Namakkal: A 21-year-old youth was found dead by suicide at his residence in Puliyankadu village near Pallipalayam in Namakkal district on Friday night.Police have identified the deceased was identified as K Niranjan, who worked as a van driver. He lost his mother several years ago, and his father resides in Tiruppur.“Niranjan did not report to…
Villagers submitted a petition to the district collector in Namakkal Namakkal: More than 200 residents of Nallaiyampatty village in Mohanur, submitted a petition to the district collector in Namakkal on Friday, demanding that permission be denied for a private poultry farm which is proposed to come up just 50 feet from the historic Thangavel Swamy…
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…
Namakkal: An 18-year-old devotee died, and another youth suffered serious injuries in a tragic accident during the annual chariot festival of the Arulmigu Arthanareeswarar Temple in Tiruchengode on Sunday.The deceased has been identified as Harshavardhan, 18, son of Govindaraja, of Tiruchengode town.“Harshavardhan was caught between the massive chariot wheel and a nearby wall, when the…
Namakkal: Officials have been instructed to carry out deed registrations with transparency and without irregularities, Tamil Nadu commercial tax and registration minister D Logesh Tamilselvan said on Thursday.Tamilselvan told reporters in Rasipuram that he had directed that no one in registrar offices should accept bribes. “Those who commit the wrongdoing will face strict action,” he…
Namakkal: Relatives of a sanitation worker who died after being hit by an unidentified vehicle blocked the Kokkarayanpettai-Tiruchengode road in Namakkal district on Monday morning, demanding information about the vehicle involved in the hit-and run.Police said K Geetha, 42, from Ammachchipalayam in Namakkal district, worked as a sanitary worker in Kokkarayanpettai panchayat. “An unidentified vehicle,…
Namakkal: Relatives of a sanitation worker who died after being hit by an unidentified vehicle blocked the Kokkarayanpettai-Tiruchengode road in Namakkal district on Monday morning, demanding information about the vehicle involved.K Geetha, 42, hailed from Ammachchipalayam in Namakkal district and worked as the sanitary worker in Kokkarayanpettai panchayat. She was hit near her house and…
COIMBATORE: A total of 17 bonded labourers, mainly children below the age of 18, were rescued from two brick kilns in Namakkal district. The rescued people, belonging to five families, had been held captive as bonded labourers at the brick kilns run by two brothers, identified as P Rajashekaran and P Karupannan, in the foothills…
