V. Manikandan

Puducherry's 9.5 lakh voters will elect 294 candidates across 30 Assembly seats on April 9. The ruling NDA faces a challenge from the INDIA bloc and actor Vijay's TVK party. Chief Minister N Rangasamy is contesting from two constituencies as all arrangements are in place for the polls.

The alleged suicide by hanging of an 18-year-old inmate of the juvenile observation home here in the city on Monday is turning murkier after his parents accused the authorities of foul play.

The trichy idol wing of the state police has arrested two people and recovered an antique anjaneya idol stolen from the thenupuriswarar temple at patteeswaram near kumbakonam in thanjavur district. The team led by adsp g balamurugan arrested s neelakantan 30 and his accomplice v manikandan 32 and recovered the idol from the house of one of them. The case was booked for burglary of anjaneya stone idol from the temple run by hindu religious and charitable endowment hrce department on the night of october 20 2019. Since there was no progress in the investigation, idol wing dgp k jayanth murali formed a new team under adsp balamurugan a couple of months ago subinspector thandayuthapani and the team analyzed cctv footage of the temple from the beginning of 2019 on noting suspicious movements of two people they downloaded their picture and launched a search for them. A man resembling one of the suspects was picked up from kumbakonam bypass and questioned by the wing on december 22 identified as neelakantan he confessed to the crime and said manikandan was also

Akhil Akkineni’s next film tentatively called Akhil 4 was launched on Friday. The industry grapevine is that could be a romantic entertainer and the actor will be seen in a never-seen-before role. The actor has already started prepping for his role in the film.

Varun Tej returns from Kerala

The police have again reconstituted the probe team in the Wadakkanchery rape case, in the wake of fresh allegations.

Police on Thursday registered an attempt to murder case against two senior civil police officers (CPO) who had allegedly assaulted an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) at the Armed Reserve Police Camp at Ramavarmapuram near here.

The film starring Varun Tej, Pooja Hegde is in the last leg of shooting and it's expected to hit the screens later this year

A Grade-I constable attached to the RK Nagar police station has been placed under suspension for attacking an autorickshaw driver for violating lockdown norms.The driver suffered fracture in both the hands.

A five-member gang, involved in a series of house break-ins and robberies in the city, were arrested on Monday.The city police have seized 60 sovereigns of gold jewels from the gang.

Brahmastra is an upcoming trilogy superhero film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy and Nagarjuna Akkineni in lead roles. It is directed by Ayan Mukerji and produced by Fox Star Studios in association with Dharma Productions.

Satta Panchayat Iyakkam (SPI), a social organisation in city has stated that youngsters who participated in the pro-jallikattu protests at Marina beach in January are being harassed by police.The organisation demanded a free and fair probe by Justice Rajeshwaran committee at a press meet on Friday.

Presenting the much awaited song of the year ‘Kumkumala’ from Ayan Mukerji’s magnum opus 'Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva.' The power couple Ranbir and Alia will make you fall in love amidst the stunning visuals in the track! The love anthem of the year is composed by Pritam and written by Chandrabose while the soulful song has been sung by Sid Sriram in Telugu.

Tourism minister Dr M Mathiventhan handed over agricultural materials and equipment worth 1.98 crore to the farmers in the district at an event that the regional agriculture department organized here on Sunday.

As per the latest Tollywood film circles reports, Security has beefed up for Salman Khan in Hyderabad. The star actor who is in Hyderabad for the shoot of his next has reportedly received death threats from Lawrence Bishnoi, the dreaded gangster. Salman is currently shooting for ‘Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali’ alongside Pooja Hegde in Hyderabad.

Madras high court on Tuesday appointed an advocate commissioner to carryout inspection and submit a report while hearing a plea which sought to prevent illegal sand mining from the Vaigai riverbed from a village in Dindigul district.

While the official pooja ceremony of this untitled family-entertainer took place a couple of months ago, the regular shooting has kick-started this morning in Hyderabad. The female lead in this project is yet to be finalised by Bhaskar and according to sources, they are on a hunt for a top actress.

The duo is acting together in Sanal Kumar Sasidharan's next

Police have clarified that Vinu Varghese, arrested in connection with a scuffle case, had no terrorist links as reported in a section of the media.

Speculations are rife that Mangalore beauty Krithi Shetty is likely to play the leading lady opposite Vishwak Sen in this project.

Three-film-old director Prashanth Varma has carved a niche for himself in the Telugu film industry with consecutive hits. His recently-released film Kalki, starring Dr Rajasekhar, Nandita Shwetha, Pujita Ponnada and Scarlett Mellish Wilson went on to become a super hit at the box office.