Chennai, April 1 (BPNS) The Chennai City police will have the new drone unit commissioned in two months’ time. Tamil Nadu state government has sanctioned an amount of Rs 3.6 crore in the budget for the drone unit of the City police. Chennai City police commissioner Shankar Jiwal while speaking to BPNS said, “ The […]

Chennai, March 20 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue services will induct women as firefighters in its force. Braj Kishore Ravi, Director General of Police and Director of the department in a statement said that the department has already sent a proposal to the government in this regard. He said that while the Fire and […]

Chennai, March 9 (BPNS) The Director-General of Police (DGP), Tamil Nadu on Wednesday informed the Madras High Court that permission is denied to the ‘Unity march’ to be conducted by the Popular Front of India (PFI), in Kancheepuram, Salem, Ramanathapuram, Pudukottai, and Tenkasi districts between March 10 and 13th. Justice Jagdish Chandra of Madras High […]

Chennai, March 8 (BPNS) The Tamil movie ‘ Jai Bhim’ which depicts the torture and trauma faced by an innocent Irular youth, Rajakannu, in police custody and eventually getting killed by the police atrocities cannot be watched without shedding a tear. While Rajakannu, who was working in a brick kiln was tortured mercilessly by Police […]

Chennai, Feb 24 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu government is to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe illegal mining since 2000-01 and to recover an amount of about Rs 5832.44 crore from private beach sand mineral exporters. The government has appealed to the Madras High Court to get a clearance to seize 1.55 crore tonnes […]

Chennai, Feb 23 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government will form two units of the Marine Elite Force to combat marine wildlife crimes including smuggling, prevention, and poaching of marine animals, especially in the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. Each unit will have five marine watchers who will be moving around in two deepwater boats. […]

Chennai, Feb 21 (BPNS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has commenced an investigation into the suicide death of a schoolgirl at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu. A team of officers from the premier investigating agency reached Michealpetti village in Thanjavur district on Monday to interrogate the authorities of the school where the 17-year-old girl was […]

Chennai, Feb 14 (BPNS) The elite idol wing of the Tamil Nadu CB-CID is struggling as cases are mounting up with less manpower for the unit.  The unit has in the past years recovered stolen antiques worth Rs 100 crore and the number of cases is mounting. The idol wing has recently arrested the owner […]

Chennai, Feb 7( BPNS) Tamil Nadu police are on a crackdown in places where illegal weapons are being made in several districts of the state just before the Urban local body polls scheduled for February 19. During the rural local body elections of nine districts of Tamil Nadu in October 2021 also the police had […]

Chennai, Feb 7 (BPNS) The journey of 34-year-old Aravind Perumal is unique in many aspects with twists and turns to achieve his goal. He was a farmhand to start his carrier with and then wrote the Tamil Nadu Public service commission and joined the State Police as a constable. After a post-graduation in Economics from […]