Coimbatore: A special court under the TNPID (Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors in Financial Establishments) Act in Coimbatore on Wednesday, sentenced two men to 10 years imprisonment in connection with an emu farm scam.The convicts were identified as Chandrasekaran, 48, and Somasundaram, 55, both from Namakkal. Police said the duo had been operating…
Official caught taking bribe Namakkal: A sub registrar and his assistant were arrested on Tuesday for demanding and taking a bribe of Rs 30,000 to register a settlement deed regarding a property.The arrested have been identified as sub registrar Manoharan and his assistant, a document writer named Sathish. The duo was arrested after sleuths from…
Union minister of state for petroleum and natural gas and tourism Suresh Gopi in Coimbatore on Tuesday. Coimbatore: Steps are being taken to keep fuel prices under control and to prevent sharp hikes, Union minister of state for petroleum and natural gas and tourism Suresh Gopi said on Tuesday.Speaking to reporters at the airport here,…
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,…
ClearedNamakkal: Tamilaga Vettrik Kazhagam (TVK) MLA C S Dilip has courted controversy by refusing to accept petitions from two elderly women seeking old age pensions during his visit to Azaghu Nagar in ward 34 recently.The women approached Dilip on Friday with folded hands but were stunned when he returned their petitions and asked them to…
