The police have launched a massive manhunt after scouring through footage of the attackers captured by CCTVs installed in the area where people have been attacked.
A DMK councillor in Tamil Nadu's Senkottai poured kerosene and tried to kill self in protest, in front of the municipality chairperson, over the release of funds for development works in his ward.
Officials in TN's Ramanathapuram district arrested two men for trying to smuggle narcotics worth Rs 110 crore to Sri Lanka. A total of 35 kg of methamfetamine and 50kg of cannabis oil were seized from the accused.
A rain holiday has been declared for schools and colleges in Tamil Nadu's Chennai, Tiruvallur, Cuddalore, Villupuram, and Kancheepuram districts on Friday, December 9 amid predictions that cyclone Mandous would likely intensify into a severe cyclonic storm on Thursday evening.
Parents, students and teachers staged a 6-hour protest at a private school in Chennai after students revealed that the correspondent's son had sexually assaulted many of them. Police have filed a case and are hunting for the absconding accused.