Scamsters use WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media platforms to target members of the public, the police said. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images Recently, the relative of a top police officer in Tamil Nadu received a WhatsApp call from the officer. It had been many days since the two … Read more
The fishermen had ventured into the sea on Friday (February 2, 2024), and were attacked late that night, police said. File photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: MOORTHY M In two separate incidents, five fishermen from Arcottuthurai coastal village in Nagapattinam district were attacked by unidentified persons, mid-sea, while they were fishing … Read more
Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi | Photo Credit: KUMAR SS Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Monday, January 22, 2024 visited Sri Kodandaramaswami Temple in Chennai and later claimed there was a “pervasive sense of invisible fear and apprehensions writ large on the faces of priests and temple staff.” A Raj Bhavan post on social … Read more
AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday, November 30, 2023 accused the DMK regime of being “administratively incompetent” to tackle the rains in Chennai. In a message on his social media handle, Mr. Palaniswami said the DMK government had been boasting of having taken up … Read more
Activist V. Piyush has urged the Salem court to register an FIR under the appropriate sections and render justice | Photo Credit: LAKSHMI NARAYANAN E Salem-based activist V. Piyush filed a private complaint at the Judicial Magistrate Court No. 4 on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, demanding action against BJP State president K. Annamalai for reportedly issuing threats and making provocative statements. In his complaint, … Read more
The increased demand for firecrackers can sometimes lead to unscrupulous individuals taking advantage of unsuspecting buyers, the police said. File photograph | Photo Credit: KARUNAKARAN M Over 25 cases of fake websites selling fireworks and crackers have been reported in a month, the Cyber Crime Wing of the Tamil Nadu Police said on Saturday, while … Read more
Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Tamil Nadu’s Health Department has announced that counselling for vacant undergraduate medical seats under the State quota, will be filled through counselling between November 7 and 15. A total of 785 MBBS seats from the State were surrendered to the Central pool at the start … Read more
Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) Shankar Jiwal (centre) and Commission of Police of Greater Chennai Sandeep Rai Rathore (right) and Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, A.Arun (left) brief journalists on the recent petrol bomb attack at Raj Bhavan, in Chennai on October 27, 2023 | Photo Credit: M. Prabhu Top … Read more
The Tamil Nadu government has accorded sanction to prosecute BJP State president K. Annamalai for his “hate speech” against a “Christian Missionary NGO”, based on a legal opinion from the State Public Prosecutor (SPP) of the Madras High Court. According to a government order (G.O.), the legal opinion was sought based on a petition filed … Read more
Women empowerment has been realised by the MGNREGS, CM M.K. Stalin said in his letter. File photograph Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wrote to Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Giriraj Singh, on Friday, requesting him to release funds for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) that is being … Read more