Tamil Nadu Whales

A twenty metre-long blue whale was washed ashore dead at Tamil Nadu's Valinokkam Beach in Ramanathapuram district on Sunday. Forest officials who carried out the postmortem suspect the whale was hit by a vessel deep in the sea.

The carcass of an 18-feet-long, one-toed whale shark washed ashore in Tamil Nadu's Ramanathapuram district, on Sunday.

A 22-year old engineer has allegedly committed suicide near Panrutti in Cuddalore district while suspected to have been playing the Blue Whale challenge game, police said Wednesday.

The Tamil Nadu government today issued an advisory on the online game Blue Whale Challenge, asking parents and teachers to keep a close watch on the behaviour of children.

Taking a serious view of the Blue Whale Challenge game, the Madras High Court today directed the Central and Tamil Nadu governments to explore possibilities of banning it.

The DMK today urged the Centre to take immediate steps to "arrest the accessibility" of social media "game" Blue Whale Challenge to children, after it allegedly claimed the life of a teenager in Tamil Nadu.

The Madras High Court said it will take up the issue of 'Blue Whale' challenge on Monday, days after a teenager was found hanging in his room in Madurai.

After a 19-year-old college student was found hanging in his room in by his father in Tamil Nadu's first death linked to the 'Blue Whale' challenge, the police suspect the teen was part of a WhatsApp group of 75 friends who are playing the suicide game. "Blue Whale - This is not a game but danger. Once you enter, you can never exit," Vignesh wrote ...

Samples of carcasses of 45 whales that were washed ashore near Tiruchendur beach have been taken for laboratory tests to ascertain the exact cause of their death, Fisheries Department officials today said.

Maybe they are trying to bring us a message - simple truths about the importance of love, bonds with family and friends, the need for a cleaner planet and the ultimate truth that death comes to all the living and that some things are a mystery.

Fishermen in Tuticorn spent hours today trying to rescue nearly 100 whales stranded on the beach. But while about 40 whales were saved, more than the same amount died.

The carcass of a 33-feet-long whale was washed up on the shores of a village beach near Tarangambadi in Nagapattinam district.

The carcass of a whale, weighing about 20 tonnes and 45 feet long was today found washed ashore at Mandapam near Tamil Nadu, officials said.

A 20-ft long whale, found battling for life after it got stranded in shallow waters near an islet about 15 kms off Kodiakarai coast near Nagapattinam yesterday, was let into the sea today, official sources said.

A twenty metre-long blue whale was washed ashore dead at Tamil Nadu's Valinokkam Beach in Ramanathapuram district on Sunday. Forest officials who carried out the postmortem suspect the whale was hit by a vessel deep in the sea.

The carcass of an 18-feet-long, one-toed whale shark washed ashore in Tamil Nadu's Ramanathapuram district, on Sunday.

A 22-year old engineer has allegedly committed suicide near Panrutti in Cuddalore district while suspected to have been playing the Blue Whale challenge game, police said Wednesday.

The Tamil Nadu government today issued an advisory on the online game Blue Whale Challenge, asking parents and teachers to keep a close watch on the behaviour of children.

Taking a serious view of the Blue Whale Challenge game, the Madras High Court today directed the Central and Tamil Nadu governments to explore possibilities of banning it.

The DMK today urged the Centre to take immediate steps to "arrest the accessibility" of social media "game" Blue Whale Challenge to children, after it allegedly claimed the life of a teenager in Tamil Nadu.

The Madras High Court said it will take up the issue of 'Blue Whale' challenge on Monday, days after a teenager was found hanging in his room in Madurai.

After a 19-year-old college student was found hanging in his room in by his father in Tamil Nadu's first death linked to the 'Blue Whale' challenge, the police suspect the teen was part of a WhatsApp group of 75 friends who are playing the suicide game. "Blue Whale - This is not a game but danger. Once you enter, you can never exit," Vignesh wrote ...

Samples of carcasses of 45 whales that were washed ashore near Tiruchendur beach have been taken for laboratory tests to ascertain the exact cause of their death, Fisheries Department officials today said.

Maybe they are trying to bring us a message - simple truths about the importance of love, bonds with family and friends, the need for a cleaner planet and the ultimate truth that death comes to all the living and that some things are a mystery.

Fishermen in Tuticorn spent hours today trying to rescue nearly 100 whales stranded on the beach. But while about 40 whales were saved, more than the same amount died.

The carcass of a 33-feet-long whale was washed up on the shores of a village beach near Tarangambadi in Nagapattinam district.

The carcass of a whale, weighing about 20 tonnes and 45 feet long was today found washed ashore at Mandapam near Tamil Nadu, officials said.

A 20-ft long whale, found battling for life after it got stranded in shallow waters near an islet about 15 kms off Kodiakarai coast near Nagapattinam yesterday, was let into the sea today, official sources said.