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Former AIADMK Minister Rajendra Balaji, who was arrested last night from Hassan district in Karnataka on charges of misappropriating funds from Aavin, has been remanded to 15-day judicial custody on Thursday by Virudhanagar District Court.
N. Kamini, a 2004-batch Indian Police Service officer, has assumed charge as the new Deputy Inspector General of Police (Madurai Range) on Friday. She succeeds R. Sudhakar, who has been promoted and t
Senior IPS officers R. Sudhakar and M.S. Muthusamy took charge as the new Inspector General (IG) of Police – West Zone and Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police – Coimbatore Range respectively here
Four workers killed in fireworks accident Updated: Updated: 19 persons injured, 4 workers critical Share Article 19 persons injured, 4 workers critical Four workers were killed in a fire accident at a fireworks unit in Kalayarkurichi, under the M. Pudupatti police station limits, on Thursday evening. While 19 persons were injured, the condition of four workers is said to be critical. Virudhunagar Collector R. Kannan, who rushed to the spot, said three women and one man were killed at Thangaraj Pandian fireworks. Though the exact cause of the accident is under investigation, he said the fire...
Human error suspected to have caused the blasts Updated: Updated: Dumping of chemicals triggered fire Share Article Dumping of chemicals triggered fire Was it an act of desperation fuelled by hunger or anger that claimed 15 lives and critically injured 10 others at Sree Mariyammal Fireworks near here? That is the question investigators were asking late on Friday. As per the statement of Manikandan, a cargo vehicle driver in the unit, one of the workers, identified as Gopal, had suddenly dumped a heap of dried chemicals that triggered the blasts. “It was 1.20 p.m. We all had completed our ...