 | Cyclone Michaung: Eight die of electrocution, falling trees in single day in ChennaiIn Kanathur, two migrant labourers, Zakir (20) and Afrose (28) from Jharkhand, died after a wall collapsed on them. Police said, |
 | Krishnagiri farmer held after jumbo dies of electrocutionThe land is owned by AIADMK councillor in Hosur S Narayanan, but was maintained by V Karthik (25) of Salem who was cultivating in it. |
 | Chennai: TANGEDCO gangman made to work on high-tension power line, electrocutedWorkers stage protest, say gangmen are meant to be engaged only in unskilled works. |
 | Tamil Nadu Jumbo deaths: AIADMK man booked, one heldPostmortem of the 35-year-old female elephant confirmed the death was due to electrocution. The owner of the farmland C Mahadevasamy (37) was arrested. |
 | Two sustain minor shock during Tiruvannamalai chariot festivalMeanwhile, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami released a statement which claimed that eight people were hospitalised and over a hundred were affected in the accident. |
 | Bengaluru electrocution: Karnataka Lokayukta takes up suo motu caseThe Lokayukta further said Bescom is collecting electrical charges from the public, who expect corresponding facilities from the authorities to make their life comfortable and hassle-free. |
 | 'Negligence on the part of BESCOM for electrocution', says Karnataka Lokayukta, orders investigation"Non-maintenance of electrical lines in a reasonable condition would be a serious dereliction of duty. Such derelictions will prove fatal to the lives of people," Justice B S Patil said. |
 | 5 jumbos electrocuted after coming in contact with overhead wire in JharkhandEarlier too, two wild elephants allegedly had died due to electrocution in the region on November 1 and November 2. |
 | Bengaluru electrocution: Four committees to probe Hope Farm case“The incident is peculiar as there were no rains, no tree branch falling on the line, then how did the feeder snap? Despite snapping, it held power. Why didn’t the snapped wire find earthing?." |
 | Bengaluru electrocution: Case booked under relevant section, says Top copThe investigating officer has to book the case as prescribed in law. Since the death was due to negligence on the part of the officials concerned, they have been booked, he said. |
| Sort Bengaluru power cables to save livesCivic authorities generally dismiss electrocution tragedies as hazards of urban living. No one, neither the electricity company nor the government, takes responsibility for them. |
 | If babus not held accountable, civic apathy will claim more lives: Experts on Bengaluru electrocution caseSay it is time for civic agencies to be brought under a common umbrella |
 | Bengaluru electrocution case: ‘Book BESCOM officials for culpable homicide’, says legal expertsFamily members and citizens are calling for the case to be registered under Section 302 (murder), emphasising the gravity of the incident, as a deliberate act leading to the death of two people. |
 | Bengaluru electrocution case: Lack of transparency in police action, rue kinOn Monday, the family members argued with the police. |
 | Bengaluru electrocution case: BESCOM suspends five officials, issues notice to twoEnergy Minister K J George took serious note of the accident and ordered the suspension of officials, it said. A detailed investigation will be conducted in the matter, the BESCOM said. |
 | Tusker comes in contact with live wire in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris, electrocutedThe animal came in contact with the iron wire fence installed around the banana plantation. On the right side of its neck, thorax and abdomen, there are signs of electric shock. |
 | In TN, 9,000 people died of electrocution since 2006Additionally, 2495 animals (both domestic and wild animals) have been killed across the state in the last 17 years. |
 | Father and son die due to electrocution in Tirunelveli, probe underwayThe incident came to light on Sunday morning when the villagers spotted their bodies floating on the water, the police added. |
 | Biker dies in flooded subway in Kovai, electrocution suspectedSources said P Selvaraj, a native of Rasipuram in Namakkal district, stepped on a live wire that was submerged in stagnant water near the Lanka Corner railway subway, due to heavy rain. |
 | HC directs Tangedco to pay Rs 10 lakh solatium in teen's death by electrocution caseJustice S Srimathy was responding to a PIL filed by Devi, mother of the deceased, seeking Rs 15 lakh compensation, said Hariharan (16) was electrocuted to death on Oct 13, 2016. |
