Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: As many as 32 regional transport officer (RTO) posts have been lying vacant in Tamil Nadu for several months, forcing serving officers to hold additional charge of multiple offices — a practice a consumer organisation has termed illegal and administratively unworkable.K Kathirmathiyon, secretary of Coimbatore Consumer Cause, said several RTOs had been managing two…

Coimbatore: A 27-year-old man, who went missing from his home a few days ago, was found dead on the Perur bypass road in the city, on Saturday.The deceased has been identified as V Manikandan, 27, of GM Nagar in South Ukkadam in the city. He worked at a local workshop in Kottaimedu.Police said the deceased…

Krishnagiri: Sleuths from the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) on Friday, arrested a tax officer in Hosur for demanding and taking a bribe of ₹1,00,000 from a local business owner.The arrested official has been identified as J Kalaiyarasan, state tax officer attached to the Hosur North-1 Circle in Krishnagiri district.According to DVAC officials, the…

COIMBATORE: The Prohibition Enforcement Wing (PEW) of the Coimbatore city police on Saturday arrested three men for supplying ganja to IT professionals and students here.The arrested have been identified as A Gowtham, 25, of Ganapathy, A Rahul Kumar of Avarampalayam and S Dinesh Kumar, 26, of Kurumapalayam. Acting on specific intelligence about individuals involved in…

TIRUPUR: More than 300 students of Kumaran Nagar Municipality Higher Secondary School participated in an English language exhibition organised on Friday under the theme “Discover the Power of English Language.” The exhibition was aimed at making English learning more engaging and helping students overcome their fear of the language.Students from Classes VI to XI curated…

Coimbatore: Southern Railway has invited interested bidders to participate in an e-auction for the provision of EV charging stations at seven railway stations in the Salem division.The e-auction date would be held at 2pm on July 27. The listed stations include Mettupalayam, Coimbatore North, Podanur, Tirupur, Erode, Karur and Ayodhyapattinam.Interested bidders can register and bid…

COIMBATORE: Southern Railway has started work on setting up an additional entry at Podanur Junction railway station as part of developing the station into a second terminal in Coimbatore.According to sources, an entry on the Vellalore Road via Railway Colony is being built. A source said, “Work on the foot overbridge over the platforms had…

CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday urged the “TVK-Congress coalition govt” to immediately convene an all-party meeting against Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu dam project and the Cauvery water-sharing dispute, saying Tamil Nadu should adopt a united legal and political strategy to safeguard its rights.In a statement, Palaniswami said chief minister C Joseph Vijay…

ERODE: The Bhavanisagar police in Erode district on Saturday arrested a 36-year-old man on charges of murdering his wife. The arrested man has been identified as Baga Prakash of Rameswaram. The deceased, L Rebecca, 24, was from the Sri Lankan Tamil refugee camp located near Thoppampalayam. In 2022, Rebecca married Baga Prakash in an arranged…

COIMBATORE: A non-functional two-wheeler bearing the registration number TN 37 AF 4170 has accumulated 249 pending traffic challans to the tune of more than Rs 3 lakh on the official Parivahan portal.A cross-check of the govt portal revealed a systemic breakdown between 2019 and May 2026. Dozens of traffic violation fines belonging to completely different…