Chennai: A 45-year-old woman suffered burns after attempting to set herself on fire outside the Chief Minister’s Special Cell at the Secretariat on Monday morning.Police personnel on duty rescued her and rushed her to hospital. Preliminary inquiries revealed that she had come to submit a petition as a land dispute issue at her village near…
Chennai: The bodies of two teenage girls were mistakenly exchanged and handed over to the wrong families after post-mortem examinations at Government Stanley Medical College Hospital, causing distress and confusion, the police said.The error came to light when one family discovered the mix-up after taking the body home for funeral preparations.Police said, Anushka, 19, from…
A 26-year-old woman police constable, attached to the forensic department of the Chennai City Police was injured on her head and face after falling from a moving EMU suburban train while attempting to catch hold of a robber when he tried to flee after snatching the constable’s mobile phone at Tambaram Sanatorium railway station on…
Chennai: Chennai Mayor R Priya lodged a complaint with the cybercrime wing of the city police, stating that unidentified people subjected her to repeated online harassment by circulating morphed videos and posting defamatory content on social media to damage her reputation.According to the complaint, the online harassment continued for the past few days, causing her…
CUDDALORE: S Ayyappan, 28, who was accused of stabbing a Class XI girl in Chidambaram for turning down his proposal, died by suicide on Sunday.Police said Ayyappan, an electrician residing in C Mutlur village near Chidambaram in Cuddalore district, was found hanging in his house. Police were alerted by his relatives and the body was…
Chennai: A 45-year-old man employed as a supervisor at a private steel company has lodged a complaint saying he was robbed of ₹18.8 lakh by four unidentified men at knifepoint in Korattur on Saturday.According to police, Ranjith Kumar, a resident of MMDA Colony in Arumbakkam, works as a supervisor at a private steel company in…
CHENNAI: The state advocate general Vijay Narayan has reconstituted the enrolment committee of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, replacing two of its three members, after stating that the previous committee had initiated the enrolment process without the knowledge or approval of the interim arrangement headed by him.In an official communication sent on…
Chennai: A long period of imprisonment alone cannot justify bail in a money-laundering case, Madras high court has said, dismissing the bail plea of a man arrested in connection with the ₹43-crore investment fraud in Puducherry.Justice C Kumarappan said the stringent bail conditions under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) would…
CHENNAI: Amid concerns over a sharp decline in Tamil Nadu’s own revenue, the state govt has constituted a six-member expert committee headed by noted economist and former Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia to suggest measures to augment its receipts.The committee includes K P Krishnan, chair professor of economics at the National Council of…
The TVS Apache Junior Programme aims to provide structured racing training for riders aged 10-14 Chennai: TVS Motor Company has launched a junior racing programme for aspiring motorcycle racers aged 10 to 14 years. As part of the initiative, TVS has developed an Apache RR 200 Mini and handed over 10 mini motorcycles to the…
