A five-year old girl who went missing from the Marina Beach in Chennai on May 11 during a family outing remains untraced till Tuesday despite the city police's efforts to locate her. Tamanna, daughter of Syed Noor Ahmed of Royapettah, went missing from the beach on the evening of May 11, where she had gone with her twin brother, mother and grandmother, police said. Tamanna's father runs a medical shop in the city.
Joginder Sharma bowled a memorable final over to help India edge Pakistan by five runs in a thrilling final and win the inaugural T20 World Cup in Johannesburg in 2007.
Chennai Express is a full throttle masala entertainment ruled by Shah Rukh Khan's star power
The 61-year-old has proved to be as elusive as he has been brash, defying the Supreme Court and passing his own judgments against his peers.
The CM also announced compensation of Rs 10 lakh each for those killed during the protest and Rs 3 lakh each for the injured, government jobs for the family members of the deceased also announced.
The hashtag was trending on Twitter on Monday following Ravi's face-off with the state government in the Assembly where Stalin, also president of the ruling DMK piloted a resolution against the Governor's deviation from his customary address to the Legislature and retain the draft prepared by his government.
The army on Monday suggested that none of its personnel were involved in the killing of a teenaged boy in Chennai, saying no discrepancy has been found during the "physical checks" of the weapons in its possession at St George Cantonment.
The investigators hunting for leads in the Chennai blasts case say they are certain that a member of the banned outfit Al-Ummah executed the attack.
Despite the national capital recording its best air quality on Diwali day in eight years, pollution levels may rise due to low night temperatures and sporadic burning of firecrackers though there is a ban on their manufacture, storage, sale and use within the city.
A week after the killing of a 13-year old boy in an Army premises in Chennai, the Tamil Nadu Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department has cracked the case with the arrest of a retired Army officer, who confessed to his involvement in the incident. The special team of the Crime Branch of CID police arrested the 58-year old Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Kandaswamy Ramraj and recovered the 0.3 mm rifle used to fire at Dilshan, who was hit by the bullet.
The Kalakshetra Foundation on Tuesday said it had constituted a committee of inquiry led by a retired judge to investigate the sexual harassment allegations made by students against an assistant professor of dance and three repertory artists. The teacher has been suspended and the services of the repertory artists have been "dispensed with" pending inquiry.
'The ministry of home affairs has all records of money coming in from abroad.' 'Are they saying money is coming in without their knowledge?' 'Does the governor doubt the MHA?'
Kanimozhi told reporters that the Palaniswami-led government has become 'bloodthirsty' and the chief minister should be held responsible for the incident.
Murugan, along with Santhan, both Sri Lankan nationals, were taken in a police vehicle following their release to the special refugee camp in Tiruchirappalli in the state.
Renowned agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan and the driving force behind the nation's 'Green Revolution,' passed away in Chennai on Thursday.
A trial court in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam on Tuesday convicted international antique dealer Subhash Chandra Kapoor and five of his accomplices to 10 years imprisonment in the Udayarpalayam burglary and illegal export of 19 antique idols valued over Rs 94 crore to the Art of the Past Gallery, New York, USA, the state idol wing CID said on Tuesday.
They just wanted their angst noticed, and as a symbol of recognition, Jallikattu, restored without the annual ritual of court cases and adjournments, explains N Sathya Moorthy.
Kovan, a folk singer in Tamil Nadu, was arrested on October 30 for criticising the state government in a song distributed on the Internet. Kovan was charged with sedition among other alleged crimes.
A day after getting bail from Supreme Court in disproportionate assets case, former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa walked out of Parappana Agrahara Central Prison on Saturday.
The government has ordered monoclonal antibody from Indian Council of Medical Research to treat the child. It is the only available anti-viral treatment for Nipah virus infection, though it has not been clinically proven yet.
Kejriwal said that the ordinance must be defeated collectively in Parliament where it is likely to come up for voting as a law in the forthcoming session.
The Delhi Police personnel, who were inside Dinakaran's house for about 20 minutes, declined to speak to the waiting media while leaving the premises.
Over 480 voter identity cards issued by the Election Commission of India were found abandoned today in a dustbin in Kasturba Nagar at suburban Tambaram on the outskirts of Chennai
After Vindoo Dara Singh, BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Guru Meiyappan is under the police scanner in the spot-fixing case.
Among the series of questions raised were how self-loading riffles found their way out of the armoury and came to be used in the firing, how snipers were perched atop vehicles and how persons came to be shot in the face and chest.
The police claim they have 'clinching evidence' that he was behind the wheels of a Merecedes Benz that ran over 11 persons sleeping on a footpath in Chennai on December 13, killing two of them and injuring the rest.
The list also includes two notorious fugitives -- Sukumara Kurup, never nabbed in connection with a murder and Dr Edadi Omana -- who had given the slip to the investigating agencies, and have remained untraceable for several years.
A Dutch national arrested on child pornography charges in November last year has been granted bail by a local court in Chennai.
The Chennai police on Friday rescued an eight- year-old girl a day after she was kidnapped by unidentified persons for a ransom of Rs 5 lakh and arrested a priest who allegedly masterminded her abduction in a bid to make money to pay off loan.
The Indian Coastguard and Navy along with the police have launched a joint drill to test their preparedness in dealing with 26/11 type terror attacks.
The global police body, officials said on Tuesday, has apparently ruled in favour of Modi who had challenged the request of the Enforcement Directorate for issuance of a 'Red Corner Notice' against him in connection with its probe into the financial aspects of the cash-rich cricket tournament.
The team comprises officials of Kolkata police, including a director general of police rank officer, Chennai police sources said, adding the whereabouts of Justice Karnan were not known.
How far did the existing air of permissiveness may have contributed to those like the Indian Mujahideen targeting Tamil Nadu for setting up base, is a question that the state's law and order machinery would have to ask itself, and stall them on the track and for good, says N Sathiya Moorthy
The much-awaited Rajinikanth starrer releases on July 22.
A Mumbai court on Wednesday extended the police custody of Chennai Super Kings team owner Gurunath Meiyappan till May 31 after it was told by the city crime branch that it wants to confront him and actor Vindoo Randhawa, arrested in the Indian Premier League betting scandal, with a Chennai hotelier, also suspected of involvement in the case.
A police release in Coimbatore said a case has been registered in the Ukkadam police station over the incident.
A 58-year-old American citizen was arrested at the airport in Chennai on charges of carrying a loaded revolver and issues of security breach were raised with authorities not ruling out the possibility of him having carried the weapon when he flew in from New Delhi.
'The linking of Aadhaar to births and deaths will revive the debate around citizenship.'
There is no dearth to Chennai Super Kings troubles from the time their former CEO Gurunath Meiyappan's name has cropped in the Mumbai police's list.
A sinister plot to attack foreign missions in Chennai and Bangalore has been foiled with a South Asian suspect being arrested for terror activities, Malaysian police said on Thursday.
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