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Islamist outfit Tamil Nadu Thouheed Jamath wants the release of terrorists convicted for 1998 Coimbatore blasts, says they are being ‘denied justice’

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2022

TNTJ claimed that while assassins of Rajiv Gandhi were prematurely released, the 1998 Coimbatore blast terrorists were being 'denied justice'.

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Supreme Court stays death sentence of M Samivel, who raped a minor girl and killed her by smashing her head against a tree

OpIndia Staff - 9 December, 2022

SC stays death sentence of M Samivel alias Raja who was convicted of rape and murder of a 7-year-old Dalit kid

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The News Minute Editor-in-chief endorses ‘no hasty arrest in mutual romantic cases’ involving POCSO Act, later justifies and ‘gives context’

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2022

NCPCR to issue notice to TN Govt and TN Police over recent circular asking officials not to file cases in haste under POCSO Act

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14-year-old Hindu girl abducted by tuition teacher Mohammad Aamir in Bihar’s Begusarai recovered from Tamil Nadu: All we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 2 December, 2022

Begusarai police in Bihar recovered the 14-year-old Hindu girl, who was kidnapped by her tuition teacher Mohammad Aamir.

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Tamil Nadu: DMK councillor Sarbraz Nawaz, brother Jainuddin attempt to smuggle cocaine worth Rs 360 crore to Sri Lanka, arrested

OpIndia Staff - 30 November, 2022

The DMK brothers, who have been arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs to Sri Lanka, own and operate a cargo logistics company. Central and state intelligence services investigated them to determine their connections with mafia organizations or worldwide drug trafficking networks, as per reports.

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Tamil Nadu: Political commentator Kishore K Swamy arrested over critical tweets against CM MK Stalin

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2022

This is the second time Kishore K Swamy has been jailed since the DMK came to power in Tamil Nadu.

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Tamil Nadu: ISIS module busted in Chennai, close on heels of Coimbatore suicide bombing, 18 detained and interrogated

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2022

Over Rs 15 lakh in cash, foreign currency, multiple mobile phones, debit and credit cards were recovered from the suspects.

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The movie-like feat of how a Balaji idol, stolen from Karnataka Temple, was recovered by Idol Wing in Tamil Nadu: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 9 November, 2022

While hunting for stolen idols on November 4, the Tamil Nadu Idol Wing CID stumbled upon a broker at a coffee shop on Avinashi road in Coimbatore.

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VHP striving aggressively for enactment of nationwide anti-conversion laws: General Secretary Milind Parande

OpIndia Staff - 9 November, 2022

The VHP leader also pointed out that the anti-conversion law needs to be enacted in Tamil Nadu as well which is facing a wider threat of illegal Christian conversion drives.

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