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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday responded to a Madurai court's verdict in the 2020 custodial death case of a father-son duo in Tamil Nadu, where nine police officials from the Sathankulam police station were sentenced to death. The judgment comes nearly six years after P Jayaraj and his son J Bennix were allegedly assaulted by police personnel in Sathankulam, Thoothukudi district, for reportedly keeping their mobile shop open in violation of COVID-19 restrictions. Also Read ...Read More >
Chennai: With the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections scheduled to take place on April 23, the Election Commission of India has ordered the transfer of Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam. Senior IAS officer M. Saikumar has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu, replacing Muruganandam. Saikumar previously served as the Chairman and Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL). He also served as the Private Secretary to former Chief Minister Edappad ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Custodial Death: The Madurai court ruling comes nearly six years after P Jayaraj and his son J Bennix were tortured to death in police custody in Thoothukudi district In a landmark verdict that has reignited the debate on custodial violence in India, a Madurai court on Monday sentenced nine Tamil Nadu police personnel to death in the 2020 Sathankulam custodial death case. The ruling, described as falling under the 'rarest of rare' category, comes nearly six years after the brutal dea ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Police have completed all security arrangements for the smooth conduct of the Assembly elections, which will take place on April 9, State Police Chief Ravada A Chandrasekhar said on Monday. The entire state has been divided into special security zones, with forces deployed under the leadership of senior officers. Police stations across the state have been reorganised into 154 election subdivisions, with district police chiefs overseeing the security arrangements. ...Read More >
Sathankulam custodial deaths: In a landmark judgment, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday sentenced nine Tamil Nadu police personnel to death in connection with the 2020 Sathankulam custodial deaths. The court described the incident as a "rarest of rare" case, citing extreme brutality and gross misuse of authority. Presiding Judge G Muthukumaran held all nine accused guilty of murder and other related charges in the deaths of trader P Jayaraj (59) and his son J Benniks (31). Th ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In a landmark judgment, a Madurai court has handed down the death penalty to nine Tamil Nadu police personnel for their involvement in the horrific 2020 custodial deaths of a father and son in Sathankulam, Thoothukudi district. The tragic events unfolded on June 19, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Police arrested Jayaraj, a mobile shop owner, and his son Bennix, accusing them of keeping their store open past the lockdown curfew hours permitted by the state. Following their arres ...Read More >
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 3 (ANI): Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader CTR Nirmal Kumar on Friday raised serious concerns over the safety of his party candidates during the ongoing Tamil Nadu Assembly election campaign. He alleged that several violent incidents, including bottles being thrown at party meetings in Villivakkam, were deliberately instigated by DMK to disrupt TVK's electoral activities. Speaking to ANI, Nirmal Kumar said, "There is no safety for our candidates and our ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 1 (ANI): Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay on Wednesday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Union Home Secretary, raising concerns over alleged security lapses during his ongoing election campaign in Tamil Nadu. In his letter, Vijay referred to an incident on March 30, when he was travelling from Perambur to Kolathur after filing his nomination papers. He alleged that there was an inadequate police escort and insufficient traffic management, lea ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 1 (ANI): Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay on Wednesday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Union Home Secretary, raising concerns over alleged security lapses during his ongoing election campaign in Tamil Nadu. In his letter, Vijay referred to an incident on March 30, when he was travelling from Perambur to Kolathur after filing his nomination papers. He alleged that there was an inadequate police escort and insufficient traffic management, lea ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The State Cyber Crime Investigation Centre (SCCIC), the investigating body of the Tamil Nadu Police's Cyber Crime Wing headquarters, has detained five major cyber offenders under the Goondas Act for their organised role in large-scale cyber fraud and cyber slavery-related offences, which affect the financial security of citizens. The Cybercrime headquarters did not name the offenders. However, it said that two of them were mule account aggregators from Rajasthan handling the financial ...Read More >
Coimbatore: The Tamil Nadu Police on Monday night arrested three men accused of abducting and gangraping a 20-year-old college student near Coimbatore International Airport. The alleged crime took place on Sunday, November 2. The three accused, identified as Guna, Karuppasamy, and Karthik alias Kaleeswaran, were intercepted on the outskirts of Mettupalayam. They were shot in the leg during an encounter while trying to escape. They were subsequently taken to the Coimbatore government hospital fo ...Read More >
Actress Sakshi Agarwal on Tuesday expressed her gratitude to the Tamil Nadu Police for their swift and efficient response after bomb threats were issued to her residence and office. Sharing the update on her X account, she wrote, "Thank you @tnpoliceoffl #tndgp for your due diligence and immediate response to the Bomb Threat to my house and office! To my fans, we are safe and the bomb threat is being investigated!" According to sources close to the actress, the threat arrived via mail, promptin ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 21 (ANI): 'Sinners' is all set to be re-released in Imax theatres for Halloween. The R-rated box office smash, directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan, will be back in select locations for one week starting on October 30, as per Variety. Also Read | 'Thank You Tamil Nadu Police': Sakshi Agarwal Expresses Gratitude to TN Police for Swift Response To Bomb Threat Issued to Her Residence, Office (See Post). This marks the second IMAX re-releas ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: The special investigation team probing the rape case at Kazhakkoottam took into custody a 38-year-old truck driver from his native Madurai in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.DCP T Farash told TOI that the person taken into custody is likely the culprit as he was the only person spotted in the CCTV visuals before and after the crime. Since the crime took place in the dark, the woman couldn't recognise the perpetrator. The probe team will have to verify a number of things before proceedin ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a tense 48 hours for the special investigation team (SIT) that tracked down Benjamin, a 35-year-old truck driver from Madurai, accused of attempting to assault a young IT professional inside her hostel room in Kazhakkoottam. It was a long, tiring search where they verified close to 200 CCTVs in and around the IT city and collected evidence from many before finally zeroing in on him. The breakthrough came after police spotted his suspicious movements on CCTV footage, i ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Tamil Nadu native arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a young IT professional at a women's hostel in Kazhakkoottam near here has been identified as a history-sheeter, police said on Monday. The arrested Benjamin was identified by the victim. According to the Kerala Police, who took Benjamin into custody on Sunday from Madurai, Benjamin is a lorry driver with a criminal record. He has now confessed to the crime during interrogation. He was ar ...Read More >
Given that deaths have now been reported across multiple states, this cannot remain a state-specific inquiry. It needs a coordinated, multi-state probe under the supervision of central agencies such as the CBI and the Union Health Ministry Over the past month, at least 20 children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have lost their lives after consuming contaminated cough syrup. In MP's Chhindwara district alone, where nine deaths occurred, families reported a distressing similarity. The children f ...Read More >
CHENNAI: With DMK allies including Congress demanding to appoint Tamil Nadu police officials to monitor the CBI enquiry into the Karur stampede incident, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday said that his government would consult legally and would approach the Supreme Court in this regard. The apex court on October 13, directed the CBI to investigate the recent Karur stampede during a rally organised by actor Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam in which 41 persons died. The Supreme Co ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday raised eyebrows on the two seemingly conflicting orders passed by the Madras High Court over the Karur stampede in Tamil Nadu, one declining a plea for a CBI probe (passed by Madurai bench) and another directing a probe by a Special Investigation Team (passed by principal bench) of the high court. Verbally observing that "there has to be some propriety in the system", a division bench comprising Justices JK Maheshwari and NV Anjaria reserved its orders on ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Drug Control department has permanently shut down Sresan Pharmaceuticals after detecting a highly toxic chemical compound, Diethylene Glycol (DEG), in its Coldrif syrup. The contaminated drug has been linked to multiple child deaths in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, prompting swift and stringent action by State authorities. According to the Health and Family Welfare department, the Tamil Nadu Drug Control department received an urgent communication from the Madhya ...Read More >
Tamil actor Vijay's political party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has approached the Supreme Court. They are challenging a Madras High Court order. This order constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the Karur stampede. The incident tragically claimed 41 lives. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the plea. This is for an independent investigation under its supervision. Tamil actor Vijay's political party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court ...Read More >
New Delhi: Tamil actor Vijay's political party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has moved the Supreme Court, challenging the Madras High Court order constituting a special investigation team to probe the Karur stampede that killed 41 people. The high court had ordered a SIT probe after expressing that the state's investigation into the case so far was unsatisfactory. HC had criticised the party's officials over the stampede. A bench comprising CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran took note ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 8 The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of Tamil actor C. Joseph Vijay has approached the Supreme ... Chennai, Oct 8 The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of Tamil actor C. Joseph Vijay has approached the Supreme Court seeking an independent inquiry by a former apex court judge into the September 27 stampede at Tamil Nadu's Karur that left 41 people dead and several others injured. The party, through its Secretary Aadhav Arjuna, has filed a petition challenging the Madras High Court's O ...Read More >
TRICHY/CHENNAI: Even as the state govt formed special teams to nab senior TVK functionaries, the govt faced flak from its own allies for 'sparing' TVK president Vijay from legal action in the Karur stampede case.VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan on Thursday questioned the state govt for not booking Vijay, while only second rung leaders of TVK have been named in the FIR related to the stampede that claimed 41 lives. Stating that the police action to leave out Vijay's name was shocking, Thirumavalavan ...Read More >
TIRUCHY: VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan on Thursday raised doubts over whether the DMK and TVK president Vijay are engaged in covert dealings, after the Tamil Nadu police allegedly failed to register a case against Vijay in connection with the Karur stampede incident. Referring to the case booked against TVK general secretary Bussy Anand, alias N Anand, in relation to the Karur stampede case, Thirumavalavan questioned why Vijay was not included. He said that if Vijay is not booked, then the ...Read More >
The two policemen - D Sureshraj and P Sundar - were on patrol duty Two policemen in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai district have been arrested and suspended for allegedly gang-raping a 25-year-old woman from Andhra Pradesh, the police said. According to investigators, the survivor and her mother had travelled from Andhra Pradesh to sell fruits in Tiruvannamalai on Monday. After stopping their vehicle and waiting on the roadside late at night, they were intercepted by two policemen on patrol duty ...Read More >
Congress leader P Chidambaram attributed the Karur stampede, which killed 41 people at actor Vijay's rally, to "error on all sides," suggesting solutions to the TN Chief Secretary. Following the tragic incident, Vijay, Prime Minister Modi, and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK announced substantial financial compensation for the victims' families and the injured. Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said that "there is an error on all sides" regarding the stampede during a political rally in Karu ...Read More >
Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Vijay remained inside his campaign vehicle for an extended period at the rally venue in Karur on Saturday which led to overcrowding and restlessness among the crowd, according to a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Tamil Nadu Police in the stampede incident that killed 41 people and left 60 injured. The police has not filed any case against Vijay, but an FIR has been registered against three key leaders of his party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). Th ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged people to make India self-reliant and embrace Swadeshi and said less is India's dependence on foreign products, better it will be for the country. PM Modi, who inaugurated Delhi BJP's newly-built office here, said the relationship between Delhi and the BJP isn't just about a city and a party but of service and culture. Also Read | Zubeen Garg Ambulance Video Moments Before His Mysterious Death Shows Singer Bein ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Delhi BJP leaders on Monday hailed the inauguration of party unit's new office in the national capital and said it will help strengthen the resolve for public service, social welfare, and good governance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the newly-built office of Delhi BJP. Also Read | Zubeen Garg Ambulance Video Moments Before His Mysterious Death Shows Singer Being Administered CPR; Wife Garima Saikia Garg Demands Justice (Watch Video). Union M ...Read More >
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