Krishnagiri: Revenue officials on Tuesday issued flood warnings to people living on the banks of the Thenpennai river as 1,203 cusecs (cubic feet per second) of water was being released from the Kelavarapalli dam in Krishnagiri district. Officials advised people not to bathe or wash clothes in the river.The inflow into the Kelavarapalli dam stood…
KRISHNAGIRI: Panic gripped several neighbourhoods in Hosur after a stray rabid dog bit 12 people on Monday.“Eight of the injured were admitted to Hosur Government Hospital for treatment while the others received medical care and were discharged,” said a doctor in the hospital.The dog bit people in Mullai Nagar Housing Board quarters, the railway station…
COIMBATORE: A special court for Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (POA) Act cases here on Monday sentenced a man to double life imprisonment and a woman to a life term for brutally torturing and murdering her six-year-old son who they believed interfered with their illicit relationship.According to the prosecution, A Divya, 32, separated from…
Students were made to carry chairs, benches and microphone stands NAMAKKAL: Students were allegedly subjected to hardships in Sowthapuram Government Higher Secondary School in Namakkal district when a local functionary of the ruling TVK organized a function to celebrate chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s birthday.According to reports, “Thalapathi” Surya, deputy secretary of Sowthapuram panchayat union,…
Coimbatore: Police have launched an investigation after the grave of a fish trader was found desecrated at the Sowripalayam graveyard, and his body exhumed to steal a three-sovereign gold chain.The incident came to light on Friday, when his family visited the grave for the 16th day rituals. Police said Nagaraj, 56, a fish trader, died…
NAMAKKAL: Congress party member N Sengamalai, 50, was allegedly assaulted by a man and his two sons on June 18 night for erecting a banner welcoming commercial tax and registration minister Lokesh Tamilselvan to the Dharmaraja temple at Thimmanaickenpatti in Namakkal district on June 14.Sengamalai, who is undergoing treatment at Salem Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical…
COIMBATORE: Veterinary assistant surgeons have urged the state animal husbandry department to defer the general transfer counselling proposed for 2026, alleging that it is being scheduled during the non-transfer period in violation of government guidelines.A delegation of veterinary assistant surgeons submitted a representation to the director of animal husbandry in Chennai, seeking postponement of the…
Krishnagiri: An unidentified man robbed an 80-year-old woman of 10 sovereigns of gold jewellery and Rs 50,000 in cash after giving her a spiked drink in Krishnagiri district on Monday.The victim, Chinna Akkayamma, lives alone in a rented house in Chinnatti village. “On Sunday, a man approached her claiming to be a marriage broker. During…
COIMBATORE: Admissions have begun for the 2026–27 academic year for the diploma in elementary teacher education at the Government Women Teacher Training Institute on the Raja Veethi here.Applicants must be Tamil Nadu residents who have passed Class XII, with a minimum of 50% for general category and 45% for other categories. The upper age limit…
COIMBATORE: Government Arts College (Autonomous), Coimbatore, will conduct an additional round of undergraduate counselling at 9am on Tuesday to fill 133 seats that remain vacant after the first counselling.The college has a total intake of 1,727 seats in its UG programmes. After the completion of the first counselling, 1,594 students have been admitted, leaving 133…
