Temporary gallery collapse : Injured Kerala spectators getting better

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 (BPNS) Many spectators who were injured when a temporary gallery collapsed at Malappuram district during a football tournament on Saturday are recouping at hospitals. According to the Malappuram police around 200 people were injured and five people were said to be serious. However, hospital authorities in Malappuram when contacted told BPNS that […]

25 people injured in ‘Jallikattu’ at Pudukottai in TN

Chennai, March 17 (BPNS) 25 people were injured in the Jallikattu competition held at Manganampatti village in Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday. Among the 25 people who were injured, 21 were treated at the venue itself as outpatients as their injuries were not grave. Four persons with serious injuries were referred to the […]

Stalin announces solatium for victims of fire unit blasts

Chennai, Feb 25 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Friday condoled the death of four people in a fireworks explosion in a manufacturing unit at Thuraiyoor in Thoothukudi district. Stalin announced a solatium of Rs 3 lakh to the families of each of the four people killed in the blast and the amount […]

Spectator gored to death by Jallikattu bull in TN

Chennai, Feb 11 (BPNS) In a gruesome incident, a 20-year-old youth was gored to death by a bull at a Jallikattu event at Thenallur in Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu on Friday. The event was organized as part of the annual festival of the Muthumariamman temple. 718 bulls and 300 bull tamers from different districts […]

One die , two injured in firecracker accident at TN

Chennai , Jan 29(BPNS)One person died and two others suffered serious burn injuries in a firecracker unit accident at Amathur in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday night.The incident occurred at 8.30 pm.The deceased person is identified as D. Arumugham (52)of Sankaramangalam village and his body was taken to Virudhanagar Medical college hospital for […]

Two boys killed, one injured as roof of dilapidated building collapses in TN

Chennai, Jan 27( BPNS) Two seventeen-year-old boys were killed when the roof of a dilapidated building collapses in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu on Thursday. The deceased are identified as Verasekar and Sathishkumar of Vandikuppam near Cuddalore. The injured, Bhuvanesh (16)is admitted at Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry. Police said that […]