ERODE: A remand prisoner escaped on Tuesday night while police were taking him back to the Coimbatore Central Prison after producing him before a court in Salem in connection with a case. The escaped remand prisoner has been identified as K Naresh Kumar, 30, who was arrested for issuing death threats to some people. On…
COIMBATORE: A 53-year-old vegetable seller died in Coimbatore Medical College Hospital on Monday night after he was assaulted by his wife during a drunken quarrel near Sirumugai in Coimbatore district.The deceased has been identified as K Chenniappan, 53, of Periyur in Palathottam. He was selling vegetables on a pushcart. His wife, Pushpalatha, 47, also sold…
A high-tension power line fell on his tractor when he was ploughing an agriculture field Dharmapuri: A farmer was electrocuted after a high-tension power line fell on his tractor when he was ploughing an agriculture field near Karimangalam in Dharmapuri district on Tuesday.The deceased has been identified as M Govindasamy, 37, from Chikkathimmanahalli village under…
COIMBATORE: Members of the Coimbatore District Call Taxi Federation held a protest at Sivananda Colony in Tatabad on Tuesday, pressing the Tamil Nadu govt to launch a state-backed taxi booking app and rein in private aggregators.In the demonstration, call taxi drivers raised slogans and submitted a 12-point charter of demands. They demanded that the govt…
The brutal double murder has left Kadaiyampatty in shock, with relatives and locals expressing fear over the vulnerability of elderly residents living alone Salem: An elderly couple was found murdered in their home near Kadaiyampatty in Salem district late on Monday night. Preliminary investigation suggests that they were murdered by robbers.The deceased have been identified…
TIRUPUR: Police have arrested suspended sub-inspector K Saravanan, 52, in connection with a conspiracy to murder a key state witness in the advocate Muruganantham murder case in Dharapuram in Tirupur district. The advocate murder case witness, M Thangavel, 42, is an astrologer hailing from Dharapuram in Tirupur district. He is also the complainant in the…
COIMBATORE: The Sirumugai police in Coimbatore district have arrested two guest workers in connection with the death of a 27-year-old man who was their coworker. The deceased has been identified as Pisi Yadav, 27, from Bihar, who was employed at a private firm in Jadayampalayam near Sirumugai. Police initially registered a case under Section 194…
ERODE: A woman was arrested on Monday on charges of murdering her newborn granddaughter in a private hospital in Bhavani in Erode district. The arrested woman has been identified as Thangamani,47, of Kottapalayam in Salem district. Thangamani’s husband, Balakrishnan, died a few years ago. Her daughter, Priyadarshini, 25, wife of Selvakumar of Kottapalayam, was admitted…
KRISHNAGIRI: A woman died on the spot and her husband and two-year-old daughter suffered injuries when a motorcycle they were travelling on collided with a minitruck at Elumichampallam in Krishnagiri district on Monday.The deceased has been identified as Sabeena, 26, wife of Saddam Hussein,32, of Kuppanatham in Tiruvannamalai district. The family was going to Dharmapuri…
COIMBATORE: Hindu Munnani district deputy president R Prabhakaran, 39, was admitted to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital after petrol packets and stones were allegedly hurled at him by four unidentified people near Madukkarai on Sunday evening.Prabhakaran was riding on his two-wheeler near the Arivoli Nagar area in Madukkarai when four unidentified people intercepted his vehicle and…