Activist who exposed Rs 840 cr mining scam silenced, family lives in fear
Jagaber Ali, who was an AIADMK functionary in Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu, had begun receiving
death threats ever since he complained about illegal mining by five companies in the area.

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MADURAI: The state police told the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday that investigation into the death of a 20-year-old female found dead in a well in her Pudukkottai house, was proceeding on the right lines.

The additional public prosecutor made the statement when the court was hearing a petition filed by father of the deceased R Sowmya, V Ramesh seeking a direction to conduct a re-postmortem.

They term the study on “illegal immigrants” to Mumbai a “calculated act of political interference”.

Over 500 academics, researchers, and public intellectuals have issued a sharp rebuke of a migration study by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), condemning it as “a deliberate attempt to polarise the electorate, vilify marginalised communities, and incite violence against migrants in Mumbai”. The statement, released on November 19, 2024, targets the study “Illegal Immigrants to Mumbai: Analysing Socio-economic and Political Consequences”.

CHENNAI: Organisations working with schools have strongly condemned the new guidelines issued by the School Education Department for conducting events in schools.

TNIE reported on December 5 that the new guidelines mandate that only NGOs on the list maintained by the department at the state and district levels will be allowed to conduct events and those not part of this approved list must submit detailed applications to state or district-level committees which will then seek police intelligence clearance before approving.