AIADMK leader among seven held for DMK leader’s murder in TN
Chennai, Feb 4 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu police have detained seven people including a local level AIADMK leader late Thursday night over the murder of a DMK leader at Madipakkam on Tuesday night. Police said that the AIADMK leader Radhakrishnan who was picked up from the Samayapuram toll gate along with his driver is suspected […]
Planting bomb near former CM’s residence: Puducherry court convicts six
Puducherry, Feb 4 (BPNS) A special court in Puducherry convicted six people belonging to a fundamentalist Tamil outfit, Tamilar Viduthalai Padai for planting a bomb near the residence of former Chief Minister of Puducherry, V. Narayanasamy. The incident occurred on January 23, 2014 when Narayanasamy’s staff member found a bomb planted under a car in […]
29 year old arrested for marrying and impregnating minor girl in TN
Chennai, Feb 4 (BPNS) Police in Erode district of Tamil Nadu has arrested a 29-year-old painter for marrying and impregnating a 16-year-old girl. N. Nirojan who was residing in a refugee camp for Sri Lankan Tamils at Archalur married the girl from the camp at Bhavanisagar in 2021. The girl became pregnant and was admitted […]
TN police commence probe after arrest of BJP leader, two cops in idol theft case
Chennai, Feb 3 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Police idol theft squad is conducting a detailed probe into the source of seven idols that were recovered from a group of people on Wednesday in Madurai. Idol theft squad have already arrested a BJP minority wing leader T. Alexandar and two cops, head constable Ilankumaran (44) of Jokilpatti […]
Priests arrested in TN for stealing silver cover of temple palanquin
Chennai, Feb 3 (BPNS) The police in Myladuthurai Tamil Nadu arrested two temple priests for stealing the silver cover of a palanquin of a temple. The palanquin carries the deity and the incident occurred at the Parimalanathar temple Thiruindalur in Myladuthurai district. The arrested are R. Srinivasa Ranga Battar( 53) and V. Muralidhara Dikshithar (58). […]
Gang kills DMK functionary in TN over allocation of seats in Urban polls
Chennai, Feb 2 (BPNS) In a gruesome incident of alleged political violence, a gang of six people hacked to death a DMK functionary at Madipakkam on Tuesday night. It is alleged that dispute over seat allocation for the ensuing Urban local body election is the reason behind the gruesome murder. The deceased, identified by the […]
TN Police, HR&CE department steps up investigation into missing peacock idol from temple
Chennai, Feb 1 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu police including the idol theft squad and the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) department has commenced a probe into the missing Punnai Mara Nathar (holy peacock ) idol from Kapaleeswar Temple, Chennai. Madras High Court has on Monday ordered the state police and the HR&CE department to […]
Flesh trade of minor girls: 4 policemen transferred for not acting to save girls
Chennai, Jan 30 (BPNS) The newly formed Tambaram police commissioner office has taken action against four policemen of Kelambakam police station after they failed to act against a flesh trading racket involving four minor girls brought from Tripura. The policemen failed to take action against four people who were involved in flesh trade and trafficking […]
NIA takes over fake passport case in Tamil Nadu, focus on former LTTE cadres
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS ) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case and commenced an investigation after three Sri Lankan nationals were arrested with fake passports. Two were arrested with fake Indian passports while a third was arrested with a fake Spanish passport. The arrests were made by the Tamil Nadu police in […]