The NCW had earlier taken suo motu cognizance of a media report on the deaths of people in the incident and constituted a three-member inquiry committee, led by NCW Member Khushbu Sundar, to look into the matter.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday moved a resolution in the State Assembly urging the Central Government to immediately commence the census work, along with a caste-based population census this time.
Tamil Nadu LoP Edappadi Palaniswami and other AIADMK MLAs have been suspended for this entire assembly session after a resolution was passed on Wednesday in the Tamil Nadu Assembly to suspend AIADMK MLAs.
"NIA has found out that there are international drug cartels in Tamil Nadu and Karachi that are operating and getting heroin from Afghanistan. It is being done. I think it is a very serious thing," Governor RN Ravi said.
MK Stalin, on Tuesday wrote a letter to the External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, urging him to secure the release of all fishermen apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy.
Makers of Nad Sham, Suman Rao and Nandini Gupta starrer 'The Heist' have unveiled the release date of the film. 'The Heist' is all set to release on July 19.
The death toll in the hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district rose to 59 on Tuesday, the district administration said.
While 111 persons are undergoing treatment at Kallakurichi Government Medical College hospital, hospital authorities stated.
On the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the imposition of the Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised a sharp criticism at the Congress and said that the dark days of the emergency remind how the Congress Party trampled over the Constitution of India.
The BJP said it will launch a nationwide programme to mark the 21-month state of Emergency imposed on June 25, 1975, by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.