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CUDDALORE: A Class 12 boy was hacked to death by an unemployed engineering graduate in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as V Jeeva (17) and the accused as S Ananth (24) - both lived in the same locality. Police have launched a hunt for Ananth, who absconded after committing the crime.Police said a few days ago, Ananth invited Jeeva to his house and attempted to...

CHENNAI/TRICHY: In all, 36 quacks who were running small clinics and pharmacies to provide allopathic treatment or alternative medicine to patients were arrested by police in the central region and Tiruvallur in the last one week in a joint operation with the health department.Tiruvallur district police arrested seven quacks who were running clinics and medical laboratories without the requisite licence...

GUWAHATI: A Class XII student, who was appearing in the ongoing Council of Higher Secondary Examinations, Manipur, (CoHSEM), was shot dead in Kangpokpi district of the northeastern state on Saturday night, police said on Sunday. The examinations will conclude on April 1 with a paper on elective subjects.The incident assumed significance in the backdrop of the announcement made by the Centre and later by...