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,…
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: 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…
The tusker pulled down the jackfruits and spent time relishing them. COIMBATORE: A wild elephant caused panic among motorists on the Coonoor-Mettupalayam highway on Monday after it damaged a roadside stall and feasted on jackfruits kept for sale.The lone wild elephant emerged from the forest near the Eechamaram area headed straight to a roadside stall…
DHARMAPURI: A 19-year-old girl preparing for the NEET exam died by suicide at her home near Palacode in Dharmapuri district on Saturday night. The girl, R Roshini of Endapatti village, had completed Class 12 last year and was preparing for NEET at a private coaching centre in Namakkal. She returned home two months ago and…
KRISHNAGIRI: A 20-year-old youth who was preparing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for the past three years died by suicide at his residence in Hosur on the eve of the retest.The deceased was identified as C Vetriyanantham, 20. He was the younger son of Chinnasamy, a private factory worker residing at the…
Health minister K G Arunraj (middle) took part in the graduation ceremony at Govt ESI Medical College in Coimbatore. Prohibition and excise minister K Vignesh and backward classes minister V Sampath Kumar were also present. Photo by J Jackson COIMBATORE: Health minister K G Arunraj on Saturday said TVK govt would continue to oppose the…
As students approached the stage one by one to receive their degrees, TVK campaign song “Na thannanthani aalu” and TVK viral campaign BGM were played at a very high volume. COIMBATORE: Some songs from films starring Vijay and a few others associated with the ruling TVK’s election campaigns were played during the convocation ceremonies at…
DHARMAPURI: A 50-year-old woman was hacked to death by a youth near Pennagaram in Dharmapuri district on Friday night. Police arrested Kumaravel, 21, of Irangkattu Kottai on charges of murdering S Lakshmi, 50, of the same area.Lakshmi, who separated from her husband, was living alone at her house in Irangkattu Kottai.On Friday, a heated argument…
