Chennai, July 11 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police are in pursuit of scamsters who have cheated a former Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT ), T.S. Sreenivasan IRS (rtd). Sreenivasan got a call from a person requesting him to update his KYC details to keep his BSNL phone number active. The retired IRS officer […]
TN Police to be honoured with prestigious President’s Colour on July 22
Chennai, July 7 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Police will be honoured with the prestigious President’s colour, which is the highest honour that is bestowed upon the military, paramilitary and police forces of the State/ Union Territory. This is for honouring the forces that have done exceptional service to the nation. Vice President M. Venkiah Naidu will […]
Woman Hindu activist arrested for issuing threats to Leena Manimekalai
Chennai, July 7 (BPNS) The Selvapuram police in Coimbatore arrested a Woman Hindu activist, ‘Athiradhi’ Saraswati for issuing a threat to Leena Manimekalai, director of documentary film, ‘Kaali’ against which Hindu organizations are up in arms for portraying goddess Kaali in a bad light. The documentary filmmaker portrayed Goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette and holding […]
TN Congress MP waiting with crossed fingers for his priceless missing Pen
Chennai , July 7( BPNS) Kanniyakumari Congress MP, Vijay Vasanth is waiting with crossed fingers for his missing pen which is priceless . While it’s a Montblanc pen costing more than 1.5 lakh rupees , what makes it priceless for Vijay is that it was inherited from his late father and former Kanniyakumari MP, H. […]
NIA chief calls on Amit Shah
New Delhi, July 4 (BPNS) The Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA), Dinkar Gupta, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the latter’s residence on Monday. While the purpose of the meeting has not been disclosed yet, it is said that it was a courtsey call. However, according to some sources, they discussed the […]
Moosewala case: Punjab Police get transit remand of four accused
Chandigarh, July 4 (BPNS) Punjab Police on Monday got transit remand of four accused, including two shooters, in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case, from a Delhi court. The four accused, whose transit remand were accepted, are Priyabarat alias Fauzi, the alleged main shooter, Kashish alias Kuldeep, Deepak alias Tinu, an aide of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, […]
TN Police rescue 5-day-old infant stolen from Government Hospital
Chennai, July 4 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police on Monday rescued a five-day female infant baby who was stolen from Pollachi government hospital. The Coimbatore district police have traced the child to Palakkad. Police arrested Shameema,34, and her 15-year-old daughter from Koduvayoor in Palakkad district on Monday morning and handed over the infant to its mother. […]
ED attaches 234.75 crore property of Chennai jeweler
Chennai, July 3 (BPNS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached Gold Palace, of renowned Chennai business groups, Saravana Stores on Saturday. The attached property, according to the statement from the ED is worth 234.75 crores. The attachment is on a criminal case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in money laundering case of reportedly cheating […]
TN idol wing traces stolen first Tamil translation of Bible from Thanjavur at London museum
Chennai, July 1 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu idol wing has traced World’s first printed Bible which was printed 300 years ago and stolen from Thanjavur in the state to King George III museum in London. Sources in the idol wing told BPNS that the department has commenced the process to bring the Bible back to […]
Madras HC order:TN Police repatriates 210 policemen from domestic service of police officers
Chennai, June 30 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police have repatriated 210 policemen who were working as orderlies in the residences of IPS officers and other senior police officers. Even retired police officers were using the services of these policemen. However, sources in the state police told BPNS that about 150 policemen are yet to report back […]



