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100 taken ill
Chennai, September 6
More than 100 inmates of a government welfare home for girls and women were taken ill after partaking sweet-meats distributed by a couple at suburban Tambaram, today. The police said a couple, celebrating their wedding anniversary, distributed pongal and “kesari” (a sweet-meat) to inmates of the home, after consuming which they started vomiting. UNI