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Karur stampede: Vijay’s TVK moves SC challenging HC order to set up SIT
New Delhi: Tamil actor Vijay’s political party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court order constituting a SIT to probe the Karur stampede that killed 41…
- India
Actor-politician Vijay reaches out to families of Karur stampede victims
Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay began reaching out to the families of the Karur stampede victims through WhatsApp video calls and assured them of his support. The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party chief, who has…
- India
Tamil Nadu stampede: NCSC chief recommends govt jobs for SC victim’s kin
New Delhi: The chairpersons of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), Kishor Makwana, on Friday visited Karur in Tamil Nadu along with senior officials and met the families of 12 SC…
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Tamil Nadu stampede: National SC/ST commission visits Karur
Karur (Tamil Nadu): The National SC/ST Commission chairperson Kishore Makwana, accompanied by its members and district officials on Saturday visited Karur where 41 lives were lost during a stampede at the rally…
- Chennai
TN stampede: HC forms SIT, denies pre-arrest bail to TVK leaders
Madurai: The Madras High Court on Friday formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the September 27 stampede at the political rally of actor and TVK founder Vijay, on a day…
- India
RSS workers held for conducting puja in govt school in TN, granted bail
As many as 44 Rashtriya Swayam Sevak (RSS) workers were arrested for conducting a puja and shakha training session at a government school in Tamil Nadu on Thursday, October 2. They were…
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Andhra woman raped by Tamil Nadu constables on temple trip; two held
Two Tamil Nadu constables have been arrested and suspended for allegedly gangraping a 26-year-old Andhra woman on Tuesday, September 30, while she was on her way to a temple. The woman, from…
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TN stampede: ‘Truth will come out’, says Vijay, accuses Stalin of taking ‘revenge’
Chennai: The Karur stampede at actor-politician Vijay’s rally escalated into a DMK vs TVK slugfest on Tuesday, with the top star accusing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin of taking “revenge”…
- India
Over 1.71L suicides reported in India in 2023: NCRB report
New Delhi: As many as 1,71,418 suicides were reported in the country during 2023, an increase of 0.3 per cent in comparison to 2022, with family problems and illness being the two…
- Chennai
TN stampede: Vijay says not visiting victims to avoid ‘unusual situation’
Chennai: Days after a rally led by him in Tamil Nadu’s Karur witnessed 41 stampede deaths, actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) founder Vijay on Tuesday said he hasn’t visited the affected…
- Chennai
Nirmala Sitharaman seeks SOP for public gatherings after TN stampede
Karur: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said she had no words to describe the sorrow of the families who lost their loved ones in the stampede here on September 27…
- India
NIA court awards eight-years rigorous imprisonment to two men in 2019 ISIS case
Kochi: A NIA court here on Monday awarded eight years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) to two Coimbatore residents guilty of recruiting and propagating the ideology of the global terror group Islamic State…
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Karur stampede victim moves HC against nod to TVK to hold rallies
Chennai: A man injured in the September 27 stampede in the political rally of TVK founder Vijay on Sunday moved the Madras High Court with a plea to forbear Tamil Nadu DGP…
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Nearly 500 police personnel were deployed for Vijay’s rally: Tamil Nadu ADGP
Karur: Tamil Nadu ADGP (Law and Order) S Davidson Devasirvatham on Sunday said nearly 500 police personnel were deployed for Actor-Politician Vijay’s Karur rally, where a stampede claimed the lives of 40…
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Tamil Nadu stampede: Death toll reaches 40; TVK announces Rs 20 lakh compensation
Karur: As many as 40 people, including nine children, have died due to a stampede at a rally of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu’s Karur on September 27. Mounds of shoes…
