Boobalan

A man stabbed his friend in a dispute that erupted during Diwali celebrations in Nochi Kuppam on Monday.

A 47-year-old history-sheeter involved in two murders and six other cases in Villupuram committed suicide by hanging at his rented house in Old Washermenpet on Friday.

The Karumathampatti police had to release a 31-year-old autorickshaw driver arrested for planning to topple the state government on station bail on Friday after a judicial magistrate refused to remand him. Magistrate C Vediyappan also rebuked the police personnel for framing the man.

A six-year-old girl was beaten to death by her mother for making noise while playing in their house in a village near Vanapuram of Tiruvannamalai district on Tuesday. B Suganya, 30, was arrested after her husband boobalan, 38, lodged a complaint with Veraiyur police.

The issue came to light after a second-hand car showroom owner, Meeran, 45, of Iyyappan Nagar in Kolathur, lodged a complaint saying that he had kept at least 20 cars in his garage for sale. On Monday morning he found all the cars were damaged, he said. Based on the complaint, the Rajamangalam police team collected CCTV camera footage in the vicinity and pursued it. They then arrested the suspect, identified as boobalan, 35, of Korattur.

Following in the footsteps of his father Vijayakanth, who played the upright police officer in several films, Shanmuga Pandian will be seen playing a cop in his next.

Dr V Thiruvengadam, famous as the 'Rs 5 doctor' in Chennai's Vyasarpadi, died of cardiac arrest at the Southern Railway Hospital on Saturday.

Three people were injured after a crane carrying a 30-feet-tall metal structure collapsed at a metro rail construction site at Ramapuram in the early hours of Tuesday.

An annual exercise to identify bird species in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry jointly undertaken by the Tamil Birders’ Network (TBN) and Bird Count India (BCI) during Pongal season commenced on January 16. The exercise will conclude on January 19.

Four people were killed, and eight others including a child were injured when a crane capsized during a temple festival at Nemili near Arakkonam in Ranipet district on Sunday night.

A sub-registrar of Peelamedu sub-registrar office was arrested while accepting bribe of 10,000 from a person for giving his registered property documents on Tuesday evening.

Shanmuga Pandian plays the lead in Mithran

Two persons were hacked to death at suburban Avadi here, police said.

A cop was placed under suspension in Tirupur on Friday after he hatched a conspiracy with his younger brother and another person and attempted to burgle the sub-treasury office at Palladam a few weeks ago.

The actor’s next, in which he is playing a cop, has been titled Mithran