Cleared – maniChennai: Amid continuing political sparring over women’s safety in Tamil Nadu, the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) figures for 2024 point to a spike in grave crimes such as rape, stalking of women and domestic abuse and cyber harassment.According to the NCRB’s Crime in India 2024 report released on Thursday, Tamil Nadu…
Chennai: Cybercrime cases registered in Tamil Nadu nearly tripled between 2022 and 2024, rising from 2,082 cases in 2022 to 5,793 in 2024, according to data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Thursday.The State recorded 4,121 cybercrime cases in 2023 before the figure increased further in 2024. Fraud committed through communication devices…
Cleared – maniChennai: Cybercrime cases registered in Tamil Nadu nearly tripled between 2022 and 2024, rising from 2,082 cases in 2022 to 5,793 in 2024, according to data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Thursday.The State recorded 4,121 cybercrime cases in 2023 before the figure increased further in 2024. Fraud committed through…
Madurai: A woman hid the body of her 80-year-old grandmother in a plastic drum for two weeks, before burying it behind her house in Melur on Wednesday. Following complaints from neighbours of a foul smell, police recovered the body and initiated a probe.Veerammal of Mangalampatti, who was bedridden for the past five months, was taken…
Chennai: A 31-year-old man was arrested for secretly filming a woman inside a restroom with his mobile phone at a house in Guindy on Wednesday.The victim, a 23-year-old woman from Coimbatore, was working at a private firm in Chennai, and staying with friends in Guindy.On Wednesday morning the woman entered the bathroom and saw the…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu recorded the highest number of traffic accidents in India in 2024, with 69,828 cases resulting in 20,390 deaths, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report.Tamil Nadu reported the maximum number of accidents on state highways at 21,688 cases, resulting in 6,099 deaths, the highest in the nation for this road…
Chennai: Amid continuing political sparring over women’s safety in Tamil Nadu, the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) figures for 2024 point to a spike in grave crimes such as rape, stalking of women and domestic abuse and cyber harassment.According to the NCRB’s Crime in India 2024 report released on Thursday, Tamil Nadu registered 11,363…
Chennai: Madras high court on Thursday reserved its order on the bail application moved by YouTuber Savukku Shankar in connection with an attempt-to-murder case registered against him while he was imprisoned in Puzhal central prison.Concluding the hearing, vacation judge Justice L Victoria Gowri reserved her order. According to Shankar, an FIR was registered against him…
Chennai: The RBI has accorded approval to Kotak Mahindra Bank to acquire an aggregate holding of up to 9.9% of the paid-up share capital or voting rights in the century-old City Union Bank (CUB).CUB informed the stock exchanges on Thursday that it received the communication from the RBI on Wednesday.The approval is subject to compliance…
CHENNAI: The unthinkable in Tamil Nadu politics turned probable on Thursday when DMK president M K Stalin reportedly told his party MLAs that AIADMK had been seeking his support to form the govt and checkmate TVK president C Joseph Vijay from becoming chief minister.The legislators left the decision to Stalin, multiple sources told TOI. AIADMK…
