Villagers staged a protest demanding immediate action to capture and relocate the elephant Erode: A farmer was killed in a wild elephant attack in Kadambur hills near Sathyamangalam, in Erode district on Saturday night.The deceased has been identified as M Thangavel, 58, of Irutti Palayam. Forest officials said the incident took place around 10pm when…
Two LPG cylinders exploded sending thick smoke into the air and creating panic in the locality Coimbatore: LPG cylinders in two neighbouring houses exploded at Yamuna Nagar in Thoppampatti Pirivu near Thudiyalur on Friday night. The incident took place in a line of houses that share the same roof and are connected by wooden rafters…
Prakasam was rescued in 2022 and admitted to a shelter run by Apna Farz Sewa Society (an NGO) in Lachkani, Patiala. COIMBATORE: A Coimbatore man who went missing 23 years ago and was rescued as a bonded labourer from near the Pakistan border in Punjab three years ago is set to be reunited with his…
Two adult elephants and a calf descended into the Anchetty lake along the Denkanikottai-Anchetty road. The jumbos spent over half an hour splashing water and playing joyfully, offering a delightful sight to onlookers. Krishnagiri: A heartwarming video of a herd of wild elephants, including calves, enjoying a refreshing bath in the Anchetty lake near Denkanikottai…
Coimbatore: Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar called upon students to contribute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Viksit Bharat” vision of making India a developed nation by 2047, urging them to take a pledge to serve the country and begin their contribution now.Addressing first-year students at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ettimadai, during a welcome ceremony on…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore district police launched a crackdown on history-sheeters on Saturday morning and rounded up 17 people for interrogation. Subsequent interrogations revealed that these individuals were involved in various criminal cases, several of which are currently pending trial.Based on their criminal profiles and active cases, six individuals were formally arrested and placed under judicial…
ERODE: Tamil Nadu is seeing a “golden era” under the leadership of chief minister C Joseph Vijay as the govt is working on the lines of a five-year plan with detailed reviews and sector-specific meetings, revenue minister K A Sengottaiyan claimed on Saturday.Speaking to reporters after launching welfare projects worth Rs 12.95 crore at Gobichettipalayam…
COIMBATORE: Kovai Babu Selvakumar, a DMK councillor in the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation, resigned from the party on Saturday, alleging pressure to pay “party fund” for civic work.Selvakumar, councillor of ward 22 and DMK Coimbatore North district organiser for the NRI wing, submitted his resignation to the district secretary Senthamil Selvan stating that he was…
Coimbatore: Two individuals including a former police constable were arrested on Friday, for cheating over 500 job aspirants of ₹7 crore by promising them overseas employment.Race Course police identified the arrested as C Devasirvatham, 61, a dismissed police constable from Avarampalayam, and Krishnan, 60, of Kuniyamuthur. Devasirvatham had been dismissed from service in 2003 for…
COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu MSME Minister P Madan Raja on Friday said the department is conducting district-wise reviews across the state, asserting that chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s target of achieving a $1.5 trillion economy by 2036 is possible only if the MSME sector is taken to the next level.The minister chaired a meeting at the…