1. In the ongoing governance campaign to breathe life back into the state, Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa launched projects worth Rs 123 crore in Tamil Nadu. These cover municipal administration projects, including a water supply scheme, 2. The Maran family faced another setback on Wednesday after the Madras High Court rejected a petition by Sun TV and Kal Cables against attachment of their properties by the Enforcement Directorate. 3. One year after the death of psychologist Dr. Emma Gonsalvez in Chennai, a juvenile boy has been convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment. The boy had surrendered after the murder in 2014. 4. A day after he was disowned by his father, MAMR Muthiah alias Ayyapan, the Managing Director of Chettinad Group and 6 others were booked under charges of criminal intimidation and attempt to murder after a complaint from his father, MAM Ramaswamy. 5. Atleast 14 children were part of 29 bonded labourers who have been rescued from a Chengalpattu rice mill, around 50 km from Chennai. Held in bondage, some of the workers rescued there had spent their entire life inside the mill.