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Boy who went missing in Kovilpatti found dead
2 weeks ago

Boy who went missing in Kovilpatti found dead

The Hindu  

A 10-year-old boy, who had been missing since noon on Monday, was found dead in the early hours of Tuesday in Kovilpatti, Thoothukudi district. The police said the boy, Karuppasamy, lived with his parents Karthik Murugan and Balasundari and his older brother Manikandan, at Gandhi Nagar in Kovilpatti. At around 11 a.m., when Karuppasamy’s grandmother came to the house to …

Missing Kovilpatti Karuppasamy Balasundari
Activist claims threat to life for helping queer couple in TN
5 months, 1 week ago

Activist claims threat to life for helping queer couple in TN

New Indian Express  

THOOTHUKUDI: A trans woman activist has alleged a threat to her life as well as to that of the transgender community living in Sandeep Nagar near Kovilpatti for helping a queer couple. In her petition submitted to Chief Minister's cell and the Thoothukudi superintendent of police, Thirunar Urimai Foundation president Grace Banu said the transgender community in Sandeep Nagar had …

Transgender Thoothukudi Sandeep Nagar Trans Kovilpatti Karthiga
BJP did not field Tamilisai from Thoothukudi fearing defeat: Kanimozhi
8 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP did not field Tamilisai from Thoothukudi fearing defeat: Kanimozhi

New Indian Express  

THOOTHUKUDI: Taking a dig at the BJP, Thoothukudi MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi said that the saffron party refrained from fielding former Puducherry Governor Dr Tamilisai Sounderrajan in the district to avoid defeat here. "Women's safety in the BJP-led government has been abysmal," she said and further accused the BJP of silencing journalists and opposition leaders who question them, thereby endangering freedom …

Tamil Bjp Thoothukudi Kovilpatti Kanimozhi Tamilisai
Downpour ravages 1.48 lakh hectares of farmland in Thoothukudi district
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Downpour ravages 1.48 lakh hectares of farmland in Thoothukudi district

The Hindu  

The heavy rain that lashed the southern districts of Tamil Nadu has completely wiped out farmland in Thoothukudi district, leaving farmers high and dry. According to the district administration, till December 25, of a total of 1,80,000 hectares of agricultural land in Thoothukudi district, 1,48,037 ha had been damaged in 12 blocks — Alwarthitunagari, Karungulam, Kayathar, Kovilpatti, Ottapidaram, Pudur, Sathankulam, …

Farmers Rain Damage Farmland District Thoothukudi Kovilpatti
Kovilpatti to host Junior National men’s hockey championship from December 16
3 years ago

Kovilpatti to host Junior National men’s hockey championship from December 16

The Hindu  

Kovilpatti may be a small industrial town in Thoothukudi District famous for groundnut candies and match sticks, but its contribution to hockey has been nothing less than immense. The Junior National men’s hockey championship to be held at the artificial turf here from December 16 to 25 is expected to provide a major fillip to the sport. P. Guruchitra Shanmuga …

Hockey
Tamil Nadu: 30-year-old stabbed repeatedly in full public view in Kovilpatti
3 years, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu: 30-year-old stabbed repeatedly in full public view in Kovilpatti

India Today  

A 30-year-old worker employed by a private company, Ramkumar was stabbed to death in full public view on Friday. Kovilpatti police in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi has filed a case in this regard under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Police officials had said at the time that a 22-year-old man was stabbed to death in broad daylight in full …

Tamil Nadu Kovilpatti Ramkumar Full Public View
Sattankulam custodial deaths | When protectors turn perpetrators
4 years, 5 months ago

Sattankulam custodial deaths | When protectors turn perpetrators

The Hindu  

An eerie silence prevails along the narrow stretch that leads to the tiled house of a small mobile shop owner in Sattankulam town. Two weeks ago, he and his father, P. Jayaraj, 58, were arrested by the police for a seemingly trivial reason and brutally beaten at the Sattankulam police station, barely 600 metres away. The next evening, Veerapandi says …

Family Hospital Station Shop Judicial Magistrate Father Asked
Madras HC Orders Judicial Inquiry Into Custodial Deaths Of Father-Son In Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi District [Read Order]
4 years, 5 months ago

Madras HC Orders Judicial Inquiry Into Custodial Deaths Of Father-Son In Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi District [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the jurisdictional Judicial Magistrate to conduct an enquiry into the alleged custodial deaths of a father-son duo who were lodged in Sub Jail, Kovilpatti in Thoothukudi District in Tamil Nadu. Taking notice of the matter, the division bench had ordered the Ordered the Tamil Nadu Police to submit a report …

Tamil Nadu Court Order Judicial Magistrate Kovilpatti Custodial Deaths