The Madras High Court has overturned the provision of government jobs to 31 family members of the victims of the Karur stampede MADURAI: In a sharp rebuke to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam-led govt’s orders giving govt jobs to 31 family members of the people killed at a TVK meeting in Karur, Madras high court on…
Chennai: A 48-year-old DMK functionary was found dead with multiple injuries on the roadside near Tiruttani in Tiruvallur district. Police are probing if he was murdered or killed in a road accident.The deceased was identified as Rajini, a power loom weaver and former DMK branch secretary of Pothadoorpet near Pallipattu. His father, Subramani, is the…
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: 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 proposed 52.94km metro rail extension from Poonamallee to Parandur has not been shelved despite uncertainty over the proposed greenfield airport. Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) is moving ahead with approvals for the first phase from Poonamallee to Sunguvarchatram, covering 27.9km.The move comes even as the Parandur airport project remains in limbo. While the…
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…
