G Balaguru stops talking mid-way and cranes his neck. “Okay now”, he says, swiftly jumping into action. He removes his shirt, wraps a saffron stole with Hindu symbols around him and poses for the camera. He is standing in the […]
An intercaste couple from Poovarasampatti under Chekkanoorani police limits here have blamed the police for failing to provide them security despite an order from the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court.Thavasi Murugan, 24, belonging to a Scheduled Caste from the […]
Include their demands in poll manifestos: NDCW National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW), an organisation working for the rights of Dalit Christians, has appealed to all political parties ahead of the Lok Sabha elections to include long-pending demands of Dalit Christians […]
A family belonging to a Most Backward Community (MBC) in Thalinjikattu Pudur near Kangeyam in Tiruppur district was allegedly ostracised and attacked by the dominant community in the village since a person from the family married a girl from a […]
During the call Mugilan reportedly told Sridhar about threats he had received from police and Sterlite officials. CHENNAI: WhereIsMugilan? This has been the question on the minds of activists, family, friends and scores of people over the past month. On […]
Madurai: The city police have booked a 22-year-old man under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act for impregnating a minor girl. Police said the accused, identified as Praveen Kumar from Thanthai Periyar Nagar and the 17-yearold girl […]
Arun Vijai M’s photographs, which are currently on view at the Chennai Photo Biennale, take an alternative look at life and death in mortuaries. When Arun Vijai M began photographing mortuaries, he chose not to focus on death. Instead, he […]
Fast Track Mahila Court in Vellore on Friday sentenced a 48-year-old labourer to five years rigorous imprisonment on charges of kidnapping, confining and sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2015 M Mayan , a resident of Kakkanampalayam in Tirupathur taluk, […]
Orders CB-CID inquiry into case Observing that it has lost faith in the Chennai city police, the Madras High Court has ordered a Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) inquiry into a complaint lodged in connection with alleged offences committed under […]
COIMBATORE: The Pollachi police on Thursday arrested a bus conductor for raping and cheating a 20-year-old Scheduled Caste woman. The accused has been identified as D Balachandran, 37, a resident of Pollachi. “The woman and the accused had been in […]
