Chennai: AIADMK legislators staged a walkout from the Tamil Nadu Assembly in protest over the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy. Ruckus erupted in the House after AIADMK leaders demanded discussion on the Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy, flagged black clothes and raised slogans in the Assembly. The opposition also demanded the resignation of chief minister MK Stalin. The … Read more
This is the second such tragedy in the state in as many years. Chennai: A pall of gloom has descended over Karunapuram village in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi district. As many as 24 of the 39 who have died after consuming illicit liquor are from here. A mass cremation is taking place, and many bodies are … Read more
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK leader E Palaniswami (File). Chennai: AIADMK leader E Palaniswami has attacked Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK after the deaths of 37 people who drank toxic liquor in Kallakurichi district. Mr Palaniswami – Chief Minister in the earlier AIADMK-BJP allied government – demanded his successor, MK Stalin, resign. Mr Palaniswami … Read more
At least 68 people are still in hospital after reportedly consuming toxic liquor Chennai: Thirty-seven people have died after consuming toxic liquor in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi district, around 250 km from state capital Chennai. At least 55 others, who reportedly consumed the toxic liquor over the past few days, have been hospitalised. Eighteen of them … Read more