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Tiruchengodu, a key constituency in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal district, has seen tight electoral battles. The 2016 polls saw AIADMK's Saraswathi Pon narrowly defeat DMK's Elangoavan Bar by 3,390 votes. Previously, in 2011, DMDK's Sampathkumar P secured a significant win, highlighting the region's dynamic political landscape and shifting alliances.

A 30-year-old man, R Sampathkumar, who worked in a saloon, was strangled by his roommate, friend and colleague Nagaraj at Kavundampalayam in the city on Friday night.

Suspended IPS officer G Sampathkumar, who was to appear before the CB-CID for questioning in connection with the IPL betting scam on Thursday, has now been issued a summons, asking him to appear before the CB-CID on Monday.

A 34-year-old man was brutally attacked by two persons with a knife generally used for scaling fish on Monday night.The injured person has been admitted at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital.

Non-disclosure of existing health conditions is the main reason for insurers to reject claims. Around 25% of health insurance claims are rejected because the insured had pre-existing conditions like diabetes or hypertension, which were not disclosed at the time of purchase. Another 25% of claims rejections are because policyholders were unaware of the terms of cover and claimed for OPD (outpatient department) or other treatment excluded under the policy.

A 24-year-old man who went to seek the blessings of his spiritual guru on his birthday on Saturday died of asphyxiation when he tried to clear a block in the drain at the priest's house in Thiruninravur.

The Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) may soon summon Chennai Super Kings former principal Gurunath Meiyappan as the agency seeks to expand its scope of investigation from IPL betting to match fixing. A senior CB-CID officer said Meiyappan would be summoned, along with Chennai-based hotelier Vikram Agarwal, bookie Uttam C Jain alias Kitty, and suspended superintendent of police G Sampathkumar.

A four-member gang murdered an advocate’s father in Pulianthope here on Monday morning. Police identified the deceased as Radhakrishnan, 60, father of advocate Sampathkumar of Pulianthope.

A private schoolteacher, Sampathkumar, was arrested for sexually harassing six girls during the Class XII board exam at VK Govt Higher Secondary School. The students reported the misconduct to their headmaster, leading to the teacher's arrest and subsequent judicial custody under the Pocso Act.

With the much awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) -2018 scheduled to begin on April 7, the Madras high court on Wednesday ordered notice to the Union home ministry and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on a plea moved by IPS officer G Sampathkumar seeking to restrain the BCCI from conducting the season-11 of the IPL, in the absence of preventive measures and infrastructure to prevent match fixing and betting.

After his retirement from a nationalised bank in 2008, R Sampathkumar had planned an active life – which included a trip to the Himalayas , pilgrimages on foot and a monthlong tour of the river Ganga.

The investigation into the IPL betting racket has taken a new twist with CB-CID officials grilling Q Branch superintendent of police G Sampathkumar after an accused in a related case alleged that the officer had taken 15 lakh bribe from some bookies on the promise that he would get them off the hook.

Despite a Madras high court direction, the district administration has failed to take action to remove an encroachment from a government land in Edayarapalayam panchayat in Sulur.