KRISHNAGIRI: A herd of more than 10 wild elephants, including calves, caused a traffic disruption on the Hogenakkal- Anchetty Road near Denkanikottai in Krishnagiri district on Thursday. Drivers halted their vehicles at a safe distance, bringing traffic to a standstill for over an hour. Traffic was restored after the herd left the road and retreated…
COIMBATORE: A postgraduate student was arrested by the Podanur police after 9 kg of ganja was seized from him on Wednesday. The arrested has been identified as P Sivasakthi, 23, of Ariyalur district. He is a second-year postgraduate student in a private college at Saravanampatti here and staying in a rented house in the area.The…
TIRUPUR: Four masked men robbed a couple at knifepoint at their farmhouse near Udumalpet in Tirupur district in the early hours of Thursday.According to police, Arulkumar, 47, and his wife, Brindha, 35, are residing at their farmhouse in Ravunapuram near Udumalpet. Around 2am, Arulkumar stepped out of the house on hearing their pet dog barking…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore city cybercrime police have arrested five members of a gang involved in online fraud and seized more than 250 SIM cards from them.Police said Srinivasa Perumal, 35, of Vadavalli in Coimbatore city, working as a manager in a construction company in Abu Dhabi, was in Coimbatore in September 2025. He received calls…
COIMBATORE: Fifty-eight students have got admission orders for higher education through a special grievance redressal camp conducted by the Coimbatore district administration, according to officials. The grievance camp for students who completed Class XII in the 2025-26 academic year was held at the district collectorate on July 10, in the presence of collector Pavankumar G…
Krishnagiri: The Q-branch police, along with the central intelligence unit, on Tuesday night detailed 73 Bangladeshi nationals staying illegally in and around Hosur.According to an official source, the drive to identify illegal immigrants was conducted based on credible intelligence about their presence in the district. The drive was carried out at Onnalvadi and Gokul Nagar,…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore city police on Monday night apprehended six juveniles who were among a group of 12 children in conflict with the law (CCL) who escaped from a govt observation home at Athur near Chengalpet on Sunday.The 12 teenagers escaped when a movie was being screened for the inmates of the home on Sunday…
COIMBATORE: A medical shop located near Kuniyamuthur here was sealed by drugs control department officials on Tuesday for selling psychotropic drugs to youngsters, including students, without prescriptions from registered doctors.Following a tip-off that Meena Medical Shop on the CBM College Road in Kovaipudur was targeting youngsters by supplying habit-forming controlled substances, a team from the…
ERODE: As ordered by the state govt, water resources department officials on Tuesday started releasing water from the Kalingarayan dam in Bhavani in Erode district. The govt ordered a special 15-day release of water from the dam from Tuesday till July 28 to save standing crops and meet the drinking water requirements of livestock in…
TIRUPUR: Activists and residents have raised fresh concerns over the Tirupur City Municipal Corporation’s solid waste management, alleging that open dumping continues in several areas despite the civic body’s claim of a systematic disposal process.A status report filed by the corporation commissioner before Madras high court in connection with a writ petition in 2025 shows…