, one of the seven deceased from Tamil Nadu in the Kuwait fire tragedy, are being performed in Chennai's Royapuram crematorium on Saturday.
Fourty-five Indians have lost their lives in the deadly fire that broke out in the "labour accommodation" in the Mangaf area of Kuwait in the early hours of Wednesday.