COIMBATORE: A 64-year-old retired Indian Air Force (IAF) officer was killed after a boulder rolled down a hillside and crashed onto his car while he was travelling on the Coonoor-Mettupalayam Road near Barliyar on Wednesday morning.Police identified the deceased as Krishnamoorthi of Jagathala near Coonoor. He was travelling from Coonoor towards Mettupalayam with his wife…
TIRUPUR: Electronic voting machines (EVMs) and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) units used for the Dharapuram assembly byelection in Tirupur district have been placed in a strong room under two-tier armed security and round-the-clock CCTV surveillance, officials said.After the completion of polling on Oct 6, the EVMs and VVPAT units were brought to the…
Coimbatore: A seven-month-old calf was beaten to death with an iron rod by unidentified men who trespassed into a farm at Kangeyampalayam near Sulur in the early hours of Monday. Several chickens and roosters were also stolen from the farm.Police said the incident took place at a farm located near Marappalam along the Coimbatore-Tiruchi highway….
P Sathyabama with TVK president C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: DMK deputy organisation secretary and MLA S Austin on Tuesday petitioned chief electoral officer Archana Patnaik seeking an urgent inquiry into the alleged cover up of election expenditure and violation of the model code of conduct by TVK candidate for Dharapuram P Sathyabama, citing a purported…
DHARAPURAM: A polling station official was shifted on Tuesday following allegations that an elderly woman was asked to vote for the “whistle” symbol during the Dharapuram byelection.Jayisin Beebi, 65, of Sokkanathapalayam went to cast her vote at booth no.137 in the Municipal Middle School at Kolinjivadi in the morning. As she was elderly, poll official…
Coimbatore: The three-day Raw Mat India 2026 exhibition opened at the CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex on Tuesday. The exhibition is a key sourcing platform for industries in and around Coimbatore.Coimbatore GST and Central Excise principal commissioner Dinesh B Rao Pangarkar inaugurated the event. Speaking after visiting the exhibition halls, Pangarkar said the expo had been…
COIMBATORE: Workers of the 108 emergency ambulance service petitioned the Coimbatore district administration on Monday pressing for their 11-point charter of demands. Their main demand is that the Tamil Nadu govt run the service directly and scrap the existing outsourcing model.The Tamil Nadu 108 Emergency Ambulance Workers’ Progressive Union said around 1,353 ambulances were operating…
The department is using tractor tankers to fill artificial water sources based on wildlife movement. The initiative is aimed at ensuring water availability for elephants, deer, gaurs and other wild animals inside the forests and preventing them from venturing into villages and agricultural areas. COIMBATORE: Summer routines are continuing for wild animals and forest department…
Salem: An elderly woman was found strangled to death in her residence at Kitchipalayam in Salem city on Monday, and her gold jewellery missing.The deceased was identified as K Jakkubai, 75, of SMC Colony in Kitchipalayam. She was residing with her 45-year-old son K Senthil Kumar.“When Senthil returned home from work in the evening, he…
Protesters alleged that several units in and around Kulathukkadu were discharging untreated industrial effluents into drainage channels without mandatory treatment Namakkal: Residents of Kulathukkadu near Kumarapalayam laid siege to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) office, on Monday, seeking action against dyeing units releasing untreated effluents into drains, water bodies and the ground.Residents alleged…