COIMBATORE: Southern Railway has floated a new tender as part of work on converting Podanur Junction into Coimbatore’s second terminal. The scope of the tender covers the design, supply, erection, testing, and commissioning of 25 kV, 50 Hz, single-phase AC traction overhead equipment (OHE) for Podanur yard.The estimated value of the project is approximately ₹9.65…
CHENNAI: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Friday urged Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay not to hold bilateral talks with his Karnataka counterpart, D K Shivakumar, over the proposed Mekedatu dam.Speaking to reporters, Anbumani said such talks could seriously harm Tamil Nadu’s interests as the lower-riparian state. “Tamil Nadu CM should not go to…
Coimbatore: The Coimbatore region of the income tax department reported a steady rise in gross direct tax collections, increasing from ₹17,350.93 crore in FY 2023–24 to ₹20,635.71 crore in FY 2025–26, chief commissioner of income tax Sanjiv Shankar, IRS, said on Friday. He added that more than 14 lakh unique taxpayers had voluntarily complied in…
Times News NetworkCOIMBATORE: The Coimbatore city police have detained three Sri Lankan natives, including a woman, for staying in the city without proper documents. They were sent to the Sri Lankan refugee camp in Trichy on Thursday.A few days ago, the Saibaba Colony police received information about four youths involved in a physical altercation near…
NAMAKKAL: A man suffered serious injuries at Kumarapalayam in Namakkal district on Thursday night after fireworks stored in his house exploded due to sparks from a mosquito bat being charged. The injured man has been identified as M Kandasamy, 73, who runs a petty shop near the Kumarapalayam bus stand. He had stored some unsold…
COIMBATORE: Bharathiar University is planning to establish a separate hostel for transgender students to address accommodation challenges they face. A proposal for this initiative is expected to be presented before the syndicate for approval. Currently, some transgender students pursuing postgraduate programmes in the university have reported difficulties in finding accommodation in private hostels or houses….
Erode: A farmer died after falling into a well at Karukkupalayam in Erode district on Thursday evening. The farmer, M Palanichamy, 62, fell into the well around 6.30pm while installing a new electric motor in it along with a few others.“While installing the motor, he accidentally slipped and fell into the well. The fall caused…
The gaur was rescued in an eight-hour-long operation Dharmapuri: Forest department personnel rescued a gaur that fell into a 50-foot-deep farm well near Kottampatti in Dharmapuri district on Thursday. Officials said the gaur strayed out of the Ammapalayam reserve forest and fell into a farm well. On being alerted by residents, forest department personnel from…
COIMBATORE: A coalition of citizens, environmental experts, resident welfare associations, waste justice advocates and civil society organisations from across Tamil Nadu and other parts of the country has urged the state govt to withdraw the plan to set up a 1,200 tonne per day waste-to-energy (WtE) plant at the Vellalore dump yard here and to…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore corporation has intensified crackdown on illegal garbage dumping, imposing a total fine of Rs 4 lakh on four offenders during surprise inspections across the city.During the inspection on Wednesday, corporation officials found several instances of garbage illegally dumped in public places. Acting on the directions of corporation commissioner Katta Ravi Teja, officials…