An empty coach of an express train proceeding to the yard at the Egmore railway station here derailed Tuesday, Southern Railway officials said.
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Noted Malayalam film director Thampi Kannanthanam, who made many hit films in the 1980s and 90s, passed away Tuesday at a private hospital here, a hospital spokesman said.
Nearly 1,000 Tamilnadu fishermen were allegedly chased away by the Sri Lankan Navy for poaching fish off Katchatheevu and fishing nets of around 10 mechanised boats were snapped, a fishermen association leader said Tuesday.
Tamilnadu Milk Vendors Association has said the Tamilnadu Chief Minister’s Cell has accepted its petition to arrest Christian evangelist Mohan C Lazarus. They added that the officials have sent one copy to the Police Commissioner and the other to the CM’s desk for perusal.
The Tahsildar of Gudalur in Nilgiris district died of swine flu at the Government hospital here Monday.
An accused in the May 2015 cash-for-vote case R Uday Simha Monday alleged that one of his relatives was “unlawfully” taken away by some people claiming to be from the Income Tax department and expressed fears that police might have picked him up.
Taking a serious view of the illegal and fraudulent sale of PDS rice, the Madras High Court Monday directed the Additional Public Prosecutor to file a report on the loss caused to the exchequer and the steps against those smuggling the essential commodity.
Tamilnadu government Monday commenced census on livestock population across the state to help evolve policies and schemes for the benefit of the livestock farming community.
Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Rajath Kumar Monday said comments on social media would be monitored and any move to influence polls in cyberspace would be treated as criminal offence.