COIMBATORE: Motorists have demanded that the state highways department complete construction of an up-ramp for the GD Naidu Flyover near Police Recruitment School Ground here. Motorists are facing heavy traffic congestion at Lakshmi Mills Junction and Nava India on the Avinashi Road as work on the up-ramp has been stalled.Madras high court in July 2025…
Coimbatore: A 50-year-old woman and her daughter drowned in a water storage pit while attempting to save a family member at an agricultural field near Karamadai in Coimbatore district on Friday.The deceased have been identified as S Rajamani, 50, and her daughter S Vigneshwari, 35. Police said the incident took place when Rajamani, Vigneshwari and…
GUDALUR: In a second such incident in the last two weeks, a tiger killed a coffee plantation worker near Gudalur in the Nilgiris on Friday. The deceased has been identified as K Ravikumar, 51, of Larston village. He was working in a coffee plantation in O Valley’s Larston village under the Gudalur forest division.While Ravikumar…
TIRUPUR: Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption sleuths on Friday arrested the secretary of the Anna Co-operative House Building Society Limited and two private individuals for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 45,000 from a man.The arrested have been identified as society secretary Jothimani and intermediaries Thirunavukkarasu and Dhaksin.Loganathan from Gandhi Nagar had applied for…
GUDALUR: In a second such incident in the last two weeks, a tiger killed a coffee plantation worker near Gudalur in the Nilgiris on Friday. The deceased has been identified as K Ravikumar, 51, of Larston village. He was working in a coffee plantation in O Valley’s Larston village under the Gudalur forest division.While Ravichandran…
COIMBATORE: The transition from conventional power generation to renewable energy is being driven by the need to address climate change, strengthen energy security and widen access to electricity, said Dr Mohammad Rihan, director general, National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), on Friday.Speaking at the inaugural session of the Sustainability & Energy Practitioners Association (SEPA), organised…
The delegation, led by Federation of Job-Work Powerloom Owners’ Associations in Coimbatore and Tirupur president E Bhoopathi and secretary P Gopalakrishnan, met revenue minister K A Sengottaiyan, handlooms and textiles minister R Vijay Balaji, labour welfare minister Dr J Mohamed Parvez and backward classes welfare minister Sampath Kumar. COIMBATORE: A delegation of powerloom owners’ associations…
COIMBATORE: A 34-year-old labourer, who was brutally assaulted by a gang near Periyanaickenpalayam in Coimbatore district on Aug 17, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment in Coimbatore Medical College Hospital on Wednesday night. Police arrested four men in connection with his death.The deceased was identified as V Pradeep, 34, of JJ Nagar in Vellamadai…
Leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin flagged the issue, citing Vijay’s statement at the SZC meet chaired by Union home minister Amit Shah. CHENNAI: A nearly 40-minute high-voltage exchange over delimitation kept the Tamil Nadu assembly on the edge on Friday, with the opposition putting chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s stand under the scanner and questioning…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore district police arrested three men in connection with two separate murder cases reported in Karumathampatti and Sultanpet police station limits on Wednesday.The first murder occurred near Ramachiyampalayam around 3.30pm. S Devadass, 35, of Salem, who was residing at Karanampettai in Tirupur district, was stabbed to death near the Noyyal river. Preliminary inquiries…