Chennai, Sept 9(BPNS) Tamil Nadu idol wing traced three bronze idols stolen from Soundararaja Perumalkovil village temple near Kumbakonam 60 years ago have been traced from museums and auction houses in the United States. It may be noted that on February 12, 2020, Ka Raja, Executive officer of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) […]

Thiruvananthapuram, September 7 (BPNS) Very soon each school in the state will have a ‘warrior’. This warrior’s job will be to identify those who fall victim to drug and substance abuse in their respective schools and spearhead awareness programme against drugs. In the first phase, 1000 warriors will be employed with this task. The initiative […]

Chennai, Sept 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu idol wing police have traced a Natarajar idol stolen 62 years ago from Vedapureeswar temple, Thanjavur to the Asia Society Museum in New York. The idol wing received a complaint on September 1, 2022 from a 60 year old man, S. Veniktachalam stating that miscreants had broke open […]

Chennai, Sept 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu special police team has commenced a detailed investigation into the arrest of 13 Sri Lankan Tamils arrested from Kollam, Kerala on Monday morning. Special police teams including sleuths from the elite ‘Q’ branch of the Tamil Nadu police are in Kollam to interrogate those who are under the […]

Chennai, Sept 1 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu police have constituted a special police team to investigate into the attack on AIADMK headquarters on July 11.  According to the complaint filed by the Edappadi K. Palaniswami faction of the party,a group led by O. Panneerselvam had ransacked the office and taken away several valuable documents from […]

Chennai, Aug 31 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Idol wing police are probing into the background of two 300-year-old idols seized from an Anna Nagar residence in Chennai following tip-offs. The idols, according to the police are worth crores of rupees. A senior officer with the Tamil Nadu idol wing told BPNS that the bronze statues […]

Chennai, Aug 31 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin will inaugurate the Kodaikanal tourism police cell in September. This was announced by the Dindigul district superintendent of Police in a statement on Wednesday. The cell envisaged by the state police department will address the grievances of the tourists who are reaching the hill station […]

Chennai, Aug 30 (BPNS) The Idol wing of the Tamil Nadu police has traced two missing idols of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Devi at reputed museums in the United States of America and has commenced the process to retrieve them. The idols of Devi and Ganesha were traced to the Sotheby’s auction house in New […]

Thiruvananthapuram, August 23 (BPNS) In Kerala, a police officer exchanged words with a minister. And finally, the inevitable happened – he got transferred. It all started with a phone call. The police officer, D Girilal, who happened to be the station house officer of Vattapara Police Station, received a phone call from GR Anil, who […]

Thiruvananthapuram, August 22 (BPNS) For the Kerala Police, the week has started on a negative note. A couple of incidents reported from separate station limits in the state have brought embarrassment to the force. The first incident has been reported from the capital city itself. In Thiruvananthapuram, in broad daylight, two unidentified men gave the […]