Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government today announced the pre-mature release of 67 life convicts who have completed 10 years of imprisonment, in commemoration of the birth centenary of former Chief ...

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DMK chief M Karunanidhi has asked the Centre to reconsider the death sentence awarded to three people in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case and four associates of sandalwood dacoit Veerappan, all ...

VANCOUVER — A Sri Lankan man found guilty of smuggling Tamil migrants to Canada won’t serve any more time in prison, despite being handed a four-sentence on Monday. He was convicted in May of being ...

A father in Tamil Nadu has been sentenced to death for the horrific sexual assault and impregnation of his 14-year-old ...

The Supreme Court dismissed appeals filed by convicts in the 22-year-old Kannagi-Murugesan ‘honour’ killings case, and went on to confirm the Madras High Court judgment of 2022 in the case. The High ...

Chennai: Protests rocked different parts of Tamil Nadu for the second day on Friday against the capital punishment awarded by a Sri Lankan court to five Indian fishermen for alleged drug trafficking.

CHENNAI: A fourth of children (14-18 years) from villages around Madurai, could not read simple sentences in English or Tamil, the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2017 ‘Beyond Basics’ issued ...

CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Survivors of slavery at a rock quarry in Tamil Nadu welcomed a stiff sentence handed to the owner and managers, and said on Monday that the rare ruling ...