Caste slur : TN police on trail  of govt official, husband

Chennai, Sept 27 (BPNS) In another instance of caste turning out into a major social demeaning process in the Dravidian land of Tamil Nadu where politicians by the drop of the hat profess equality, a woman panchayath secretary is accused of using caste slur against the panchayath president who is also a woman. Following a […]

Punjab: IFS officer arrested in corruption case

Chandigarh, Sep 27 The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Monday said it has arrested an Indian Forest Service Officer (IFS) Parveen Kumar, Principal Chief Conservator Forest ( PCCF) Wildlife in a corruption related case. The bureau had registered an FIR in June in connection with the embezzlement of funds during the tenure of forest minister Sangat […]

PFI hartal violence : Arrests cross 1500

Thiruvananthapuram, September 26 (BPNS) The number of cases and arrests being made by the police concerning the hartal-related violence incidents last Friday has gone up. As per a stat released by the state police, a total of 337 cases and 1588 arrests have been made so far. On Friday, the cases registered were 157, and […]

Villupuram tense after Anna statue found desecrated

Chennai, Sept 26 (BPNS) Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu is tense after hundreds of DMK workers shouted slogans and conducted protest marches in the city after a statue of DMK founder leader and former Chief Minister, C.N. Annadurai was found desecrated on Monday morning. A full size statue of C.N. Annadurai erected at Kandamangalam on […]

Molotov cocktail attacks: TN police crackdown on PFI, SDPI cadres

Chennai, Sept 26 (BPNS) A day after the Tamil Nadu DGP, C.Sylendrakumar directed the district police chiefs and commissioners to take stringent action against those disrupting the peace, the state police is continuing to crackdown against the Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) cadres over the alleged Molotov cocktail […]

TN DGP convenes high level meeting of police officers

Chennai, Sept 25 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Director General of Police, C. Sylendra Babu has called for evoking National Security Act (NSA) against those disrupting public harmony. The statement of the DGP came after the increase in molotov cocktail attacks on the premises of RSS functionaries in various parts of Tamil Nadu following the arrest of Popular Front […]

Heavy Police posse in Coimbatore after arrest of PFI leaders

Chennai, Sept 25 (BPNS) Over 4500 police personnel are deployed across the Coimbatore district. About 100 personnel from Special Task Force (STF) and 58 commando police have also been deployed. A senior police officer told BPNS that in addition to the 11 checkpoints present already, 28 temporary checkpoints have been set up. 45 patrol vehicles […]