Health minister K G Arunraj (middle) took part in the graduation ceremony at Govt ESI Medical College in Coimbatore. Prohibition and excise minister K Vignesh and backward classes minister V Sampath Kumar were also present. Photo by J Jackson COIMBATORE: Health minister K G Arunraj on Saturday said TVK govt would continue to oppose the…
COIMBATORE: The Salem division of Southern Railway has made special arrangements to facilitate the candidates appearing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) on Sunday. There are seven towns in the jurisdiction of Salem division where NEET will be conducted. They are Salem, Erode, Tirupur, Coimbatore, Ooty , Namakkal and Karur. Special arrangements have…
ERODE: The Bhavani police in Erode district on Saturday arrested two youths on charges of sexually assaulting a 74-year-old woman and attempting to murder her during a house burglary in the early hours of Friday.The arrested men have been identified as V Harikumar, 23, and S Giri, alias Kannan, 21, both residents of Kaltholilalarkal Street.According…
DHARMAPURI: A 50-year-old woman was hacked to death by a youth near Pennagaram in Dharmapuri district on Friday night. Police arrested Kumaravel, 21, of Irangkattu Kottai on charges of murdering S Lakshmi, 50, of the same area.Lakshmi, who separated from her husband, was living alone at her house in Irangkattu Kottai.On Friday, a heated argument…
COIMBATORE: A 40-year-old construction worker was beaten to death by another worker at a house construction site in Velandipalayam on the outskirts of Coimbatore on Friday night. The deceased has been identified as K Ravindran, 40, of Kovilmedu in Coimbatore. The suspect, A Mani, 50, of Omalur in Salem district, works and stays at the…
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…
COIMBATORE: The Peelamedu police in Coimbatore city have arrested nine people on charges of kidnapping and assaulting a bakery owner over a dispute linked to arranging bail for a remand prisoner. The victim, Velmurugan, 36, is a native of Thiruchendur in Tuticorin district who resides in Cheran Maa Nagar and runs a bakery in the…
SALEM: A 20-year-old NEET aspirant died by suicide at her grandmother’s residence at Vellalapuram near Konganapuram in Salem district on Friday.The deceased has been identified as S Kobika, who passed Class XII with 440 marks in 2024. She was a student at Fort Government Girls’ Higher Secondary School.Kobika, daughter of V Sekar and S Bhuvaneswari…
The driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to veer off the road and flip onto its side Coimbatore: As many as 28 passengers were injured after a private bus en route to Coimbatore from Tirupur lost control and overturned near Neelambur on Friday morning.Police said the bus with 71 passengers on board was…
COIMBATORE: In a bid to maintain law and order and peace here, the Coimbatore city police commissioner has issued strict prohibitory orders in the city limits till July 3 under sections 41 and 41(A) of the Madras City Police Act, 1888.According to an official press release, no public meetings, demonstrations, processions, picketing, fasts or public…