Follow Us on Google News Chennai, July 30 (IANS) The brutal murder of a 27-year-old IT employee Kavin Selvaganesh, allegedly driven by caste hatred, has been transferred to the Crime Branch-CID (CB-CID) for further investigation, police sources confirmed on Wednesday. Kavin, who belonged to a Scheduled Caste (SC) community, was hacked to death in Tirunelveli … Read more
Porunai Hospitals, a multi-speciality hospital, puts Tirunelveli in the spotlight with the successful completion of the region’s first-ever advanced Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) lobectomy — a breakthrough in lung lobe resection! This complex, minimally invasive procedure—once limited to large metropolitan healthcare centres—is a pioneering step towards making advanced thoracic care accessible to patients in … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, July 29 (IANS) A 17-year-old boy was shot and injured by the police at Paappaakudi in Tirunelveli in the early hours of Tuesday, after he and his associate allegedly attacked a Dalit youth with a machete and later attempted to assault police personnel who tried to apprehend them. According … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, July 28 (IANS) In yet another suspected case of honour killing, a 26-year-old Dalit IT professional was brutally hacked to death in broad daylight in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district. The victim, Kavin Kumar, was allegedly murdered by the younger brother of the woman he was in love with. The … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, April 16 (IANS) In the wake of a shocking incident where a Class 8 student attacked his classmate with a machete, authorities in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district have mandated daily bag checks in all schools to prevent weapons and other banned items from entering campuses. The directive was issued … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, March 30 (IANS) Police in Tirunelveli and surrounding districts are on high alert following Tamil Nadu state intelligence inputs about potential caste-based violence. The alert follows the brutal attack on a Dalit student, allegedly by members of an intermediary caste, triggering fears of retaliation. According to Tamil Nadu state … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, March 18 (IANS) Two accused in the brutal murder of a retired police officer in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli surrendered before a court on Tuesday. The suspects, identified as Karthik and Akbar, both residents of Tirunelveli, turned themselves in before Judicial Magistrate IV over their alleged involvement in the killing … Read more
Chennai, Jan 25 (IANS) A bomb threat was issued to Tirunelveli railway station by unidentified individuals on Saturday morning, according to Daily Thanthi. Following this, local police and bomb experts have been conducting searches at the railway station since Saturday morning. The unidentified individuals reportedly contacted the Chennai Police Control Room from the Gopalasamudram area … Read more