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The Tamil Nadu police has booked a suspect who allegedly downloaded / uploaded and circulated child pornography under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Information Technology. This is the first time the State police has invoked provisions under these amended Acts to curb child pornography.The Tiruchi city police on Thursday arrested Christopher Alphonse (42) of Khajapet on charges of possessing and circulating child porn to his contacts through a social media platform. After investigators summoned the suspect based on a specific input, he deleted the incriminating content from his mobile phone and other storage devices. However, police retrieved the child porn films forwarded by the suspect from his Facebook Messenger account.While the source of the sexual content is under investigation, police said the credentials of the persons to whom he forwarded the child pornography clips were also being looked into. A case under Section 67(A)(B) of the IT Act along … [Read more...] about Tamil Nadu books first case of child pornography under POCSO Act

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami today presented a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh to Rifath Sharook and his team who had developed 'KalamSat,' a 64 gram micro satellite that was launched by NASA last month. The team members, including Sharook, met the Chief Minister at the Secretariat here, a government release said. Palaniswami had last month announced in the state Assembly that "to further encourage," Sharook and his team who brought laurels to India and in particular to Tamil Nadu, Rs 10 lakh will be given by the government to them. 'KalamSat,' launched on June 22 by NASA, won the first prize from among 80,000 models in a competition held by the American space agency. It is a 3.8 cm cube satellite of 'Femto category' and its structure is fully 3D printed with reinforced carbon fiber polymer. Replete with a temperature and humidity sensor, a barometric pressure sensor, the tiny and "world's lightest," satellite also has a "Nano Geiger Muller counter", to measure the … [Read more...] about Tamil Nadu student gets Rs 10 lakh purse for developing KalamSat

NEW DELHI: Madras High Court (MHC) has invited online applications for the direct recruitment to the post of District Judge (entry-level) in the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Service on its official website today i.e. December 12, 2019.The eligible candidates can submit online applications for TN District Judge post through the official portal of MHC — mhc.tn.gov.in or tn.gov.in.The recruitment notification reads “Online Applications submitted through www.tn.gov.in or https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in will alone be accepted. Applications submitted through any other mode viz., by post, courier, RPAD, e-mail, hand delivery etc. will not be entertained under any circumstances or for any reason. No correspondence in this regard will be entertained, under any circumstances.”Madras High Court is conducting this recruitment drive to fill up 32 District Level vacancies. Scale of payThe selected candidates would be appointed at a pay scale of Rs. 51,550 – 1230 - 58,930 – 1380 … [Read more...] about Tamil Nadu District Judge recruitment 2019: Apply online at mhc.tn.gov.in

MADURAI: Seventeen fishermen were rescued from a sinking boat at sea off the Muttom fishing harbour in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu in the early hours of Wednesday. The boat -- named Morning Star belonging to Ebin K P of Munambam in Kerala -- started sinking after its base had been broken. The boat with 17 fishermen – including 10 from Tamil Nadu, five from West Bengal and two from Kerala – set sail from Thengapattanam harbour in Kanyakumari district on December 9. Activist A M Anto Lenin of Colachel said the boat crew realised that an abandoned piece of fishing net was stuck on the blades of the fan beneath the boat on Tuesday night. “Those on board tried to remove the net but they could not due to the winds and heavy waves. They started hurrying towards the coast, but the engine could not pull the boat to its full capacity as the net was stuck in the fan. Around 9pm, the fishermen realised that there was a hole at the base of the boat and water seeped into the … [Read more...] about 17 fishermen rescued from sinking boat off Kanyakumari coast

RAMESWARAM (TN): NDA vice-presidential candidate M Venkiah Naidu today described both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former President APJ Abdul Kalam as 'karma yogis' (selfless workers), committed to the growth of the country. "Kalam and Modi are great 'karma yogis' (selfless workers) dedicated to the development of the nation," Naidu said in his welcome address at a function after the inauguration of the memorial of late 'Missile Man' Kalam. He said Modi was "the worthiest person" to open the memorial of the former president simply because the PM stays in MODI-mode for "Making of Developed India (MODI), while Kalam dreamt of a developed India." Paying rich tributes to Kalam, he said the scientist was the soul of India. A great scientist and an architect of the rocket project, from a small town, he became the President of India. Naidu also hailed late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and said two great souls -- one Abdul Kalam and the other 'Puratchi Thalaivi' … [Read more...] about Both Narendra Modi and APJ Abdul Kalam ‘karma yogis:’ Venkaiah Naidu