Coimbatore: Two guest lecturers and five non-teaching staffers working at the Erode Postgraduate Extension Centre of Bharathiar University have not been paid salaries for the past four months, affecting their livelihoods. The staffers, who rely on modest monthly wages, have said the continued delay has caused financial distress and disrupted household expenses.Association of University Teachers…
COIMBATORE: In two separate cases, the Coimbatore city police on Friday arrested six men on charges of possessing synthetic drug methamphetamine and ganja.On Friday evening, the Sundarapuram police seized 58 gram of methamphetamine from three men and arrested them. The arrested men have been identified as B Annamalai, 25, of Kurichi Housing Unit, R Arunpandi,…
COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu electricity and law minister C T R Nirmal Kumar on Saturday sought an apology from DMK president M K Stalin for his “derogatory remarks” about TVK’s Dharapuram candidate P Sathyabama. The minister stated that DMK is a menace to society and should be removed.Talking to reporters at Coimbatore International Airport, the minister…
COIMBATORE: Tourists flocked to hill destinations like Ooty and Coonoor in the Nilgiris district and Valparai in Coimbatore district as the extended weekend started on Friday. The road from Aliyar checkpost to Valparai was completely lined with vehicles, and traffic movement was stalled for hours due to an influx of tourists. A similar situation was…
COIMBATORE: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) held a protest before the Coimbatore South tahsildar’s office on Friday demanding the immediate resignation of chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and greater transparency in the functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI). This was part of a state-wide protest by SDPI.SDPI state spokesman V…
Coimbatore: An activist accused the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) of failing to ensure timely removal of excavated silt from a canal at Veerakeralam and prevent continued dumping of waste into the waterway.N Aravinth, a resident and activist, alleged that silt removed during a desilting drive had remained along the canal banks near Veerakeralam junction…
COIMBATORE: Backward classes welfare minister V Sampath Kumar on Friday launched Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) govt’s expanded women’s free bus travel initiative, ‘Vetri Payanam’, at Gandhipuram Central Bus Stand in Coimbatore, and said people had delivered a fitting rebuke to those who mocked the scheme as “osi payanam” (free journey).The launch, held on Gandhi Jayanti,…
COIMBATORE: BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran on Friday alleged that the Tamil Nadu’s economy has deteriorated under TVK govt and is “heading towards the abyss.” He accused the TVK regime of functioning largely as a “social media govt.”Nagenthran was in Pollachi to pay floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Speaking…
Officials said with the two temples located inside forest areas in the western ghats, the rising number of pilgrims during the Tamil month of Purattasi has created challenges in preventing littering, mitigating fire risk, regulating movement and protecting wildlife and biodiversity Coimbatore: District collector Pavankumar G Giriyappanavar has announced that only up to 1,000 devotees…
The goods auto and the truck collided at Odaipalli, causing the auto to lose balance and overturn in the middle of the road Namakkal: Traffic was hit on the Pallipalayam – Tiruchengode main road after a goods auto overturned following a head-on collision with a load-laden truck near Pallipalayam in Namakkal district, on Thursday.Police said…