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tirunelveli district news

Tirunelveli records 95 pc rainfall surge despite TN’s 3 pc monsoon deficit

Tirunelveli records 95 pc rainfall surge despite TN’s 3 pc monsoon deficit
Published on Dec 31, 2025 05:14 pm IST

CB-CID handed over Tirunelveli hate crime probe

CB-CID handed over Tirunelveli hate crime probe
Published on Jul 31, 2025 09:38 am IST

Dalit techie hacked to death in TN honour killing, girlfriend's brother booked

In a complaint lodged with police, Ganesh’s mother S Tamilselvi has accused Subhashini’s parents of issuing repeated threats to her son to stop seeing their daughter.
Updated on Jul 29, 2025 11:50 am IST

Stalin: Unbiased probe in former cop’s murder

Chief minister MK Stalin said a fair investigation in the murder of retired sub-inspector of police Zakhir Hussain would be carried out in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu (PTI)
Published on Mar 20, 2025 09:36 am IST

Tamil Nadu appoints IAS officer to probe custodial torture allegations

Two men had alleged that Singh hit them on genitals and a family had said that two minors, aged 17 and 16, were also taken into custody and beaten up. (Representative photo)
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 11:57 pm IST

Custodial torture: Family claims two minors among victims

One of the victims family claims IPS Singh tortured two minor boys in custody. (Representational Image)
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 12:52 am IST

Custodial torture: 2 constables transferred

Two Tamil Nadu police constables transferred in connection with custodial torture case. (Representational Image)
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 12:30 am IST

After 8 years, rural local bodies of Tamil Nadu conduct polls

In the first phase of elections, 260 district panchayat wards, 2456 Union Block Panchayat wards, 4700 village panchayat president positions and 37830 village panchayat wards had gone for polls on Friday.
Updated on Dec 30, 2019 11:55 pm IST

Nataraja idol, smuggled to Australia, brought back to India after 37 years

The two and half feet tall Nataraja statue, weighing 100 kg, would be installed at the temple for public worship.
Published on Sept 12, 2019 12:10 pm IST

Stolen from Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli, Nataraja idol retrieved from Australia after 37 years

The two-and-half-feet statue, weighing 100 kg, would be installed at the Kulasekaramudayar-Aramvalarth Nayagi temple in Tirunelveli district for public worship after completing the necessary procedures.
Published on Sept 11, 2019 11:37 pm IST

NIA raids homes of ‘Ansarulla’ terror module accused in Tamil Nadu

During the searches, the NIA has retrieved several electronic materials and documents.
Updated on Jul 20, 2019 11:26 pm IST

Tamil Nadu man held for killing wife over Facebook use: Cops

A 36-year-old construction worker from Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district was arrested on Tuesday for murdering his wife because she apparently spent hours chatting with male friends on Facebook in defiance of his warnings, police said.
Updated on Jun 26, 2019 07:47 am IST

5 minors arrested for hacking man to death in Tamil Nadu, police suspect honour killing

Police in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district arrested five school students on Saturday and said they are on a lookout for two of their juvenile friends in connection with the murder of an employee of a cooperative bank in a suspected case of honour killing.
Updated on Nov 24, 2018 11:41 pm IST