The investigation by the police into the recent death by suicide of newly wed woman #Rithanya due to alleged #dowryharassment in #Tiruppur, found that she had been subjected to cruelty by her husband E. Kavinkumar and his family members. trib.al/RpBEgCh

The Horticulture Department has complied with suggestions of the amici curiae appointed by the Madras High Court to aid free movement of wild elephants through its 125-year-old farm at #Kallar near #Mettupalayam in #Coimbatore district. The Hindu - Chennai thehindu.com/news/cities/Co…

The Forest College and Research Institute & Satchidananda Jothi Nikethan International School near Mettupalayam have removed solar fencing and other impediments to improve movement of wild elephants through the critical Kallar elephant corridor. The Hindu - Chennai thehindu.com/news/cities/Co…

Custodial deaths: Police convictions remain zero in Tamil Nadu and beyond; Dalits are disproportionately targeted for police brutality in Tamil Nadu - timely, very important data story by Vignesh Radhakrishnan and Sambavi Parthasarathy thehindu.com/data/custodial…

Fearing threats to his life, M. Saktheeswaran, 34, the key witness in the #Sivagangacustodialdeath case, has written to the Director General of Police (DGP) seeking police protection. trib.al/3CmbMLl

For Focus Tamil Nadu's 100th episode, D Suresh Kumar takes a look at the custodial death of Ajith Kumar, a young temple security guard was picked up by a special police team without an FIR. What happened to #AjithKumar? trib.al/KExoPSx

The postmortem report of B. Ajith Kumar of #Sivaganga, a temple security guard who died in #policecustody, has revealed the presence of over 44 external injuries and several internal injuries in various parts of the body. #Sivagangacustodialdeath trib.al/0u8FXc3

Here's a compilation of The Hindu’s coverage on the #custodialdeath of B. Ajith Kumar (29) following brutal torture by a special team of police in #Sivaganga in June 2025. trib.al/kWGG3ZA

Chitradevi, mother-in-law of A. #Rithanya (27) who died by #suicide due to alleged #dowry harassment in #Tiruppur, was arrested on Friday following a personal appeal by the victim’s father to the Superintendent of Police (SP), reports Krishnamoorthy Raman trib.al/3PxwQ4y

The Madras High Court has suo motu impleaded Mata Amritanandamayi Math as one of the respondents to a case related to alleged erection of a two-kilometre-long electric fence, disturbing the movement of elephants, on the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham campus. trib.al/0SE6EUk

A team of amici curiae assisting the Madras High Court in forest related cases has raised objections to the Tamil Nadu Government’s proposed move to erect a steel wire rope fencing at Thondamuthur to prevent Human-Elephant Conflicts. trib.al/tu9qDSm

Justices N Sathish Kumar & D Bharatha Chakravarthy of #MadrasHighCourt have impressed upon the need for fixing a timeline for notification of a fresh list of elephant corridors in Tamil Nadu since the issue is pending for quite a few years The Hindu - Chennai thehindu.com/news/national/…

Tragic news from Tamil Nadu. Train rams school van in Cuddalore district. Casualties reported.

Kovai Courtallam, which remained closed to visitors due to rains and heavy inflow of water, will be open from July 11 : Forest Department. The Hindu - Chennai

The district administration on Wednesday clarified that there was no alarming situation in #Coimbatore in the wake of two positive cases of #NipahVirus reported in neighbouring #Palakkad and Malappuram districts in Kerala. The Hindu - Chennai thehindu.com/news/cities/Co…

Nearly 27 years after the 1998 serial blasts hit #Coimbatore, claiming 58 lives and leaving 250 persons injured, the Tamil Nadu police arrested key accused ‘Tailor’ Raja, 50, from Vijayapura district in #Karnataka on Wednesday. The Hindu - Chennai thehindu.com/news/national/…

The #Nilgiris district is most prone to negative human-gaur interactions in #TamilNadu, reveals an analysis conducted by researchers at the Advanced Institute for Wildlife Conservation, Tamil Nadu, reports Yossarian 🇵🇸 trib.al/Jbspk6U

Fugitive for 29 years, ‘Tailor’ Raja, a key accused in the 1998 serial bombings in #Coimbatore, lived in Vijayapura in Karnataka in the name of Shahjahan Shaik for over 10 years. He kept a low profile as a chilli trader at APMC yard, Vijayapura. The Hindu - Chennai thehindu.com/news/national/…

Fugitive for 29 years, Coimbatore serial blasts accused ‘Tailor’ Raja lived as a chilli trader in Karnataka - Wilson Thomas ✍️ thehindu.com/news/national/…

A staggering rise in the population of spotted #deer in and around Karumathampatti in #Coimbatore district, far from their natural habitats, is resulting in negative interactions between them and humans. The Hindu - Chennai thehindu.com/news/cities/Co…