R. Muthukumar

The district police on Tuesday night thwarted plans by a seven-member gang to commit robberies in Karamadai.Police had received information about the gang roaming in Kannarpalayam, Karamadai, in suspicious circumstances.

Police arrested a 35-year-old man who allegedly stole gold jewellery from patients in various hospitals.

City police commissioner Sanjay Kumar on Friday detained three men, who are charged with the murder of a moneylender, under the goondas Act.

Three people, including a couple, died in two road accidents in Madurai on Sunday night.

Trichy Corporation commissioner V Saravanan felicitated sanitary worker R Muthukumar at the main office on Monday.

Noisy speakers of candidates which used to go on till 10 pm were turned off at 6 pm on Thursday as curtains came down on the campaign for the urban civic body polls to be held on Saturday.

A 25-year-old engineer from Tuticorin district, who was working in Chennai, committed suicide by consuming poison reportedly dejected after hearing the news of his lover's father arranging her marriage with someone else. To make matters worse, the deceased man's friends ransacked the girl's house and damaged the property inside.

Two incidents of house break-ins were reported in the city. Unidentified burglars decamped with gold jewellery and silver articles weighing 10 sovereigns and 2kg respectively.

The roads in rural parts of Trichy district have been given a facelift ahead of chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami’s visit to the district for state assembly election campaign

A 68-year-old French citizen of Puducherry origin was found dead at her residence here on Tuesday. S Honorine was living with her six-year-old granddaughter born to her adopted daughter.

The ‘India Against Corruption’ movement is slowly gaining pace, with several residents pouring on to the streets to support Anna Hazare’s fight against graft.

B Anandhi, 16, attempted suicide by consuming pesticide after her father scolded her. Little did she know how much pain it would cause her when doctors inserted a plastic tube into her neck to compensate for her damaged windpipe.

The move to add more sporting facilities to develop Somasundaram ground in T Nagar has invited the ire of residents and those who have been using the 4.9acre space to play cricket for years.