Hours before appearing for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for the third time, a 19-year-old youth from a nearby village committed suicide on Sunday fearing the result of the examination. The AIADMK blamed the DMK regime for the death and the state government targeted the Centre.
The state government-sponsored bandh in Tamil Nadu against atrocities on Tamils in Sri Lanka was almost complete and peaceful, barring a few incidents of stone-pelting and blocking of trains in some parts of the state. Except for some central services such as post offices, ports, railways and Indian Airlines flights and some essential services such as hospitals, chemists, milk supply and press, all activities in the state came to a standstill. State government offices, banks, shops, hospitals remained closed.
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