Namakkal District

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  Rape Accused Sentenced To 34 Years In Jail By Tamil Nadu Court

  A court in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal district has sentenced a rape accused to rigorous imprisonment of 34 years.

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  Probe Into Sale Of Newborns by Nurse Transferred To CID

  The probe into stealing and selling of newborns allegedly by a retired government nurse in Namakkal district has been transferred to the CB-CID wing, police said Monday.

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  AIADMK's Dhinakaran Sacks Another Minister From Party Post

  Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran today removed Electricity Minister P Thangamani from the post of the party's Namakkal district secretary. He replaced him with S Anbazhagan.

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  Tamil Nadu Dishonour Killing Accused Yuvraj Sent to 5-Day Police Custody

  Yuvaraj, the prime accused in the suspicious death of a Dalit man Gokulraj has been remanded to a five-day police custody by a court in the Namakkal district of Tami Nadu.

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  Cop Found Dead In Tamil Nadu Was Tortured By Senior, Alleges Father

  The police officer investigating a dishonour killing case in Tamil Nadu, who was found hanging in her quarters last week, was ill-treated by her senior, her father has alleged, raising the clamour for a CBI probe into the death of his daughter.

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  Woman Cop Probing Alleged Dishonour Killing Found Hanging in Tamil Nadu

  A 27-year-old police officer, Vishnupriya, who was investigating an alleged honour killing case, was found dead in her quarters in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal district.

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  Murdered for Talking to Upper Caste Friend? Engineer Found Dead on Railway Track

  An engineer belonging to the Dalit community was found dead on a railway track in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday evening.

• 3 Quacks Arrested in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal District

  Three persons have been arrested for posing as allopathic medical practioners without necessary qualification in the district, police said today.

• Unlicensed Gun Seized in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal

  An unlicensed single barrel muzzle gun has been seized from three persons at Kolli Hills in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu, police said.

• 16 petrol bombs seized from vacant house in Tamil Nadu

  Sixteen petrol bombs were seized today from a vacant house belonging to a district functionary of a political party near Namakkal in Tamil Nadu, police said.

• AIDS-afflicted couple, two teenage children commit suicide in Tamil Nadu

  In a suicide pact driven by the stigma of AIDS, a couple in Tamil Nadu afflicted with the dreaded disease and their two teenage children allegedly ended their lives at a village in Namakkal district, which once topped in the prevalence of AIDS/HIV.

• High Court quashes Tamil Nadu government order on GAIL project

  The Madras High Court today quashed the state government order restraining implementation of the Kochi-Mangalore gas pipeline project passing through agricultural lands in seven districts of Tamil Nadu.

• Tamil Nadu firm produces electricity using poultry waste

  The green spherical domes may resemble a nuclear power plant. But this power plant in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal district uses 300 tonnes of poultry waste to produce 4 MW of electricity every day.

• 14-year-old girl allegedly raped by labourer

  A daily wage labourer was arrested today on the charge of raping a 14-year-old girl in the district, police said.

• Teenage girl allegedly raped by two minors in Tamil Nadu

  A minor dalit girl was allegedly raped on New Year's eve in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal district. The district police have arrested two minors.