Now, get extreme weather alerts on cell phones

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 21:01

In a path-breaking discovery, a system has been developed through which extreme weather alerts on your mobile phone can avert casualties.

HC quashes case against Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict Nalini

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 22:26

Madras High Court quashed proceedings pending in lower court against Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict S Nalini in connection with seizure of a mobile phone in her cell in the Vellore prison.

Teenage girl raped by uncle in Tamil Nadu

Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 18:29

A teenage girl was allegedly raped by her maternal uncle in Malekavanur area in Vellore district, police said on Sunday.

Five-year old boy to be shifted to Vellore hospital in TN

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 13:26

The five-year-old-boy, who was brutally tortured by his father and step-mother, and recuperating at a hospital in Idukki district, will be shifted to Vellore Medical College Hospital in Tamil Nadu for further treatment.

Shaji Purushothaman shifted to prison in Vellore

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 09:17

Shaji Purushothaman, arrested in connection with a Mercedes hit-and-run case, has been shifted to a prison in Vellore.

VIT Engineering entrance exam results announced

Last Updated: Sunday, May 5, 2013, 21:15

The examination results of the Vellore Institute of Technology Engineering Entrance Examination results were declared on Sunday.

Rajiv Gandhi killing case convict gets gold medal

Last Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 15:33

Death row convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case Perarivalan has won gold medal in one of the Prison Department conducted educational and vocational training programmes.

Phone facility extended to Vellore jail inmates

Last Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012, 20:19

Inmates of Tamil Nadu`s Vellore jail, where Rajiv Gandhi assassin Nalini is housed, will soon be able to make phone calls to their relatives.

Phone facility extended to Vellore jail inmates

Last Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012, 16:51

Inmates of Tamil Nadu`s Vellore jail, where Rajiv Gandhi assassin Nalini is housed, will soon be able to make phone calls to their relatives.

Explosive material seized near Vellore

Last Updated: Friday, January 20, 2012, 13:22

A huge cache of explosive materials and detonators were seized from a house in Chinnapalapakkam village near here and one person arrested in this connection, police said Friday.

Rajiv killing: Nalini seeks `A` class facility

Last Updated: Friday, September 30, 2011, 23:02

The Madras HC Friday directed the Tamil Nadu govt to file a counter to a plea by Nalini, life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking a direction to prison authorities to provide her `A` class facility.