R Karthikeyan

After filing his nomination papers on Monday afternoon, Velumani told reporters that the AIADMK had implemented many projects in Thondamuthur.

Tamil Nadu's political giants, DMK and AIADMK, are set for a fierce electoral battle across 122 constituencies, including a significant 12 in the state capital. The western belt, a traditional AIADMK stronghold, will witness 37 direct contests.

The charred body of an autorickshaw driver, found on the passengers’ seat of his vehicle near Sriperumbudur on Sunday, was later identified as R Karthikeyan, 27, of Pallavaram, with the autorickshaw’s registration number.

Over 30 police personnel have been booked under various charges since 2007, none of the policemen accused of taking bribes has been prosecuted under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The state government has decided to have special juvenile police units (SJPU) in all police stations of the state.

Chasing a modest total of 135, Salem’s top-order failed to get going. While medium-pacer M Mohammed (2-31) got the first breakthrough, dismissing opener H Gopinath (5) in the second over, Tiruppur’s spinners did the bulk of the damage.

Spinners came to the fore for Tiruppur Tamizhans as they beat Salem Spartans by 32 runs in their TNPL-6 clash in Coimbatore on Wednesday. Left-arm spinners Mohan Prasath (3-11), S Aravind (2-12) and leg-spinner S Manigandan (1-20) played a key role in Salem defending a target of 136.

Relatives of a 33-year-old software engineer who died in Scotland two weeks ago have appealed themMnistry of external affairs to bring his body to their native in Ariyalur district.

There was no foot over-bridge or police personnel to regulate things.

A former junior assistant of the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation Limited (TAHDCO) in Trichy was sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment for taking bribe.

Offers are pouring for Rana after the success of Baahubali

Speaking of how the CBI is susceptible to facing political pressures, particularly from ruling parties, Karthikeyan said that he was bombarded with phone calls from political leaders in an attempt to influence the investigation process.

The city corporation of Coimbatore has chosen two best performing councillors from each of the five zones to felicitate them during the Republic Day celebrations on Thursday. Dmk councillor and the zone chairman Ilakkumi izhamselvi ward 52 and Congress councillor G Naveenkumar ward 5 were selected from the East zone, Dmk councillors K Praveenraj ward 42 and K Selvaraj ward 72 were selected from the West zone, Dmk’s E Ahamed Kabir ward 86 and R Karthikeyan ward 100 were chosen from the North zone, Dmk councillors