COIMBATORE: At least five people were killed in a road accident near Nallampalli Junction on the Pollachi–Palani National Highway in Tamil Nadu‘s Coimbatore district on Sunday.The accident occurred after a speeding car crashed into a stationary lorry.Four of the deceased belonged to the same family from Gurubampalayam near Madukkarai in Coimbatore. They were identified as…
Minister for backward classes V Sampath Kumar inaugurated the park which has been built at a cost of ₹2.36 crore Coimbatore: The Coimbatore city municipal corporation inaugurated a bamboo park at SIHS colony near Singanallur on Saturday. Minister for backward classes V Sampath Kumar inaugurated the park which has been built at a cost of…
CIU officials seized gold paste, foreign cigarettes and vapes from a passenger at the Coimbatore international airport on Saturday Coimbatore: Central investigation unit (CIU) officials seized gold paste, foreign cigarettes and vapes from a passenger at the Coimbatore international airport on Saturday.The passenger arrived from Sharjah by Air Arabia G9410 in the early hours of…
Gyanesh Kumar was speaking at the 30th convocation at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in Coimbatore on Saturday. COIMBATORE: Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday said the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been carried out successfully in India while similar exercises in countries like the United States have not been implemented. He said…
COIMBATORE: Coimbatore corporation rewarded four residents of ward 38 with silver gifts for implementing the four-bin source segregation system. The newly introduced Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Management Rules 2026 mandate segregation of waste into four categories — wet, dry, sanitary, and special wastes. Interestingly, west zone has appeared to be the forerunner in implementing the…
ERODE: DMK general secretary Duraimurugan on Saturday removed former minister ‘Thoppu’ Venkatachalam from his position as Erode central district secretary of the party. “Thoppu Venkatachalam, the in-charge for Erode central district, is relieved from that responsibility. The assembly constituencies belonging to Erode central district are reallocated as follows: Perundurai constituency is included in Erode south…
DHARMAPURI: Two women have been arrested in Dharmapuri district for conducting an illegal prenatal sex determination scan in a pregnant woman and facilitating the abortion of a female fetus.The arrested women have been identified as Pachaiyammal, 40, of Noolahalli near Adhiyamankottai and Karpagam, 44, of Alagapuri Colony in Elakkiampatti.A 24-year-old woman from Palayampudur near Nallampalli,…
COIMBATORE: The National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF) and the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) have announced a joint funding plan to establish a centre of excellence at the ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR-SBI) in Coimbatore, with ₹45 crore proposed from the industry and about ₹45 crore expected from the Union govt.Speaking after a brainstorming…
Coimbatore: Farmers and residents urged the Coimbatore district administration to pump treated wastewater from the Ondipudur sewage treatment plant (STP) to Kadukuttai in Chettipalayam near Madukkarai regularly. This issue was raised during the farmers’ grievance redressal meeting on Friday.A petition regarding this was submitted to district collector Pavankumar G Giriyappanavar. The petitioners highlighted that Kadukuttai…
Tirupur: Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) chairman Dr A Sakthivel has urged the Centre to roll out a proposed special scheme aimed at enabling easier and more flexible import of fabrics for Indian garment exporters.Sakthivel was speaking at a review meeting of Export Promotion Councils chaired by Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on…