Chennai, March 1 (BPNS) People of Vridhachalam in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu woke up to shocking news on the Maha Sivaratri day. Three gold-plated ‘Kalasams’ on top of the famous Viruthagireeswar Siva temple at Vridachalam in Cudallore district were missing on Tuesday morning. The ‘Kalasams’, each weighing more than 300 kgs atop the ‘Vimanam’ […]

Chennai, March 1 (BPNS) A second-year MBBS student of a Medical college in Chennai and three of his friends were arrested by the Vadapalani All Women Police station on Monday.  The medical student, B. Vasanthagireesh of Kanniyakumari and his friends, M. Paulsivaji alias Ranjith of Virudhunagar district, P.Vishal of Kathiravan street in Kolapakkam, and M. […]

Chennai, March 1 (BPNS) In a bizarre incident of opposition to daughter’s love affair turning violent, a farmer in Tenkasi hacked his 20-year-old daughter with a sickle injuring her critically. The incident occurred on Monday in Ariyankavu near Pavoorchatram in Tenkasi district of Tamil Nadu. The woman identified as V.  Sudha is admitted to Tirunelveli […]

Chennai, March 1 (BPNS) A judicial magistrate M. Muthupandi of Judicial magistrate court 4 in Salem was stabbed in his chamber by his assistant on Tuesday at the Salem district court complex.  The Judicial magistrate had three wounds including a deep one in his chest. He was admitted to Salem Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College […]

Chennai, Feb 28 (BPNS) A Coimbatore couple who had posted an advertisement for renting out their house lost 5.8 lakh rupees to a fraudster. S. Kalaiselvi of Madukkarai, Coimbatore in a complaint to the National Cybercrime reporting portal (NCRP) stated that she posted an advertisement in a portal in January. On January 22, a person […]

Chennai, Feb 27 (BPNS) A 35-year-old man, Venikitesh Kumar Babu working as a driver was arrested by the Ettayapuram police in Tuticorin district after he issued death threat to a child who played the role of  Periyar in a Tamil skit. The child had on February 19 delivered a powerful speech on women empowerment in […]

Chennai, Feb 26 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police are on the hunt for a woman who seems to be a nomad and threatened people with a cobra and extracted money from them. A video of the woman handling Cobra went viral and police have registered a suo moto case against her and a hunt is on. […]

Chennai, Feb 25 (BPNS) An unidentified fan of matinee idol and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, late MG Ramachandran has sent a bomb threat in a postcard to the All India Radio station, Coimbatore for not airing his songs on his 105th birthday. The birthday celebrations of the late actor, politician were on January 17th. […]

Puducherry, Feb 24 (BPNS) The Mudalirapet police in Union Territory of Puducherry is in pursuit of two men accused of assaulting a journalist on Wednesday night. According to the police, T. Udayanarayanan, founder of a Puducherry-based Tamil daily was returning home after covering a few assignments on Wednesday night in his two-wheeler. Police said that […]

Chennai, Feb 24 (BPNS) The Sri Lankan Navy detained 22 Indian fishermen belonging to Nagapattinam and Karaikkal. Fishermen leaders of Nagapattinam said that nine fishermen from Keechankuppam in Nagapattinam had ventured into the seas on Wednesday. According to fishermen leaders, while they were fishing near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) ,  Sri Lankan navy […]