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…
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…
Activists have said while enforcement action to curb the sale of gutka is welcome, burying the seized products may have harmful environmental consequences. COIMBATORE: Environmental activists have raised concerns over unscientific disposal of seized tobacco products in Coimbatore, after a video circulating in social media showed banned gutka and tobacco products being buried in the…
COIMBATORE: A 58-year-old woman was found murdered at her home near Pappanaickenpalayam in the city on Wednesday night.The murdered woman has been identified as K Shanthi of Karuppukkal Thottam in Pappanaickenpalayam. After her husband’s death, she lived with her son, K Raja, who is working in a lathe workshop. Shanthi worked as a cook at…
KRISHNAGIRI: An eight-year-old girl was accosted and sexually assaulted by a group of unidentified men while she was returning from school near Denkanikottai in the district on Wednesday evening, Krishnagiri district SP GS Anitha said.The incident took place in a hill village where the girl is studying in Class IV at a government primary school.After…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation is looking for an alternative funding source for the Noyyal riverfront development project, which was earlier estimated at Rs 202.5 crore under the funding of KfW Development Bank.Under the revised project plan, the corporation plans to seek funds under the Urban Challenge Fund and the 16th Central Finance Commission.In…
NAMAKKAL: A woman and her two-year-old grandson died after the car they were travelling in with other members of the family collided with a truck near Rasipuram in Namakkal district on Wednesday night.The deceased have been identified as Amudha, 52, of Nagiyampatti near Thammampatti in Salem district and her grandson, Niksith, 2.The accident happened around…
CHENNAI: A two-year-old boy drowned after he accidentally fell into a four-foot-deep pit near his house near Kavanipakkam, near Kancheepuram, on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Parvesh, son of Karthick, a daily wage worker.According to police, the pit was dug by residents to connect pipelines to their houses. Police said Parvesh was playing…
