COIMBATORE: A Malaysian man and his son were assaulted with deadly weapons by two unidentified men following a heated altercation near a petrol outlet at Navakkarai in Coimbatore district on Wednesday evening.The injured have been identified as Loganathan, 52, and his son Ugendran,21. Both were admitted to a private hospital in Madukkarai.According to police, 11…
The facility, being developed under the Namakku Naame scheme, is designed to provide a dedicated training and competition venue for swimmers. Coimbatore: Construction of an international-standard swimming pool at VOC Park in the city has reached the halfway mark, with the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) aiming at completing the Rs 4.34 crore project by…
COIMBATORE: Coimbatore corporation school student Ilamaran Selva Vinayagam has made a major move in his chess journey by obtaining a FIDE ID after competing in the Pudukkottai FIDE Rating Chess Tournament Below 1700, held from Aug 14 to 16. FIDE ID is a unique personal identification number assigned by the International Chess Federation to track…
DHARMAPURI: A Tamil Nadu State Trasport Corporation bus driver died and seven people suffered serious injuries when the vehicle he was driving rammed a tanker truck near Kolasanahalli in Dharmapuri district in the early hours of Wednesday.The deceased has been identified as V Saravanan, 46, of Salem. The injured have been identified as M Shankar,…
Coimbatore: Two MBA students were arrested on Tuesday, in connection with a chain-snatching incident targeting an elderly woman in Vellalore on Sunday. Police also recovered and seized the stolen four-sovereign gold chain, two mobile phones and a two-wheeler used in the crime.Podanur Police identified the arrested as S Bharanitharan, 21, from Tirupur, and G Sindhu,…
Salem: A woman was arrested on Tuesday, for murdering her husband at their home near Omalur in Salem district during the early hours of Tuesday and attempting to pass it off as a murder during robbery.Omalur police have identified the arrested as Sujithasri, 31, of Velagoundanur. She was married to V Boopathi, 45, a brick…
Cleared/AliCoimbatore: Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Paadhugappu Sangam has urged the Tamil Nadu govt to revise the quality specifications for milk procurement from Fat 4.3 and SNF 8.2 to Fat 4.0 and SNF 8.0 and fix the procurement rate at Rs 44.In a statement here on Tuesday, state secretary of the association’s IT wing M Gopalakrishnan said the…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt has doubled accident insurance cover for registered gig workers to Rs 10 lakh and unveiled a new programme to train construction workers for overseas jobs, marking a shift from expanding welfare coverage to improving workers’ earning potential.Labour welfare and skill development minister J Mohamed Farvas announced the measures in the assembly…
TIRUPUR: Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) sleuths on Tuesday arrested a village administrative officer (VAO) in Tirupur district while accepting a bribe of ₹20,000 from a farmer for sub-division of agricultural land and facilitating a patta name transfer.The arrested official was identified as Arunkumar, the VAO of Veeracholapuram in Vellakovil firka under Kangayam taluk.According…
COIMBATORE: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday took a sarcastic swipe at Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s supporters projecting him as a future prime minister. Palaniswami remarked that anyone is free to nurse outsized ambitions.“There is nothing wrong in dreaming. One can dream of becoming the Prime Minister, the President of…