COIMBATORE: The economic offences wing (EOW) police in Coimbatore registered a case against the directors of a private textile firm on charges of running a multi-lakh rupees investment scam, promising huge returns to investors.According to police sources, the complainant, K Parthiban, 61, of Vellalur in Coimbatore, approached the EOW after losing his savings, which included…
Coimbatore: A 48-year-old man drowned in a water stream in Ajjanur in the city, on Saturday.The deceased has been identified as R Subramanian, 48, of Ajjanur near Sundapalayam. He was employed as a temporary gardener at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU). Police said the incident took place when Subramanian was cutting grass to feed…
Coimbatore: Polio drops were administered to children below five years of age across 1,615 centres in Coimbatore district on Sunday, with camps set up in urban and rural areas and at major transit points such as bus stands, railway stations and the airport.The drive was inaugurated at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital by Tamil Nadu…
The elephants splashed water with their trunks, collided playfully and stayed in the cool waters for nearly three hours Krishnagiri: Residents of Marachandiram village near Denkanikottai were in for a surprise when two wild elephants strayed into a local lake, and spent more than three hours bathing and playing.The elephants splashed water with their trunks,…
Namakkal: Two youths died after a private bus rammed their two-wheeler near Rasipuram in Namakkal district early on Sunday morning.The deceased have been identified as K Suganeshwaran, 25, of Attayampatty in Salem district, who worked as a manager in a private finance company; and S Muthamizh, 25, who was employed at an IT firm in…
The deceased, identified as Sasikala, was a resident of Thalavaipalayam near Uthukuli. (Representative Image) COIMBATORE: A young woman lost her life due to excessive bleeding after attempting a home birth by watching YouTube videos near Uthukuli in Tiruppur district. The deceased, identified as Sasikala, was a resident of Thalavaipalayam near Uthukuli. Following the failed delivery…
COIMBATORE: Former Anna University vice-chancellor E Balagurusamy has urged the Tamil Nadu governor and the chief minister to break the impasse over VC appointments by adopting a temporary, consensual mechanism under existing University Acts and conventions, explicitly subject to the outcome of judicial review.In a letter written “with deep concern and a sense of urgency.”…
Based on orders from city police commissioner N Kannan, police launched an intensive nighttime patrol and surveillance operation that lasted from Friday evening till Saturday morning. COIMBATORE: In an overnight operation, the Coimbatore city police seized and fined more than 33 trucks for carrying gravel sand without permission and above the allowed quantity in the…
COIMBATORE: A bear attack on a guest worker in a tea estate on Saturday triggered panic among plantation labourers in the Valparai region.The injured has been identified as Dilwar Ali, 45. According to officials, a group of five workers travelled in a vehicle to the estate to carry out pesticide spraying work on tea shrubs….
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore cyber crime police have arrested a 36-year-old man from Pudukottai on charges of cheating a divorced woman of nearly Rs 2 crore by promising to marry her after meeting her on a dating app.The arrested man, identified as B Vigneshwaran, who runs a football academy in Pudukottai, connected with the woman in…