KRISHNAGIRI: The Hosur police carried out surprise raids at courier stations in the town for the second day on Monday to check for banned narcotics. They deployed trained sniffer dogs for the operation. The operation was led by Hosur deputy superintendent of police Balakrishnan after intelligence inputs suggested that contraband substances and tablets were being…
KRISHNAGIRI: Five people, including four teenagers, were arrested on Monday on charges of attacking and kidnapping two tollgate employees at Mathur in Krishnagiri district. According to the Mathur police, the incident happened on Sunday evening. Around 30 people, who were returning after participating in a manjuvirattu event (bull-taming and chasing sport) in Tiruvannamalai, demanded passage…
PALANI: The Palani Adivaram police have registered an FIR and launched an investigation into the alleged fraudulent registration of a 1.4-acre land parcel worth around Rs 100 crore belonging to the Arulmigu Dhandayudapani Swami mutt in Palani in the names of two private individuals.The FIR was registered based on the complaint by a trustee of…
CHENNAI: A bird strike grounded a British Airways flight that was supposed to fly from Chennai to London in the wee hours of Monday. The bird hit took place around 3.30 am seconds before the flight landed in Chennai with 226 passengers on board from London. However, the flight landed safely and the passenger were…
K Annamalai launched his ‘We the Leaders’ forum advocating healthy politics and societal change COIMBATORE: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Sunday refrained from attacking any political party at the first state conference of his newly launched ‘We the Leaders’ (WTL) forum in Pollachi.On the contrary, he gave a call for ‘healthy politics’…
In Tamil Nadu, successive govts over the past three decades have stonewalled legislation over caste killings K ChandruAs Tamil Nadu, which prides itself on a century-long tradition of social justice and progressive reforms, continues to debate the need for law to prevent crimes committed in the name of honour, Karnataka has enacted a legislation in…
Chennai: A 27-year-old welder was hacked to death and his face disfigured with a broken beer bottle in a suspected revenge attack near Ponneri in Tiruvallur district on Saturday night. Four persons were arrested in connection with the incident.Sunil, who worked as a welder, was found dead beneath the Arani river bridge with multiple cut…
Chennai: Former DMK minister E V Velu, who returned from Singapore to Chennai, said he had neither committed any corruption nor was he scared of police.Talking to reporters at Chennai airport, Velu dismissed allegations that he travelled abroad to evade police action. Velu said he would face the police inquiry and prove that the charges…
90-year-old woman dies after wall collapses at work site in Kolathur Chennai: A 90-year-old woman died after a compound wall collapsed on her during renovation work at her house in Gangaiamman Koil Street in Kolathur on Saturday evening.The victim, Chellammal, who lived with her son and his family, was washing vessels near the compound wall…
Matrimandir – Golden Temple for meditation in Auroville, an experimental township in Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, India Chennai: An exhibition — featuring photographs, videos, testimonials and documentary material — titled ‘Auroville: An Experiment Under Threat’ was held in Puducherry on Saturday and Sunday. Major Arun Ambathy, a organiser of the event, told TOI that the…
