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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Chennai, Jan 20 (BPNS ) The Sri Lankan Navy seems not to end the attacks that it has been carrying out on Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu with the latest incident of a fishing boat being rammed by a Sri Lankan Naval boat leading to the boat developing cracks and sinking in water. Seven fishermen […]
Machilipatnam (AP), Jan 10 Five students drowned in a river in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district on Monday evening, Police said. The incident occurred when the five were bathing in the Krishna river, Nandigama Deputy Superintendent of Police G Nageswara Reddy said. The deceased students have been identified as Ajay (12), Charan (13) Balayesu (12), Rakesh […]
Beijing, Jan 8 (AP) A strong overnight earthquake shook a sparsely populated area in western China early Saturday and forced the suspension of high-speed rail service because of tunnel damage, authorities said. Four people with minor injuries in Menyuan Hui Autonomous County had been treated and released, they said at a news conference. The magnitude […]
Arun Lakshman/ Chennai Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district of South Tamil Nadu is located 74 km from Madurai and it is said that most of the flights to Madurai airport are packed with buyers and agents from across India to reach the sleepy town of Sivakasi. The reason, it is the hub of Indian firecracker industry […]
Chennai, Jan 6 (BPNS) The firecracker unit blast at Sattur in Virudhunagar district that took place on Wednesday killing four has now claimed the life of one more person. The deceased have been identified as Muniyasamy who was a worker at the ill-fated unit at Sattur in Manjalodaipatti village in Virudhunagar district. The blast, according […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4 Three teenagers died on Tuesday after the motorcycle they were traveling on rammed into a tree along the roadside upon losing control of the vehicle here, police said. Nedumangadu resident Stephin (16), Peroorkada residents Bineesh (16) and Mullappan (16) lost their lives in the accident that happened at Perrorkada near Vayazhila in […]
Chennai, Jan 4 (BPNS) The Pudukottai police in Tamil Nadu has altered the case registered against the CISF personal over the hitting of a stray bullet on an 11-year-old boy, Pugazhendhi, on December 30th at Narthamalai in Pudukottai district. The boy who was on a visit to the house of his grandparents was hit on his […]
