India hands over 34 fishermen to Sri Lanka’s navyRAMESHWARAM - Indian Coast Guard officials handed over 34 Sri Lankan fishermen to the island’s naval authorities here Saturday, an official said. College student partially blinded after raggingCOIMBATORE - A 20-year-old management student has been left partially blinded after he was allegedly ragged by his seniors here, police said Saturday. White tigress gives birth to three cubs in Tamil NaduVANDALUR - Project Tiger has received a further boost with the announcement of a five-year-old tigress giving birth to three cubs at the Arignar Anna zoo, which is located 31 kilometres from Chennai. Three Sri Lankans die in Tamil Nadu road accidentACHCHARAPPAKKAM - Three Sri Lankan tourists including a teenage girl died on the spot after their vehicle collided with a stationary truck here Wednesday evening, the police said. Smugglers nabbed with contraband sandalwood in Tamil NaduCOIMBATORE - Two sandalwood smugglers were arrested and jailed here Tuesday and contraband worth Rs.1.5 million was seized from them, the Tamil Nadu police said. Madurai temple gears up for big ceremony, security tightenedMADURAI - With over 500,000 devotees expected to converge at the famed Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple here Wednesday for a ceremony that takes place once every 12 years, police are not taking any chances and have tightened security. Tiger, leopard skins seized in Tamil NaduDINDIGUL - Skins of a tiger and a leopard have been seized from three people by forest officials here. Tamil Nadu businessman robbed of Rs.1.8 mnCOIMBATORE - A seven-member gang robbed a businessman and decamped with cash and jewels collectively worth Rs.1.8 million, police said Tuesday. Bull-taming event leaves 250 injured in Tamil Nadu villagePudukkottai,TAMIL NADU - About 250 participants and a senior police official were injured Sunday in the Tamil Nadu’s Pudukkottai district during the bull-taming sport of Jallikkattu, the police said. Teacher, 2 others held for killing 4-year-old studentTIRUCHIRAPPALLI - Three people including a female school teacher were remanded to judicial custody by a court here Friday for allegedly killing a 4-year-old kindergarten student, the police said. Navy chief denies Indian military role in Sri LankaRAMESHWARAM - Chief of Naval Staff Suresh Mehta Friday denied that India was aiding Sri Lanka in its war against the Tamil Tigers. Murder suspect admits to two more killingsVELLORE - Confessing to a recent murder in this Tamil Nadu town, the arrested ringleader of a gang admitted to two more killings and is being questioned about more unsolved crimes, police said Friday. Vijaykanth launches campaign, rules out electoral alliancesKANYAKUMARI - Actor-politician Vijaykanth Thursday told huge crowds that his DMDK party would not have any alliance with other political parties for the Lok Sabha polls and would prove it was a party to ‘reckon with’. Kanchi seer appeals for peace in Sri LankaKANCHIPURAM - Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal said here Wednesday he would pray for peace in Sri Lanka and for an end to the loss of innocent lives in the war-torn country. Self-help group in Tamil Nadu making women self-reliantKRISHNAKIRI - A self-help group has been training rural women in sari designing in Tamil Nadu to make them self-reliant. Rural women take to ‘chapatti’ business in Tamil NaduKRISHNAKARI - Rural women in Tamil Nadu are independently participating in the business of making chapattis under the guidance of self-help groups. Eight jailed for fraudulently selling off estateTIRUNELVELI - Eight people, including three women, were arrested for selling off an estate, which belonged to two brothers from Kerala, on fabricated documents, police said Friday. Tamil Nadu minister injured in road accidentMADURAI - Tamil Nadu’s Revenue and Housing Minister I. Periyasamy was injured Thursday when a bus collided with the car he was travelling in. The minister suffered minor head injuries in the accident, the police said. Self-employment schemes empower women in Tamil NaduKRISHNAGIRI - Women residing in the interior regions of Krishnagiri District in Tamil Nadu should be indebted to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) for their recent good fortune. Road race kills three MBA students in CoimbatoreCOIMBATORE - Three students in their early 20s, racing their cars on a highway, died on the spot after a head-on collision near this Tamil Nadu city, the police said Sunday evening. Heroin worth Rs.35 million seized in Tamil NaduKANYAKUMARI - Heroin worth Rs.3.5 crore (Rs.35 million) in the international market, bound for the Maldives, was allegedly seized from three people from this southern tip of India, the police said Sunday evening. India is more secure now than three months ago: ChidambaramSIVAGANGA - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday said that India was more secured now than it was three months ago. Bull-taming event claims two lives in Tamil NaduARIYALUR - Two people have died and at least 65 injured during the bull-taming sport of Jallikkattu in a Tamil Nadu town, the police said Sunday. Tamil leader jailed under tough law for pro-LTTE speechesCOIMBATORE - Nanjil Sampath, MDMK propaganda secretary and an open supporter of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), was Sunday charged under the National Security Act a day before he was to be released from jail, the police said. Two remanded in custody for stealing Rs.2 mn from bankTUTICORIN - A woman and a man were remanded in 14 days of judicial custody by a Tamil Nadu court for allegedly stealing Rs.2 million from a bank, the police said Sunday. Tamil leader charged under stringent law for pro-LTTE speechesCOIMBATORE - Nanjil Sampath, MDMK propaganda secretary and open supporter of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was Sunday charged under the National Security Act a day before he was to be released from jail as per court orders, the police said. Last respects paid to an elephant in Tamil NaduMUDUMALAI - The death of Subramani, a dedicated elephant that was the strength of the Forest Department in Mudumalai Range of Tamil Nadu, has not only shocked officials, but other elephants. Four-year-old bear trapped in solar fencing in Tamil NaduKOLAKOMBAI - Forest authorities rescued a four-year old bear, which got trapped in solar fencing in Tamil Nadu.he bear was rescued at a cardamom estate in Kolakombai village of Nilgiri district of the state. Water woes in Chidambaram’s Sivaganga constituencySIVAGANGA - During the four-and-half years that Home Minister P. Chidamabaram held the finance portfolio, 52 bank branches were opened in his constituency Sivaganga and began lending money for agricultural operations. But farmers in this Tamil Nadu region are unhappy. They claim methods to raise crop production have left them without water. Tamil Nadu textile hub happily bags screen-printing orders as elections nearTIRUPUR - As general elections near, printing of flags of various political parties is in full swing in Tirupur in Tamil Nadu. |
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