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Online liquor pre-booking is live across 4,000+ Tasmac outlets in Tamil Nadu via website or app
Those aged 21+ can pick a shop, product and stock, pay digitally, and collect with a QR receipt at the store - no home delivery.

No drinking water for two months: Araipakkam residents gherao the Chengalpattu collector's office
Around 1,500 people across 7 streets are affected and have been forced to buy water or travel several kilometres to collect it.

FSSAI has said claims such as '100% Natural' and '100% Pure' on Dabur products are misleading
Honey, ghee, coconut water and coconut oil are among items under watch; the company has been ordered to stop selling products with the disputed '100%' claims immediately and to report corrective steps within 15 days.

The 16th Indian Organ Donation Day was held in Delhi on 3 August
NOTTO, under the Union Health Ministry, presented the awards.

Tamil Nadu has no separate rules for bike taxis yet
The government says a panel will study permits.

Puducherry resident Rajan, 32, was critically injured in an accident and treated at JIPMER
After doctors declared brain death, his family agreed to donate his organs.

Theeran Chinnamalai was born near Kangeyam on 17 April 1756
He fought the East India Company alongside Tipu Sultan and later from Odanilai fort.

Andhra has opened a new international airport at Bogapuram (₹5,640 crore)
Karnataka is surveying sites for Bengaluru’s second airport.

Nurses protest GO 204 staff cuts as 292 face transfer
Unions say 292 nurses face transfer under "restructuring" (192 from primary health centres, 100 from government hospitals).
