Siddharth Prabhakar

Chennai

Reporter at The Times of India

Railway and City reporter at New Indian Express Chennai. I dislike cooking food as well as stories

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Gold seizures at Chennai airport drop by 50%

1 week ago | newindianexpress.com | Siddharth Prabhakar

By Siddharth Prabhakar To improve profits, carriers must then smuggle bigger quantities in a single trip, which is riskier. Sources say the expenses on smuggling have also increased, with carriers demanding higher wages per trip. Usually, carriers are paid around Rs 5,000-Rs 10,000 for smuggling 500-800g of gold, apart from a free air ticket and stay in the foreign country. As a result of this, there have been two significant changes in the trade, Customs officials said.
Chennai police to step up airport patrols, draft SOP to curb laser light menace

1 week ago | newindianexpress.com | Siddharth Prabhakar

By Siddharth Prabhakar CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Police (GCP) is set to come up with a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) including an enhanced patrol in areas around the Chennai International Airport to curb the menace of laser lights aiming at flights landing at the airport.
Kanchi NGO trustee among five arrested for African ivory trade

1 week ago | newindianexpress.com | Siddharth Prabhakar

By Siddharth Prabhakar CHENNAI: Chennai Customs (Seaport) on Saturday seized 1.5 kg of African elephant tusks (ivory) from a building in Irungattukkotai near Sriperumbudur and arrested five including the main trustee of an NGO in Kancheepuram district.
Gaming authority questions TNPL over surrogate ads of betting apps

2 weeks ago | newindianexpress.com | Siddharth Prabhakar

By Siddharth Prabhakar CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority (TNOGA) has sought explanation from the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) regarding advertisement of offshore betting apps at its tournament being held in Coimbatore. The TNPL is an eight-team, franchise-based cricket competition organised by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) where international and popular IPL cricketers from Tamil Nadu like R Ashwin, Sai Kishore, Shahrukh Khan, and T Natarajan are participating.
Chennai loses its 'crown' to Bengaluru

2 weeks ago | newindianexpress.com | Siddharth Prabhakar

Animals seized at Bengaluru in 2024-25 include Anaconda and California king snakes, exotic birds like cockatoo, hornbill, Birds of Paradise, mammals like marmoset monkeys, Siamang Gibbons and other reptiles like iguana, American alligators and bearded lizards. More than 600 animals have been seized from passengers, 24 of whom were arrested. Bengaluru is an ideal destination for the trafficking of animals as many of them are sold through well-advertised pet shops in the city.
Bengaluru overtakes Chennai in number of seizures of exotic wildlife species

2 weeks ago | newindianexpress.com | Siddharth Prabhakar

Animals seized at Bengaluru in 2024-25 include Anaconda and California king snakes, exotic birds like cockatoo, hornbill, Birds of Paradise, mammals like marmoset monkeys, Siamang Gibbons and other reptiles like iguana, American alligators and bearded lizards. More than 600 animals have been seized from passengers, 24 of whom were arrested. Bengaluru is an ideal destination for the trafficking of animals as many of them are sold through well-advertised pet shops in the city.
Betting apps target eyeballs via surrogate ads in TNPL

2 weeks ago | newindianexpress.com | Siddharth Prabhakar

By Siddharth Prabhakar International and popular IPL cricketers from Tamil Nadu like R Ashwin, Sai Kishore, Shahrukh Khan and T Natarajan are participating in this year's edition. It is to be noted that incidentally, in a May 30 media release, TNPL and TNCA had denied rumours of 1xBat being signed as a sponsor and stated that the league has no association, direct or indirect, with 1XBat sporting lines.
20 Irular families in Chengai face eviction threat due to patta issue in Chennai

4 weeks ago | newindianexpress.com | Siddharth Prabhakar

By Siddharth Prabhakar CHENNAI: Twenty Irular families living for decades in a village near Tirukazhkundram in Chengalpattu district now fear displacement after local authorities began inquiries a few weeks ago. Of the 40 Irular families living in the locality, 20 of them do not have pattas (land title deed). Except one or two, most of them live in permanent dwellings which were constructed with the help of a local trust a few years ago, residents said.
Tamil Nadu cracks down on opinion trading apps

4 weeks ago | newindianexpress.com | Siddharth Prabhakar

CHENNAI: About four weeks after the Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority (TNOGA) sent show cause notices to 15 firms running opinion trading apps, a few of them have stopped offering their services in Tamil Nadu, while others are expected to soon follow suit, official sources said. Opinion trading application, better known as prediction markets, is a relatively new concept to India in which users are allowed to place bets on the outcomes of future events, not restricted to sport alone.
CBI court bins discharge plea, tainted educationist's wife to face PMLA trial in Chennai

1 month ago | newindianexpress.com | Siddharth Prabhakar

By Siddharth Prabhakar CHENNAI: TD Prabhavathy, wife of disgraced educationist TD Naidu who allegedly cheated medical education aspirants by promising admission in his unrecognised institution in Tiruvallur district, will also face trial under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the case. A special CBI court last week dismissed a discharge petition filed by Prabhavathy and said that prima facie, she had committed the offence under PMLA.