22 TN fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy
Colombo/Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu): Twenty two Indian fishermen were on Sunday arrested and their trawlers seized by Sri Lankan naval personnel for allegedly violating the island nation's international...
View ArticleTuticorin port poised for further growth
The V.O. Chidambaranar Port at Tuticorin is poised for further growth with the allocation of Rs. 11,635 crore for the first phase of the Outer Harbour Project in the Union budget. Port Trust Chairman...
View ArticleArrested personnel of US ship fine, one under stress
One of the sailors arrested from American-owned arms carrier Seaman Guard Ohio, and currently lodged in a Tamil Nadu jail is restless and talking to himself. The others are fine, a prison official...
View ArticleRelease of US ship after probe ends: Vasan
Tweet Chennai, Oct 16 (IANS) Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan Wednesday said the US company-owned ship detained at Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin port will not be allowed to move out till the completion of a probe...
View ArticleGold seizure blows lid off Chennai-Dubai racket
CHENNAI: The seizure of 94 gold biscuits worth 2.63 crore from five Sri Lankan nationals at Chennai airport on Thursday night has exposed an active racket of smugglers and money launderers in Chennai...
View ArticleFive held for selling fuel to US ship days before its detention
TUTICORIN: The detention of Seaman Guard Ohio, a floating armoury, in Tuticorin for illegally entering Indian waters with arms and ammunition is getting murkier even as police struggle to gather...
View Article1kg heroin seized at Central, cartel boss held in Trichy
CHENNAI: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers busted an international heroin smuggling racket with the arrest of the kingpin of a drug cartel at Trichy airport before he could board a flight to Sri...
View ArticleIndia seizes US mercenary ship
THE detention by Indian authorities of a private US anti-piracy ship crewed by armed mercenaries has highlighted a burgeoning private security industry in the Indian Ocean. Tamil Nadu coastal police...
View ArticleUS ship detention: Bail plea of 35 crew members rejected
Tweet Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu), Oct.30 (ANI): A local court on Wednesday rejected bail petitions of the 35-crew members of the detained US ship MV Seaman Guard Ohio, who were arrested on October 18 for...
View ArticleGold smuggling on rise, Chennai accounts for maximum cases
CHENNAI: While India is seeing a steady increase in gold smuggling, a recent report of the Enforcement Directorate says that Chennai accounts for the maximum number of gold seizures in the country when...
View ArticleCash, gold seized before Yercaud bypoll equals 25% of funds netted in 5...
CHENNAI: Election Commission officials have so far seized unaccounted cash of Rs 1.3 crore and gold worth Rs 3 crore in Yercaud in Tamil Nadu's Salem district where a bypoll is due on December 4. The...
View ArticleAll 35 crew members aboard US ship arrested in Tuticorin
TUTICORIN: In an early morning operation, all the 35 members on board the US ship Seaman Guard Ohio, a floating armoury, were arrested by sleuths of Tamil Nadu's Q branch, a state intelligence wing, on...
View ArticleEight held for smuggling gold in Kerala
Tweet Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 23 (IANS) Eight people, who arrived from Singapore early Wednesday, were nabbed at the airport here after they were found carrying one kg of gold, said authorities. The...
View ArticleGenuine traders hit by drive against ‘unaccounted cash’
Even before election heat picks up in Tamil Nadu, traders across the State are agitated over the drive by poll authorities to seize “unaccounted cash.” What bothers traders more is the ceiling on cash...
View ArticleKerala cops foil bid to ferry Lankan Tamils to Australia
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet KOLLAM: A day after Kerala police and coast guard foiled an attempt to ferry 151 Sri Lankan Tamils to Australia near Neendakara in Kerala's Kollam district, a probe is on to...
View ArticlePatrolling intensified along coast: ADGP
MADURAI: The Coastal Security Group additional director general of police (ADGP), C Sylendra Babu who visited Mandapam Marine police station on Sunday to investigate the...
View ArticleTamil Nadu airports see big jump in gold smuggling cases
CHENNAI/TRICHY/COIMBATORE: It was a last minute decision by customs officials to weigh the batteries of an LED emergency lamp that led to the seizure of eight gold bars at Coimbatore airport on June...
View ArticleTuticorin port to resume cracker exports after a hiatus
MADURAI: The export of crackers made in Sivakasi is set to get a fillip after Tuticorin VOC port authorities agreeing to resume the service. The decision was taken at a meeting convened by the E M...
View ArticleEC whip makes parties grumble in Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI: The run-up to the April 24 Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu saw the Election Commission resorting to unprecedented measures — from deploying several thousand flying squads to imposing...
View ArticleFishermen hope for a peaceful Katchatheevu fest
MADURAI: Despite mounting tension over the alleged execution of LTTE chief Prabakaran's son and the subsequent denial by Tamil Nadu government to host the Asian Athletics meet in Chennai, Rameswaram...
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