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…
DHARMAPURI: A seven-year-old boy died after falling into the gap between a moving train and a platform at Dharmapuri railway station on Wednesday morning.The deceased has been identified as Yasiriyan, son of Muniyappan of Paichalli village. He was a Class II student at Dawn Shiksalaya School, Dharmapuri.Around 9am, Yasiriyan accompanied his father to Dharmapuri railway…
COIMBATORE: Sumathi, mother of murdered Coimbatore engineering college student Amudhan, rejected minister A Rajmohan’s statement in the assembly that the murder was the result of a gang war. She said the motive of the murder was linked to her son reporting students who were peddling and consuming drugs.Sumathi told reporters in Kallakurichi that the attack…
NAMAKKAL: Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) have arrested a special sub-inspector (SSI) attached to Nallur police station in Namakkal district on charges of accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 to settle a land encroachment case.SSI V Gangadharan demanded Rs 30,000 from K Saumiyaraj, 47, a farmer in Nadandhai Salappalayam, to close…
COIMBATORE: The Chettipalayam police in Coimbatore district on Wednesday arrested five youths, including a 17-year-old boy, in connection with the murder of a third-year engineering college student on Monday.The arrested have been identified as B Aramudhan, 20, of Cuddalore, M Aravind, 21, of Sivaganga, S Siva Rohith, 20, of Tiruvarur, V Mani Balu, 20, of…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation has prepared a detailed project report (DPR) for an underground drainage (UGD) system covering Kalapatti and parts of Vilankurichi and Saravanampatti, which were added to the corporation limits in 2011.The tentative cost of the project has been estimated at Rs 824 crore. The proposal has been officially submitted to…
TIRUPUR: A man hacked his girlfriend and her mother to death near Palladam in Tirupur district on Tuesday after she started avoiding him as instructed by her mother, police said.The murdered have been identified as P Poovarasi, 22, and her mother P Dhanalakshmi, 42, of Pachapalayam near Palladam. Poovarasi, who had recently completed her college…
COIMBATORE: Two elderly residents of Annur in Coimbatore district died of suspected asphyxiation on Tuesday, hours after town panchayat employees conducted mosquito fogging operations in their neighbourhood.The deceased have been identified as Mohan, 65, and Prema alias Rani, 75. According to police, Mohan, a former truck driver, had been suffering from a chronic lung ailment…
COIMBATORE: The Perur police in Coimbatore district on Tuesday arrested a man on charges of planting a country made bomb, locally known as avuttukai, in an agricultural field for hunting wild boars. The arrest comes after a bull suffered jaw injuries after biting the country-made bomb.A bull belonging to a farmer Palanisamy, 65 of Karadimadai…
