Tamil Nadu

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Amid rumour-driven panic, Tamil Nadu government reassures ... (The Hindu)

Workers from northern States are integral to the development of infrastructure in Tamil Nadu, says Labour Welfare Minister C.V. Ganesan.

Both the Tamil Nadu Police and the State government were committed to protecting migrant workers, he said. Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai said migrant workers are safe and secure in Tamil Nadu and there is a deliberate attempt to malign the State’s reputation through false news. What is the point of creating ruckus in the Assembly then? At Kakkalur Industrial Estate near Chennai, a section of the workers began leaving for their hometown. “The BJP leaders are masters in creating hatred among the States. Baskaran, secretary of the Kakkalur Industrial Estate Manufacturers Association (KIEMA), said, “Many workers have left citing calls from their hometown asking them to come back immediately. The district administrations in Coimbatore and Tiruppur, where a large number of migrant workers were employed, issued appeals in Hindi urging the workers not to panic. If the workers panic and leave, it will hit the industry, said Ravi Sam, chairman of Southern India Mills’ Association. Ravi Sam assured industry and government protection to the workers. Acknowledging that the workers from north India were integral to the development of infrastructure in Tamil Nadu, Labour Welfare Minister C.V. Acknowledging the role played by labourers from northern States in major and minor industries in Tamil Nadu over the years, Mr. “With such false messages being shared, the migrant workers are getting scared.

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False information is being spread: Officials on fake news over attack ... (India Today)

After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar showed his concern over fake news that circulated on social media regarding migrant labourers being beaten up ...

Posting a video on social media, DGP Tamil Nadu Shailendra Babu said, “Somebody in Bihar has posted a false and misleading video regarding migrant workers from Bihar being attacked in Tamil Nadu. Recently, a video went viral on social media where migrant labourers from Bihar were brutally getting thrashed. [By Shilpa Nair](/author/shilpa-nair): Reacting to the fake news that circulated on social media regarding migrant labourers being beaten up brutally in Tamil Nadu in which two lost their lives, the Coimbatore district collector said that wrong information is being spread.

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Tamil Nadu: 'किसी भी श्रमिकों को कोई खतरा नहीं', सियासी हंगामें के बीच ... (ABP News)

Migrants In Tamil Nadu: तमिलनाडु में बिहार के मजदूरों पर हुए कथित हमले को लेकर स्टालिन सरकार का ...

बता दें कि तमिलनाडु में बिहार के मजदूरों पर हुए कथित हमलों को लेकर विधानसभा में शुक्रवार को जमकर हंगामा हुआ. मुख्यमंत्री कार्यालय की तरफ से जारी बयान के अनुसार नीतीश कुमार ने तमिलनाडु में बिहार के लोगों पर कथित हमले को लेकर मुख्य सचिव और पुलिस महानिदेशक के साथ हाई लेवल रिव्यू मीटिंग की. बीजेपी के आरोपों पर तेजस्वी यादव ने विधानसभा में कहा ''आप भारत माता की जय कहते हैं तो आप प्रदेशों में घृणा क्यों फैलाते हैं? मैंने बिहार के मुख्य सचिव एवं पुलिस महानिदेशक को तमिलनाडु सरकार के अधिकारियों से बात कर वहां रह रहे प्रदेश के श्रमिकों की सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित करने का निर्देश दिया है.’’ Tamil Nadu: तमिलनाडु में बिहार के मजदूरों पर हुए कथित हमले को लेकर सियासी हंगामा जारी है. उत्तरी राज्य के श्रमिक बड़ी संख्या में पुल निर्माण और मेट्रो रेल समेत महत्वपूर्ण क्षेत्रों में जुड़े हैं और उन क्षेत्रों के विकास में अपना योगदान दे रहे हैं.

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Bihar to send 4-member team to Tamil Nadu today to probe attack ... (Lagatar English)

Lagatar24 Desk. Patna, March 4: Chief minister Nitish Kumar decided to send a four-person team of top officials to Tamil Nadu to investigate the alleged ...

The CM, Bihar’s chief secretary Amir Subhani, and DGP R S Bhatti had a high-level review meeting here on Friday evening where they decided to deploy the four-person delegation. “Balamurugan, the team leader, and Kannan, are natives of Tamil Nadu. The group will take a Saturday am flight to Chennai.

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Bihar officials to visit Tamil Nadu amid spread of fake news about ... (Scroll.in)

Tamil Nadu authorities on Friday warned against spreading rumours about attacks on migrant workers from Bihar in the southern state.

About a video that Leader of the Opposition Vijay Kumar Sinha showed on his mobile phone, Yadav asked, “How did you come to know it is of Bihari workers under attack from local Tamils? “I want to say that in Tamil Nadu not only the workers of North India, but the workers of all the states are working peacefully and efficiently without any fear,” he said in a statement. Only a few days ago they disrupted House proceedings over the arrest of the father of an army jawan, who was killed in action. The matter also led to heated scenes in the Bihar Assembly on Friday. In both cases, the clash was not between Tamil Nadu people and migrant workers. Tiruppur Superintendent of Police G Shasank Sai told The Indian Express that the authorities have set up a separate cell for workers to reach out.

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4-member probe team to visit Tamil Nadu: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on ... (Economic Times)

Amid pressure from Opposition over alleged attacks in Tamil Nadu of migrant workers from Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that a ...

The Tamil Nadu Police has said that the said videos are fake and misleading," Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters) Patna, JS Gangwar told ANI. Speaking to over phone, KIEMA secretary Baskaran said since the fake news has spread, all migrant labourers are in panic and they keep on receiving calls from their hometowns, asking them to return. One was a clash between two groups of Bihar migrant workers and another video was a clash between two local residents of Coimbatore," the top cop said. "Bihar DGP has spoken to Tamil Nadu DGP. They talked with the Tamil Nadu government and reported that a team should be sent from here," Nitish Kumar said, adding that the four-member team will look into the matter in detail. Both cases were not a clash between the people of Tamil Nadu and migrant workers.

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Top Tamil Nadu news developments today (The Hindu)

Keeladi Museum opens to a world of yore today. · A baseline survey is underway for the climate literacy programme to gauge awareness levels among people from ...

- Industries across the State who rely heavily on migrant workers have hit the panic button as many of their employees have started leaving for their hometowns after seeing a fake video. MSMEs, real estate, construction and hospitality industries have over 85% migrant workers only. - Keeladi Museum opens to a world of yore today.

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Bihar government team to visit Tamil Nadu today to probe assault on ... (Times of India)

Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday decided to send a four-member team of senior officials to Tamil Nadu to find out about the alleged attacks on B.

The government will bring him back.” Choudhary also said that on the direction of the CM, Bihar DGP R S Bhatti had spoken to his Tamil Nadu counterpart and the later had claimed the incidents were fake and had nothing to do with attack on migrant Bihari workers. In between, one MLA stood up on the seat and began to speak without the Speaker’s permission. The decision to send the four-member team was taken at a high-level review meeting by the CM with Bihar’s chief secretary Amir Subhani and DGP R S Bhatti, here on Friday evening.

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Bihar Govt Team Set To Visit Tamil Nadu: CM Nitish Kumar After ... (ABP Live)

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said that a team from the state government will visit Tamil Nadu in view of claims of alleged 'attacks' on migrant labourers in the ...

Old video of violence is mischievously being spread stating people of Bihar are no longer safe in Tamil Nadu, creating panic.” "I have learnt from newspapers that labourers from Bihar who are employed in Tamil Nadu are being attacked. In a 'booklet', Tiruppur Police stated: "Videos/photos were tweeted by one Mohamad Tanvir in his Twitter page as it was assaulted North Indians are being attacked in Tamil Nadu, the said rumours were spread viral in social media.

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Tamil Nadu जाएगी राज्य सरकार की टीम, बिहारी मजदूरों पर कथित हमले को ... (Jansatta)

बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार (Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar) ने तमिलनाडु में प्रवासी मजदूरों ...

NO: 08/23 U/s 153(B), 505(2) IPC, 66D IT एक्ट में मामला दर्ज किया गया है।” बिहार के सीएम नीतीश कुमार ने तमिलनाडु में प्रवासी मजदूरों पर कथित “हमलों” की रिपोर्ट के बारे में पूछे जाने पर कहा, “बिहार सरकार की एक टीम (Tamil Nadu) दौरा करेगी और स्थिति का जायजा लेगी।” बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार (Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar) ने तमिलनाडु में प्रवासी मजदूरों पर कथित हमलों को लेकर बड़ा बयान दिया है। उन्होंने शनिवार को कहा कि डीएमके शासित राज्य (DMK-ruled state) में प्रवासी मजदूरों पर कथित हमलों के दावों के मद्देनजर राज्य सरकार की एक टीम तमिलनाडु (Tamil Nadu) का दौरा करने और स्थिति का जायजा लेने के लिए तैयार है।

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'Old clips': Tamil Nadu DGP flags 2 viral videos, says claim of ... (ThePrint)

Bihar CM had tweeted that he read news of alleged attacks on workers from his state in Tamil Nadu. DGP Sylendra Babu clarifies old videos were being ...

The other video was from a private college canteen between engineering students and guest workers in Coimbatore that took place on 14 February. “Someone in Bihar has posted a false and mischievous video saying that migrant labourers of Bihar were attacked. “Facts are twisted to make it appear as if the migrant workers are attacked.” [ said](https://twitter.com/tnpoliceoffl/status/1631645239369932801) in a series of tweets. [ flagged a video](https://twitter.com/tnpoliceoffl/status/1631645236966596610) which it said was incorrectly saying that “Hindi speaking people from Bihar are being assaulted by Tamil speaking people of Tamil Nadu”. RVS Engineering College principal S.

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Unrelated visuals shared as visuals of attacks on Biharis in Tamil ... (Factly)

While the Hyderabad incident is attributed to financial disputes, the Coimbatore incident is reportedly an act of retaliation of a gang war. These visuals have ...

[identified](https://web.archive.org/web/20230213110538/https:/www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/gang-wars-resurface-in-coimbatore-two-hacked-to-death-in-public-in-two-days/article66503538.ece) the victims as Gokul and Manoj. The incident is reported in February 2023. As per the police, financial disputes led to the murder of the victim. As per the police, the victim is identified as Sainath, a resident of Esamia Bazar in Koti. As per these reports, the incident took place on 22 January 2023 in Hyderabad’s Jiyaguda, wherein three assailants, armed with machetes, chased, and attacked the victim on Jiyaguda bypass road. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.

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'Will come out with a workable solution': Tamil Nadu govt to SC on ... (News Room Odisha)

New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Friday said if it's march in Tamil Nadu is being attacked by a terrorist organisation, ...

Rohatgi had then submitted that the state government wants to restrict the march and is not inclined to allow it in six districts affected by activities of banned outfit PFI and bomb blasts. He stressed that the state government cannot shut its eyes to law and order concerns. “We will work it out,” said Rohatgi.

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On RSS rally, Tamil Nadu says not total ban, tells Supreme Court ... (The Indian Express)

Appearing for Tamil Nadu, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi told the bench of Justices V Ramasubramanian and Justice Pankaj Mithal that some solution can be worked ...

[Popular Front of India](https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-politics/popular-front-of-india-nia-raids-kerala-karnataka-explained-8165781/) ( [PFI](https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-politics/popular-front-of-india-nia-raids-kerala-karnataka-explained-8165781/)) and so there is “danger to us”. Pointing out that blasts had occurred in Coimbator in the past, Rohatgi said the state therefore told the RSS not to conduct (its marches) in the open in disturbed areas. He pointed out that the programme will take time to get permission etc and it happening on March 5 is unlikely. “That means you can walk. So you can’t take out a procession. “I will communicate to Mr (Mahesh) Jethmalani.

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Not Completely Opposed To RSS Route Marches: Tamil Nadu To ... (NDTV)

The Tamil Nadu government told the Supreme Court it is not completely opposed to allowing the RSS' route marches and public meetings across the state on ...

He said it is not that March 5 is a sacrosanct day and that he will submit some relevant documents to the court. "I had passed a similar order like it is passed now by the High Court," he said, adding, "One is language of democracy and one is language of power. "Now the problem is that they are to hold the procession on March 5, two days before Holi. They (the RSS) cannot have a carte blanche order to hold marches in whatever areas they want. Now, they say that the PFI has been banned by the central government and it is a threat (to RSS events). They are not able to control a terrorist organisation and that is why they are banning us.

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