M Vignesh

M.Vignesh of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won the Musiri constituency with a margin of 17442 votes. He garnered 71281 votes, while Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate N.S. Karunairaaja came second with 53839 votes.

Unidentified persons broke into the house of a doctor at Peelamedu and made away with gold ornaments weighing 15 sovereigns and Rs 8,500.

A 24-year-old software engineer hanged himself at his home in Padi on Friday morning, allegedly depressed after being laid off by his Ambattur-based IT firm in January. Police who identified the deceased as m vignesh said a suicide note recovered from his room at the family residence on Nethaji Street in Padi asked his mother to take care of her health.

Stating that in the guise of closing Tasmac shops, the government is granting licence to recreation clubs to set right the deficit, the Madras high court has directed the commissioner of excise to inspect all recreation clubs for which licences were granted during the past one-and-a-half years and take appropriate action if violations are found.

Justice A D Jagadish Chandira directed the accused, m vignesh, to appear before the Sathuvachari police station in Vellore daily until further orders.

Police on Tuesday arrested a 47-year-old man for poisoning a dog to death at Athanoorpatty near Vazhapady. The accused has been identified as S Kumar, 47, of Athanoorpatty.

The Tirunelveli police have arrested six members of a gang and recovered 101 sovereigns out of the 136 sovereigns of gold the gang had burgled from a house in the city on December 12, 2017.

P Suresh, 28, an accused in the gold heist at Lalithaa Jewellery in Trichy, surrendered before a court at Chengam in Thiruvannamalai district on Thursday morning.

A six-member gang, including the son of a sub-inspector of police from Coimbatore, was arrested by forest department officials on Saturday for attempting to sell tiger skin in Udumalpet.

Residents of Munaganur village in Hayatnagar assaulted a lineman after a five-year-old boy accidentally came in contact with a live wire hanging from a pole.

The Anaimalai police on Monday seized two tonnes of gutka and a goods autorickshaw used for smuggling the contraband. Police arrested five people in connection with the case.

A surprise search conducted by prison officials in Trichy central prison brought to light the use of mobile phones and ganja by inmates.