TN braces for heavy rains as Cyclone Fengal makes landfall today
The IMD has predicted heavy rains till November 29 across the state and in the Union Territory of Puducherry.
DMK President M.K.Stalin on Friday said he would file a case against Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister P. Thangamani over alleged inappropriate payments made by state power utility if the latter fails to file a case against him within a week.
Denying Thangamani’s charge that he was providing wrong information, Stalin told reporters here that he has provided a proof of the irregular payment for buying wind power.
Stalin has circulated a purported audit note of TANGEDCO Tirunelveli region that states about Rs 9.17 crore collected from a consumer for bogus energy allotment made without generation.
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The DMK leader further said that the party had first raised the issue of the sale of gutkha — banned tobacco product in the state — in the assembly and later filed a case in the Madras High Court.
The gutkha case is now being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
According to Stalin, if the Electricity Minister Thangamani fails to file a case against him as declared earlier for spreading baseless charges within a week, he (Stalin) would file a case in the court against the Minister.
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