COIMBATORE: Unchecked copper price rises have triggered fresh turbulence for Coimbatore’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), where the metal remains a key input across engineering, machinery and allied manufacturing.J Arun Kumar, a city-based copper alloy products manufacturer, has said copper prices have doubled within a year, climbing from around Rs 750 per kg to…
COIMBATORE: Coimbatore district police arrested 14 people and seized 7.7kg of ganja, methamphetamine and other contraband during a raid at 228 locations in Karumathampatty and Perur subdivisions on Sunday.According to police, around 480 police personnel, organised into 72 special teams, took part in the early-morning operation targeting suspected drug peddlers, repeat offenders and people wanted…
COIMBATORE: Saibaba Colony police in the city on Saturday registered a case against a couple on charges of cheating a pawnbroker of Rs 76 lakh by promising to redeem 710 grams of gold pledged with another finance company and re-pledge it with his firm.The complainant, N Harihara Subramanian, 53 of Vadavalli, runs a jewellery pawnbroking…
TIRUPUR: A 35-year-old construction worker allegedly murdered his wife by dropping a grinding stone on her head while she was asleep in the early hours of Sunday, over suspicions regarding her fidelity. Police arrested the suspect, identified as Christopher.Police said Christopher, and his wife Pavila, natives of Dindigul district, had been married for eight years…
Police found 22 kg of ganja in the bag KRISHNAGIRI: Two drivers and a cleaner of a private omnibus were arrested near Hosur in the early hours of Sunday after police seized 22 kg of ganja from the vehicle.A team from the SIPCOT police station was engaged in routine vehicle checks at the Jujuwadi check…
COIMBATORE: Confederation of Indian Industry’s wing Coimbatore NXT on Sunday welcomed chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s request to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite key infrastructure projects in Tamil Nadu and urged the Union and state govts to consider extending the Chennai–Jolarpet high-speed rail corridor to Coimbatore.J Sathish Kumar, a core committee member of Coimbatore…
ERODE: A female elephant got trapped in slush at the Gunderipallam dam near Gobichettipalayam in Erode district, prompting a major rescue operation by forest and fire service personnel on Sunday.Wild animals have been frequently entering the dam vicinity in search of drinking water due to acute water scarcity in the forest. The water level in…
COIMBATORE: Six people were injured after a tourist van plunged into a 50-foot-deep gorge near Kaviyaruvi, near Aliyar, on the Valparai Ghat Road on Saturday night.Police said a group of tourists comprising 23 adults and 13 children from Seelapadi in Dindigul district visited Valparai on Saturday. While returning to Dindigul, driver Manikandan noticed a brake…
COIMBATORE: Residents have urged the Salem division of Southern Railway to construct a foot overbridge (FOB) or pedestrian subway at the newly renovated Mettupalayam railway station to ensure easy access for commuters living on the eastern side of the railway tracks.In a petition to the divisional railway manager, the Save Bhavani association said nearly 60%…
Protesters demanded that the earlier system under which operations were carried out only between 6am and 6pm be retained Salem: Workers attached to the Salem railway goods shed staged a demonstration on Saturday demanding the withdrawal of the recently introduced 24-hour work system and pressing for the fulfilment of various long-pending welfare demands.The protest was…