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KARUR: Following the Madras High Court's directions, Velayuthampalayam police in Karur on Sunday registered a case against the driver of the campaign vehicle in which TVK leader Vijay was travelling on September 27. According to the police, based on a complaint filed by a head constable from the station, the driver of the vehicle has been booked under Section 281 of the BNS (rash driving or riding on a public road, endangering life). While the campaign vehicle was en route to Karur, a few followers riding alongside it fell onto the road, dangerously close to the tyres on the Karur-Thavittupalayam stretch on Namakkal - Karur Highways. However, no one was injured. The Madras High Court on Friday condemned actor-turned-politician Vijay and senior leaders of the TVK for allegedly triggering the stampede that claimed 41 lives and injured more than 110 people in Karur on September 27, and for subsequently abandoning their cadres and supporters. The court ordered a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT). It also directed that a hit-and-run case be registered against the driver, citing two incidents in which his campaign vehicle allegedly rammed into motorcycles belonging to party workers, yet failed to stop over.
Chennai: Hours before Union home minister Amit Shah was to arrive in Madurai, Thuglak editor and an associate of Shah, S Gurumurthy on Saturday met PMK founder S Ramadoss. The PMK leader, however, ruled out the possibility of meeting Amit Shah during his two-day visit to Tamil Nadu.Gurumurthy met Ramadoss for the second time amid reported tension within PMK regarding alliance strategies and insistence by Anbumani Ramadoss to remain party president. The hour-long meeting took place at the T Nagar residence of A K Vijay Mahesh, son of former Union minister and PMK leader A K Moorthy, sources sai ...Read More >
Chennai/Sivaganga, Jul 1 (PTI) The opposition in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday mounted pressure on the ruling DMK over the custodial death of a temple security guard in the state's Sivaganga district, demanding a CBI probe into the matter, even as the state government initiated action against policemen, including putting the district police chief on "compulsory wait". Also, a DSP was placed under suspension. The matter also came up before the Madras High Court bench in Madurai, which appointed an Enquiry Officer to look into the issue and submit a report on July 8, while allowing a CB-CID probe into ...Read More >
New Delhi: A week after Deepak Kumar, nephew of jailed gangster Manjeet Mahal, was shot dead in front of his 10-year-old daughter during a morning walk in northwest Delhi's Bawana, Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested two suspects linked to the rival Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu gang following an early morning encounter.The arrests took place near Sector-34 in Rohini, close to the Munak Canal, on Friday. Acting on a tip-off about the movement of two suspects -- Sombir alias Chinu, from Hisar, Haryana, and Vijay, 31, from Chandigarh -- the Crime Branch laid a trap. As officers closed in, the sus ...Read More >
New Delhi, August 3: Two students from Manipur sustained serious injuries after being stabbed by unidentified bike-borne assailants in Delhi's Vijay Nagar locality during the early hours of July 31. Delhi Police have since arrested two men and apprehended a juvenile in connection with the attack, officials confirmed on Sunday. The arrested individuals have been identified as Krishna and Krishna Kashyap. The victims, identified as Zerry and Shepherd, both hailing from Manipur and currently studying in Delhi, were purchasing water from a shop around 4 am when they were approached by four indi ...Read More >
Criticism has largely stemmed from the Tamil nationalist group Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK), which has taken strong exception to certain elements in Kingdom. The makers of Vijay Deverakonda's recently released movie have issued an apology to the people of Tamil Nadu. This comes at a time when the film has triggered widespread protests in Tamil Nadu, with several groups accusing it of misrepresenting Tamil identity and hurting religious sentiments. Kingdom, directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, premiered gl ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court will on Monday hear the plea of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) seeking an independent probe into the Karur tragedy that occurred during actor Vijay's rally on Saturday, which left 40 persons, including children, dead. Raising doubts over the root cause of the tragedy and emphasising the need for preserving the CCTV footage recorded at the spot, advocates of TVK approached Justice M Dhandapani on Sunday, seeking that a suo motu case be taken up on the incident and an independent probe ordered. However, the judge, who is to sit in the vacation court in the Madura ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) general secretary for election campaign management Aadhav Arjuna will move the Madurai bench of Madras High Court on Tuesday seeking a direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the Karur stampede tragedy that claimed 41 lives. The plea is expected to be taken up for hearing by Friday, October 3. According to party sources, the petition will be filed through senior counsel before the Madurai Bench -- will seek a detailed investigation into the lapses that led to the crowd crush during TVK president Vijay's rally in Karur last week. ...Read More >
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 10 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Police have arrested one of the key accused in the 1998 Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case and communal murder cases across the state, officials said on Thursday. , they said. Also Read | Satara Shocker: 21-Year-Old Girl Dies by Suicide in Lakshmi Tekdi After Being Scolded by Brother Over Going Out and Sharing Photos on WhatsApp Status. According to a release, acting on specific and credible intelligence, the accused was arrested by a special team from the Anti-Terrorism Squad and Coimbatore City Police in the Vijayapura district of ...Read More >
Chennai, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President Vijay has sharply criticised the Tamil Nadu government for what he described as the inhumane and violent arrest of sanitation workers protesting in Chennai. In a strongly worded statement, Vijay accused the ruling DMK of using "fascist" tactics to suppress peaceful demonstrations. He alleged that late-night Wednesday police operations saw male and female workers forcibly dragged away, with several women fainting or sustaining injuries in the process. The violence inflicted on these women, he said, was intolerable for ...Read More >
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay addressed a rally in Tiruchirappalli. Audio problems plagued his 20-minute speech. Supporters chanted his name amidst the unclear address. Vijay questioned the DMK government's unfulfilled promises from the 2021 election. He criticized the DMK regime regarding an illegal kidney sale racket. Vijay highlighted Tiruchirappalli's historical significance in Dravidian politics. Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay's address from atop his campaign vehicle on Saturda ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court will hear on Monday the TVK's plea seeking an independent probe into the Karur tragedy (on Saturday) which left 40 people, including children, dead. Raising doubts over the root cause of the tragedy and the need for preserving the CCTV footage recorded at the spot, TVK lawyers, led by advocate S Arivazhagan, approached Justice M Dhandapani on Sunday for taking up a suo motu case on the incident and ordering an independent probe into it. However, the judge, who is going to sit in the vacation court in the Madurai Bench, said he would take up the matter if they f ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: After four days of relentless downpours, Telangana is expected to have a brief respite on Monday, with no rainfall alerts issued. However, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) placed the state under a yellow alert for thunderstorms. IMD data showed that Papannapet in Medak district received the heaviest 24-hour rainfall at 10.6 cm, followed by Manoor in Sangareddy with 9.28 cm and Nallabelly in Warangal at 9.15 cm. The statewide average rainfall for the day stood at 7.3 mm, notably higher than the normal 4.3 mm. Warangal's Sangem recorded the day's highest maximum temperature ...Read More >
New Delhi: Nearly three weeks after businessman Arun Lohia was fatally shot inside his SUV near Chhatarpur Metro Station in South Delhi, two of the alleged shooters were injured and arrested during a police encounter on the Chirag Delhi-Khanpur stretch on Thursday. Investigations revealed that the killing stemmed from a land dispute. A third suspect was also taken into custody.According to police, the murder took place on May 15. The victim, Arun, a resident of Aya Nagar and owner of several local warehouses, was attacked around 1 pm while returning from Saket Court with his father, Rambir Loh ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 5 (UNI) In a move aimed to curb the sale of substandard helmets and enhance road safety, the Department of Consumer Affairs, in coordination with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), has seized over 3,000 non-compliant helmets from manufacturers and retailers across the country. The action, part of a nationwide crackdown on helmet manufacturers operating without valid BIS licences, saw enforcement teams confiscate more than 2,500 helmets from nine manufacturers whose licences had either expired or been cancelled. Additionally, around 500 substandard helmets were seized from r ...Read More >
CHENNAI: GEM Hospital and Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, located five-kilometre apart in Coimbatore, have pulled off simultaneous liver transplants for two men in their fifties, involving an inter-hospital swap of organs from donors, who were each other's wives. Addressing the media here on Friday, the hospitals claimed that this was the first time in India that such liver transplants involving inter-hospital swap were done. The patients, aged 59 from Salem and 53 from Tiruppur respectively admitted in GEM and Ramakrishna hospitals, were in dire need of liver transplants. Although their respective ...Read More >
Medak: Telangana State BJP President N. Ramchander Rao on Friday appealed to the people to give the committed party an opportunity to meet the aspirations of the poor and downtrodden. Addressing a large gathering of party workers in Medak, the BJP chief remarked that citizens have experienced the rule of the BRS and the Congress party and have had bitter experiences with the deceitful practices of both. He urged people to support the BJP wholeheartedly in the upcoming local body elections as a way to teach the ruling Congress party a lesson for its unfulfilled promises. Rao emphasized that t ...Read More >
Bangalore Gold Rate Today: Shattering all hopes of retail jewellery buyers of some relief amid the ongoing Navratri festival, gold rates in Bangalore, and other Indian cities broke another record on Monday, September 29. The price of gold in Bangalore, aka Bengaluru, witnessed a sharp surge bringing 24 karat gold Rs 16,000 above the historic Rs 1 lakh mark. The gold price rally in Karnataka capital mirrored the surge in gold rate in India and across the world. The sharp rally in precious metal is on its path to beat the record-rally of 1979. Multiple factors like US Fed rate cut, trade becau ...Read More >
Head Constable Narender Kumar has been arrested and his car seized ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * A police head constable was arrested for hitting three boys in Palwal, Haryana * Two brothers, Ayaan (13) and Ahsan (9), died on the spot after being hit * The third boy, Arjaan (7), was critically injured and referred to Rohtak hospital Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode New Delhi: Days after rash driving claimed a senior government offi ...Read More >
Karur, September 28: The death toll rose to 39 in the tragic stampede that occurred during the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam's (TVK) political rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur, said officials on Sunday. The rally was being addressed by party president, actor Vijay, on Saturday when the stampede occurred, leaving at least 39 people dead and over 50 others injured. The public meeting, held at Velusamypuram in Karur, was part of Vijay's fast-growing outreach campaign across Tamil Nadu. According to police and local officials, thousands of supporters began gathering on the narrow approach roads from early ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 13 (PTI) Founder-chief of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, actor-politician Vijay on Sunday slammed the DMK regime over "custodial deaths" and alleged the "empty, publicity-model DMK sarkar has now got transformed into a sorry model sarkar." Addressing TVK's protest rally here, seeking justice for the death of alleged custodial torture victim Ajith Kumar of Sivaganga district, Vijay said the victim hailed from an ordinary family and Chief Minister M K Stalin apologised to the Kumar's family and it is appropriate. This is the first time Vijay has led a protest demonstration and TVK cadre ...Read More >
New Delhi: Traffic in central Delhi will be affected on Thursday as the traffic police has issued an advisory due to the Janmashtami and Tazia processions.According to police, the traffic movement in Paharganj is likely to be affected from 1.30pm in view of the shobha yatra for Janmashtami and the Tazia procession.The Janmashtami procession will start from Mandir Shri Banke Bihari Ji in Paharganj's Sangatrasan Bazar and pass through Desh Bandhu Gupta Road, Chuna Mandi, Main Bazar, Munja Chowk and Arakashan Road. The Tazia procession will start from Ajmeri Gate and proceed through Pul Paharganj ...Read More >
Chennai, (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 29 (ANI): Chennai Police received a phone call claiming that a bomb had been planted at the ECR, Neelankarai residence of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Chief and actor C Joseph Vijay, officials said. Following the alert on Sunday, police personnel rushed to the spot, and a bomb disposal squad was deployed. Experts are currently carrying out thorough checks inside and outside the premises, sources said. Visuals showed heavy security outside Vijay's residence. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi To Inaugurate New BJP Office in Delhi Today on Saptami of Navrat ...Read More >
New Delhi: A fresh political storm has erupted in Tamil Nadu after posters demanding the arrest of actor-turned-politician Vijay appeared across Karur on Monday. Posters portray Vijay with bloodstained hands The posters, reportedly linked to the Tamil Nadu Students Union, accused the TVK leader of being responsible for the deaths in the stampede at his election rally on Saturday (September 27). Some of the posters, which were swiftly taken down, portrayed Vijay with bloodstained hands. The Velusamypuram rally tragedy claimed 41 lives, including children and women. More than 60 people are st ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 12 (VOICE) Without a social change and improvement in the behaviour of drivers, it is difficult to reduce the number of road accidents in the country, said Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday, adding that he is forced to "hide his face" in international meets due to the country's poor record on road fatalities. Replying to a question on road safety in Lok Sabha, Nitin Gadkari put the figure for annual road accident fatalities at 1.78 lahks, cautioning that road users should respect the law and a major change should come about in human behaviour to sav ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: With the kharif season underway and farmers facing an acute shortage of urea, agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has written to the Centre, urging immediate intervention to ensure timely and sufficient supply of the critical fertiliser. In letters addressed to Union minister for chemicals and fertilisers JP Nadda, Tummala highlighted the alarming gap between the state's demand and actual supply. The minister said the Centre had allocated five lakh metric tonnes of urea to Telangana for the months of April, May, and June. However, only 3.06 lakh metric tonnes have been suppli ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab chief ministerBhagwant Mann on Thursday said the government will table a bill in the assembly on Friday to introduce harsher punishment for religious sacrilege. However, the law will not be enacted immediately, as the government plans to hold consultations with stakeholders before finalising the legislation.Mann said the decision was taken in a meeting of the cabinet earlier in the day. After the legislation is tabled, Punjab govt will gather suggestions on the law from stakeholders, including religious organisations and people, he added.Sources said said the new legislation ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 14: Medulla Communications Pvt. Ltd., one of the world's most awarded healthcare-specialist advertising agencies, has announced the launch of its new hub in Singapore. With over 15 years of experience in solving complex healthcare challenges, Medulla is now looking to create a super-specialist category as the first digital healthcare advertising agency in Asia. New Hub to Deliver Scalable, Specialist Healthcare Marketing Solutions Across APAC. Also Read | New Cheque Clearing System: Banks To Clear Cheques Within Few Hours Starting October 4, Announces RBI. ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu: The founder of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, actor-politician Vijay, was accorded a rousing reception in Tiruchirappalli on Saturday by his party workers and admirers just before the start of his campaign for the 2026 Assembly election. As soon as Vijay arrived at the airport here from Chennai by a chartered flight, enthusiastic TVK workers, carrying party flags, pushed away barricades on the airport premises at several spots to get a glimpse of their leader. As the crowd, including women, surged, Vijay's campaign vehicle moved at a snail's pace, and he waved at party workers from in ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): The Delhi Police have registered a case after a minor was killed in a clash with other minors in Delhi's Mangolpuri area, officials said According to police, the deceased had a fight with the accused on Friday morning. Later, the accused, along with a group of boys, allegedly beat him. Also Read | Navratri 2025: PM Narendra Modi Extends Greetings to Nation on 6th Day of Shardiya Navratri, Says 'We Bow in Reverence to Devi Maa'. However, there were no visible external injury marks. Police said most of the Children in Conflict with Law (CCL) involved in ...Read More >
Chennai, Sep 28 (UNI) Even as the toll in the horrendous stampede at last night's rally of actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President Vijay rose to 40 with the death of one more person (10 children, 17 women, 13 MEN) a blame game has erupted between the ruling DMK and the principal opposition AIADMK, even as the TVK knocked at the doors of the judiciary, seeking Madras High Court to take a suo motu case and order a probe either by the CBI or a court-monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT). ...Read More >