Tamil Nadu Tirunelvelli District

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  6 Men Allege Custodial Torture By Cops In Tamil Nadu

  A group of men in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelvelli district have alleged custodial torture by an IPS officer. A magisterial inquiry has been ordered and the officer in question has been put on "compulsory wait, pending inquiry".

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  10 Dead After Bus Overturns In Tamil Nadu's Tirunelvelli District

  At least 10 passengers including 2 women and 2 children have been killed in a bus accident in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelvelli district.

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  Protests Against Pepsi's Upcoming Plant in Tamil Nadu, 8 Hurt in Lathi Charge

  Eight people suffered injuries in a police lathi charge during a protest against an upcoming Pepsi bottling plant in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelvelli district today.

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  Students Made to Clean Toilets in Tamil Nadu School, 7 Teachers arrested

  A group of seven teachers from a government-aided school in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelvelli district have been arrested for allegedly making students clean the school toilets.

• 14-Year-Old Allegedly Raped in Tirunelvelli, Two Arrested

  A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two auto drivers in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelvelli district on Friday. Police have arrested both of them.

• Anti-nuclear protester booked for explosion which killed 6 near Kudankulam N-plant

  At least six people including two children died as country-made bombs exploded at the Tsunami Colony in Idinthakarai village, the ground zero for protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Plant in the Tirunelvelli district of Tamil Nadu.

• Tirunelvelli: 12-year-old boy found beheaded

  A 12-year-old boy has been beheaded in the Tirunelvelli district of Tamil Nadu. According to the police, the boy's head was found in a well and the body nearby.

• 13-year-old missing student found dead in Tamil Nadu

  Police probing the suspected murder of a 13-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district today said she may not have been raped.

• 13-year-old missing student found dead, cops suspect she was raped before murder

  A 13-year-old girl student has been allegedly murdered in Seithunganallur, in the Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu today. Police suspect foul play and have sent her body to Tirunelvelli for medical examination to find out if she was sexually assaulted before the murder.

• Blog: Tamil Nadu Police turning trigger happy

  Another alleged gangster in Tamil Nadu has been killed in a police encounter. According to the police, the Inspector was attacked at an illegal sand quarry in Tirunelvelli district and he opened fire in self defence. This has now become a routine predictable theory. This reminds me of a gruesome police encounter in Madurai which I covered as a fled...

• One killed in Tamil Nadu police encounter

  One person was shot dead in a police encounter in Tirunelvelli district of Tamil Nadu. According to initial reports, a police inspector, who raided an illegal sand quarry near Nanguneri, opened fire in self-defence and killed an alleged gangster. The gangster has been identified as Vanavamalai.

• After Jaitapur, protest over nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu

  Koodankulam in Tirunelvelli district of Tamil Nadu is witnessing huge protest. The reason: An upcoming nuclear plant which, once functional, will be India's largest power generation complex.

• Tamil Nadu: Locals protest against Koodankulam nuclear plant

  Over 2000 people are on a hunger strike demanding the closure of the upcoming Koodankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelvelli district citing safety reasons.

• British national booked for molesting teenage boy

  A 65-year-old British national has been booked for sexually abusing a teenage boy at a home funded by him in Tirunelvelli district of Tamil Nadu, police said on Saturday.