"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.
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.
A passenger, who was travelling on the Kanchenjunga Express at the time of the accident on June 17, filed a complaint against the loco pilot and co-loco pilot of the goods train.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offered financial assistance to the family of two workers from Gorakhpur who lost their lives in a fire accident in Kuwait and to devotees who were injured in the recent terrorist attack on a pilgrims' bus in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi.
Tragedy struck in southern Gaza's Rafah this morning as eight Israeli soldiers lost their lives in a devastating blast, marking the deadliest incident for the IDF in the Strip since January.
The newly sworn-in Deputy Chief Ministers of Odisha, along with other leaders, pay their last respects to the victims of the Kuwait fire tragedy on Saturday after their mortal remains reached Bhubaneswar.
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.
At least 45 Indians were killed in the fire incident, and 31 bodies of victims from Kerala (23), Tamil Nadu (7), and Karnataka (1) were brought via a special aircraft of the Indian Air Force to Kerala's Kochi on Friday.