No helmet, no fuel from next week

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29.11.2020

No helmet, no fuel from next week

Refilling stations in the city will not dispense fuel to bike riders if they fail to wear helmets from next week, says the city traffic police. The petrol bunk owners have been asked to erect a poster in front of the fuel stations that two-wheelers without a helmet will not be provided petrol. The initiative is likely to come into effect from next week.

Boy, 11, fishing in canal drowns: M ukesh, an 11-yearold Class V student, drowned in Nalla canal at Kodungaiyur on Friday while fishing. Police said Mukesh had come to his grandmother’s house in the area. After fire and rescue services personnel fished him out, he was sent to the government general hospital where he was declared dead

Cop warns hotel manager at gunpoint, suspended: A 50-year-old police constable has been placed under suspension for allegedly threatening a restaurant manager at gunpoint in Villivakkam. Vincent of Secretariat Colony police weas personal security officer to All India Hindu Satya Sena national president Vasanthkumar. On November 24, he accompanied Vasanthkumar to a restaurant in Villivakkam and allegedly shared his phone number with a few women staff. On November 26, he reportedly received a call from one of the women who claimed the manager sexually harassed her. Vincent went there and pulled out his revolver to threaten the manager, police said.

DVAC raid recovers ₹4.9L from sub-registrar office: DVAC (special investigation cell) officers and inspection cell officers on Friday seized ₹77,000 from the Alandur sub-registrar’s office at Nanganallur and accumulated bribe money of ₹4.9lakh from the sub-registrar’s house. The check was carried out based on a tip.

Trains from Chennai to Vijayawada daily: Southern Railway will operate daily trains between Chennai and Vijayawada from December 1. Vijaywada-MGR Chennai Central super fast special (02711) will leave Vijayawada at 6.10am from December 1. In the return direction MGR Chennai Central–Vijayawada daily superfast special (02712) will leave at 2.10pm.

Annual IIT-M alumni meet from Dec 1to 6: IIT Madras Alumni Association (IITMAA) has converted its annual global conference into an online event due to the pandemic. Sangam 2020, the conference, will be held from December 1 to 6.