Chennai, Jan 19 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Police Chief C. Sylendra Babu has directed the police officers including Superintendents of Police to ensure that the autorickshaws and taxis collect only the stipulated fare from passengers on Sundays, the total lockdown days. The DGP in a circular to all the Police superintendents said that he had received […]

Chennai, Jan 18 (BPNS) Two Hindu Munnani activists who were arrested and lodged in prison since January 11 for defacing the statue of social reformer and founder of the Dravidian movement,  Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy or  Thanthai Periyar were charged under Goondas Act. The detention orders were served on the duo on Tuesday. The duo, Arun […]

Chennai, Jan 12 (BPNS) The Idol theft wing of the CB- CID of the Tamil Nadu police is on the lookout for a global idol stealing racket with roots in the state. Police special team on Tuesday arrested a Kashmiri businessman, Javed Shah from Mamallapuram after idols worth 35-40 crore were seized from his shop. […]

Chennai, Jan 11 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police on Monday arrested nine persons including a 77-year-old at Gingee in Villupuram district for sexually abusing a 16-year-old minor girl. The arrested included a  cousin of the 16-year-old girl as well as her aunt for abetting in the crime. The cousin is a 36-year-old man and the aunt […]

Chennai, Jan 11 (BPNS) Two activists of the Hindu Munnani were arrested by the Podanur police in Coimbatore on Tuesday over the desecration of the statue of Periyar or E.V. Ramasamy Periyar. The statue in front of the Thanthai Periyar Study Centre was found desecrated on Sunday morning with saffron powder and garlanded with slippers. […]