Tamil Nadu school education minister A Rajmohan CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu school education minister A Rajmohan on Saturday hit out at DMK and AIADMK for boycotting the MPs’ meeting on delimitation convened by chief minister C Joseph Vijay. He alleged that DMK stayed away from the meeting to “please its new friend,” in an apparent reference…
According to forest department officials, someone travelling on the Aliyar–Valparai road recorded a video of a man chasing a wild elephant standing in the forest area near the Samamatta canal on Aug 2. The video was later uploaded on social media platforms. COIMBATORE: Forest department officials on Friday arrested a man for chasing a wild…
COIMBATORE: The Thudiyalur police in the city have registered a case against a real estate broker and a self-proclaimed advocate for defrauding a local real estate businessman of Rs 60 lakh under the pretext of selling a parcel of land in Sivaram Nagar near Ramanathapuram here.The victim has been identified as V Jeganathan 42, residing…
Coimbatore North railway station (Photo by J Jackson) COIMBATORE: Redevelopment work at Coimbatore North railway station under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS) is nearing completion, and it is expected to be finished by September.Redevelopment work undertaken at a cost of Rs 11.5 crore was inaugurated at North Coimbatore station in August 2023. It was…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore postal division plans to close the Ukkadam sub-post office and merge it with the Bazaar sub-post office. Residents in and around the Ukkadam have raised concerns and demanded that the postal department drop its plan to close the sub-post office.The Ukkadam area is surrounded by the Moulana Mohamed Ali Old Scrap Market,…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore city police have arrested ten people linked to online financial frauds in the first two days after the launch of the Operation Cyber Vigil to crack down on cybercrimes.With cyber fraud and financial crimes surging at a higher rate than traditional law enforcement offences in recent months, the Tamil Nadu police launched…
COIMBATORE: A 22-year-old labourer was murdered with deadly weapons by two youths, including a teenager, at Sikkalampalayam in Coimbatore district in the early hours of Thursday. The suspects recorded themselves assaulting the labourer with a hammer and took a few photos, including their selfies with the dead body, and shared the video and photos on…
COIMBATORE: The Peelamedu police in Coimbatore have arrested nine men on charges of murdering a 25-year-old man here in the early hours of Tuesday.Police arrested Vignesh,27, of Tirupur, Vigensh, 20, Manikandan, 27, Sathish Kumar, 19, Riyas, 24, Sivakasi, 22, and Sowripalayam here, Santhosh, 19, Arjun, 23, of Udayampalayam and Marimuthu, 20, of Puliyakulam on charges…
The online application window opened on Wednesday. COIMBATORE: The School of Post Graduate Studies (SPGS) at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has started the admission process for its masters’ degree programmes for the academic year 2026–27. The online application window opened on Wednesday.SPGS offers master’s programmes in 34 disciplines covering agriculture, horticulture, agricultural engineering, forestry,…
COIMBATORE: The Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore (ICCIC) has welcomed the state govt’s commitment to transparent and corruption-free execution of govt tenders and public projects through an open tendering system, calling it a reform that would enhance transparency, promote fair competition and expand opportunities for industries and MSMEs.Welcoming the focus on agriculture, ICCIC…
