Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS) The Vriddachalam police in Tamil Nadu arrested the father of a minor boy on charges of abetment in an accident that led to the death of a two and half-year-old girl at Vijayamananagaram, Vriddachalam on Monday. The child was killed by a speeding two-wheeler while she was playing in front of […]
TN idol wing traces stolen Parvati idol to New York auction house
Chennai, Aug 8 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu idol wing police have traced an idol of Goddess Parvati that was stolen from a temple to the Bonhams auction house in New York. According to the police, the Parvati idol was part of five idols that were burgled from the Nadanapureshwarar temple at Kumbakonam. The burglary had […]
Kerala CPI secretary behaving like Pinarayi’s slave, CPI delegates in district meet
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 7 (BPNS) The CPI delegates attending the party Pathanamthitta district committee have lashed out against party secretary, Kanam Rajendran. Several party delegates said that Kanam is functioning as a slave of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. It may be noted that CPI is a constituent of the Left Democratic Government (LDF) of Kerala […]
TN police seize 400-year-old idol, 4 arrested
Chennai, Aug 7 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu idol wing police arrested four people following the seizure of a 400-year-old idol believed to be of King Sethupathi’s clan Sivaganga. Police acted on a tip-off that two men, P. Arumugaraj (56) and M. Kumaravel (36) of Tuticorin were in the process of selling an idol and laid a […]
Addicted to online rummy : Former driver, accomplice rob woman, held
Chennai, Aug 6 (BPNS) A 36-year-old man, who had worked as a driver for a 68-year-old woman who was living alone in Chennai, broke into her house along with his friend and robbed her of jewels and other valuables at knifepoint. The woman registered a complaint with the Velachery police station that she was robbed […]
TN cops walk the ramp, transferred
Chennai, Aug 5 (BPNS) Five Policemen of Sembarankoil police station in Myladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu including a Senior Sub Inspector, a constable and three women constables were transferred to various police stations within the district for walking the ramp. The incident happened on July 31, when a modelling company based in Myladuthurai organized the show […]
TN police arrest couple for cheating job seekers
Chennai, Aug 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Crime branch police on Friday arrested a couple in Cuddalore for allegedly cheating job seekers by collecting Rs 40 lakh from several people promising government jobs. The arrested Sudhakar and his wife Sagaya Winnarasi were produced before a local court and remanded in judicial custody. Police said that […]
ED attaches assets worth Rs 113.32cr in bank loan fraud case
New Delhi, Aug 2 (BPNS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has attached 75 immovable properties including 67 windmills valued at Rs 113.32 crore belonging to the Chennai-based Surana Group of Companies in connection with three cases of Rs 3,986 crore bank fraud. The ED had initiated money laundering investigation on the basis […]
Blame game in AIADMK after OPS representative attended EC meeting
Chennai, Aug 2 (BPNS) The official faction of the AIADMK led by former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami who has been anointed as the general secretary of the outfit has come out strongly against the expelled leaders close to former Chief Minister, O. Panneerselvam attending a meeting called by the Chief Electoral Officer on Monday. […]