The contraband was found concealed beneath stacks of tomato crates in a pickup van Namakkal: Police seized 97kg of high-quality ganja worth several lakhs of rupees from a pickup van near Pallipalayam on the Erode–Salem highway on Thursday morning. The contraband, concealed beneath stacks of tomato crates, was allegedly being smuggled from Andhra Pradesh for…
NAMAKKAL: A man suffered serious injuries at Kumarapalayam in Namakkal district on Thursday night after fireworks stored in his house exploded due to sparks from a mosquito bat being charged. The injured man has been identified as M Kandasamy, 73, who runs a petty shop near the Kumarapalayam bus stand. He had stored some unsold…
NAMAKKAL: Traffic was disrupted for almost an hour near the Pallipalayam bus stop on the Salem–Chennai National Highway during an event organised by TVK minister C Vijayalakshmi to thank her voters in the Kumarapalayam assembly constituency in Namakkal district on Thursday. The programme began near the Pallipalayam bus stop from where the dairy development minister,…
NAMAKKAL: The Kumarapalayam police in Namakkal district have seized a total of 186 kg of banned gutkha products from a shop and a vehicle near Kallangattu Valasu bus stop and arrested a man.Based on a tip-off, a team headed by sub-inspector M Gautham carried out a raid at a shop on Tuesday night. “We found…
NAMAKKAL: Five unauthorised dyeing and printing units were demolished at Kumarapalayam in Namakkal district on Thursday after officials found them discharging untreated effluents into the Cauvery river in violation of govt regulations.Acting on the directive of environment and climate change minister V K Rajeev and with the orders of district collector L Madhubalan, officials from…
