ERODE/SALEM: R Velusamy, state president of the Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association, was detained in Erode on Saturday, hours before the outfit was to hold a rail blockade at Salem Junction railway station. The association wanted to block the Madurai-Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express train at the Salem Junction around 4.30pm to protest Karnataka’s refusal to release…
COIMBATORE: A CBI court here has sentenced four people to imprisonment in two separate cases involving the illegal electrification of farm fences that resulted in the electrocution of two wild elephants in Erode and Coimbatore districts.In the first case, a 25-year-old male elephant was electrocuted after coming in contact with an illegal electric fence in…
COIMBATORE: Ahead of the 80th Independence Day, a joint security and anti-sabotage operation was carried out at Podanur Junction railway station here on Friday to prevent untoward incidents and strengthen passenger safety.The 90-minute exercise was conducted by the Railway Protection Force (RPF), the Govt Railway Police (GRP), the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDS) and…
NAMAKKAL: A third-year pharmacy student died by suicide in her hostel room at a private college in Kumarapalayam in Namakkal district on Thursday.The deceased student, identified as Rachel, 21, daughter of Velu from Chengalpet district, studied at Excel College of Pharmacy. Police recovered a diary from her room with an emotional note written in blood…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation has terminated the employment of 54 junior assistants after the Supreme Court upheld a Madras high court order setting aside their appointments made in 2021. The official executive orders terminating their services were issued to the respective zonal offices on Friday, corporation sources said.On June 18, a division bench…
The carcass was later retrieved with the help of an earthmover Namakkal: A five-year-old buffalo died after it fell into an uncovered septic tank in Agraharam near Kumarapalayam in Namakkal district, on Thursday evening, despite rescue efforts that lasted for more than five hours.The animal, valued at nearly ₹80,000, belonged to farmer M Kuppurathinam of…
Coimbatore: A 6-year-old girl died after a truck hit the two-wheeler she was traveling on with her mother, on the Thudiyalur–Saravanampatti road on Friday morning. The traffic investigation wing (West) of Coimbatore city arrested two people in connection with the incident.The deceased child has been identified as J Niralya, 6, a Class I student at…
TRICHY: A 55-year-old woman attacked a man with a sickle in a village near Kulithalai in Karur district on Friday after he allegedly sexually abused her four-year-old granddaughter.The woman, Maheswari, lives with her husband Nagappan in a village near Kulithalai. Their son resides nearby with his family. On Thursday, the child’s mother asked T Manickam,…
As many as 231 delegates representing 128 colleges participated in the meeting. COIMBATORE: A combined campus safety and crime prevention initiative will be launched by Coimbatore city and district police in collaboration with heads of educational institutions to enhance campus security and prevent student involvement in criminal activities. This was one of the action plans…
TIRUPUR: Construction work on the proposed bio-CNG plant of the Tirupur Corporation has been suspended following strong objections from residents, with the district administration seeking to examine the concerns raised over the project.The plant, planned on 8.18 acres in Manickapuram village panchayat near Palladam, has a proposed processing capacity of 200 tonne of biodegradable municipal…
