S. Vijay Kumar S. Vijay Kumar is an award winning journalist who covers internal security in Tamil Nadu and also writes about Railways, RTI Act, custodial torture among others. An engineer-turned-journalist, Vijay Kumar is recipient of the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award (Investigative Reporting) for exposing the Gutka scam. He also received the RedInk Award instituted by the Mumbai Press Club and Laadli Award (National category).

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The ED searched a sand sales depot in Kandaneri in Vellore district last month, as part of its investigation into illegal sand mining in T.N.

Sand mining in T.N. | Senior official calls for cleaning up “internal mess”, disclosing all illegal sand mining sites to ED

A preliminary probe revealed a defect in the design of the signalling circuit. Representational image

Major safety issue detected in South Eastern Railway

ED seeks details of illegal sand mining cases registered in Tamil Nadu

Former DGP K. Ramanujam says Tamil Nadu was the first to use drones for policing.

India’s Scotland Yard, a worthy name for the Tamil Nadu police

File photo of DMK MP A. Raja

ED takes possession of assets belonging to DMK MP A. Raja

Representational image. File

Southern Railway withdraws plan to have single crew for high-speed trains

T.N. Information Commission sends notice to two IPS officers

Investigation follows allegations that a large quantity of sand was excavated from riverbeds and sold illegally. File

ED inspects quarry sites across Tamil Nadu, begins probe into illegal sand mining

Israel - Palestine conflict | Tamil Nadu steps up security at Israeli establishments

Many women employees engaged as Assistant Loco Pilots have been complaining of poor facilities while on duty, especially during pregnancy and other days when they cannot sit continuously for long hours. Picture for representation.

Railways to consider shift of job category for women employees

The move will mean that a loco pilot boarding at the originating point will operate the train till its destination without a break.

Southern Railway plans to deploy single crew in Vande Bharat, Tejas

The aviation regulator has called for comments from stakeholders on amending the Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR). File

DGCA mulling to bar pilots from using perfumes

DGP Braj Kishore Ravi. Photo: Special Arrangement

Tamil Nadu’s senior-most DGP Braj Kishore Ravi quits

Property photos with geographic coordinates mandatory for land registrations starting October 1

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