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…
COIMBATORE: A 62-year-old man in Coimbatore district was cheated of Rs 24.93 lakh in a part-time online job scam.According to police, V Subburaj, 62, of Pollachi received an advertisement on the Telegram messaging app offering a part-time job involving hotel booking and writing reviews on hotels. A cyber fraudster, using the Telegram handle @Miaaaana577, enticed…
UDHAGAMANDALAM: Coonoor municipality is facing an acute drinking water shortage, with supply to residents of its 30 wards now being made once every 10 days following the complete drying up of the Ralliah dam, the town’s principal water source.The 43.7ft Ralliah dam has been reduced to a dry bed of mud and sludge amid poor…