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Karur: Actor-turned-politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay Sunday announced an ex gratia of Rs 20 lakh each to the families of those killed and Rs two lakh to those injured in the catastrophic stampede in Karur. The tragedy, which occurred during Vijay’s high-decibel...

Chennai:  Actor-turned-politician Vijay, whose electrifying campaign tour had been drawing record crowds across Tamil Nadu for the past week, is facing fierce backlash after a stampede at his rally in Karur left 39 people dead and injured dozens. The tragedy struck Saturday evening at Velusamypuram,...

New Delhi: 'Swami' Chaitanyanand Saraswati, accused of sexually harassing several women students, has forged visiting cards for BRICS and the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), police found during interrogation. On one of the accused's visiting cards, he identified himself as a BRICS Commission...

Karur: The Karur Town police have registered a case against Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s (TVK) Karur West district secretary V.P. Mathiyazhagan in connection with the stampede at party president and actor Vijay’s rally in Velysamupuram that left 39 people dead and 83 others injured. The incident...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Saturday expressed anguish over the tragic loss of lives in a stampede-like incident in Tamil Nadu and extended her deepest condolences to the bereaved family members. She also prayed for early recovery of those injured. Twenty-nine people died in a...

Chennai/Karur: 29 people died in a stampede at the actor-politician Vijay's rally in Karur Saturday, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian said. According to him, 29 persons were brought dead and over 45 are under treatment. Meanwhile, the chief minister convened a meeting of top...

Karur(Tamil Nadu): At least 10 persons, including children, were feared dead due to a stampede-like situation in actor-politician Vijay's heavily crowded rally in Kakur Saturday. At least 30 persons fainted and were rushed in ambulances to hospitals, officials said. "Information from Karur worrisome," Chief Minister...

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Bareilly: Tensions escalated in Barabanki and Mau districts as protests over the "I Love Muhammad" campaign turned violent in Bareilly with police carrying out overnight house-to-house raids to nab the culprits and arresting a prominent cleric. Officials said Saturday that security forces have been deployed...

New Delhi: A court in New Delhi Saturday granted bail to Gaganpreet Kaur, the key accused in the BMW accident case. Kaur, 38, is accused of being behind the wheel of the BMW car that rammed into a two-wheeler being ridden by Navjot Singh, a...