Erode: A 65-year-old farmer died after being bitten by a snake while he was working in his agricultural field in J Chettipalli village in Erode district on Tuesday morning.Police said the Naga Naikkar was engaged in agricultural work around 6.45am when the snake bit him. “Hearing his cries, nearby villagers rushed to him and took…
COIMBATORE: A male elephant was found dead near a transformer close to the Thadagam reserve forest boundary in Coimbatore district on Tuesday afternoon.Acting on information, forest personnel rushed to a parcel of land owned by Arul Antony in the 24 Veerapandi village limits in Coimbatore North taluk and found the decomposed carcass of a tusker…
Coimbatore: Two men claiming to be businessmen from Gujarat have reportedly made away with over 3kg gold and about 50kg of silver, which they sourced from more than five local jewellery merchants on Big Bazaar Street in Coimbatore.The incident came to light on Monday, when one of the local merchants visited the duo’s shop to…
COIMBATORE: A special court in Coimbatore on Tuesday sentenced former Pollachi forest range officer Sivakumar to 15 years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh for kidnap, illegal confinement and robbery.The court acquitted three accomplices of Sivakumar,40, due to insufficient evidence.The case dates to Oct 28, 2009. Gandhi, a Chennai-based real estate…
The school bus came in contact with some low-hanging cables, causing an electric pole to tilt and the cables to fall across the road. Krishnagiri: A major mishap was averted, after a private school bus carrying more than 20 children brushed against some dangerously low-hanging power cables in J Chettipalli village, near Denkanikottai in Krishnagiri…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore corporation has formed flying squads to inspect school premises as part of the tobacco control initiative in the city. The inspections by flying squads that began on June 10 have so far covered 59 corporation schools. Through these inspections, the trade licences of about 16 shops running within 100 metre of school…
COIMBATORE: The suspension of meat waste dumping at the Vellalore dump yard, following directions from the city corporation commissioner, has triggered a fresh crisis in Coimbatore, with meat vendors alleging that waste collection has been completely disrupted for the past three days.Owners of meat stalls in the city claimed that the contractor engaged in collecting…
The university offers 14 undergraduate programmes and three diploma courses, while three BSc (agriculture) programmes are available through Annamalai University under the same admission process. COIMBATORE: The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has deferred the release of its rank list for undergraduate admissions, which was scheduled to be published on Tuesday, citing delays linked to…
COIMBATORE: A 39-year-old man was severely injured and hospitalised after being stabbed with a knife by a tea stall worker in Vadavalli here on Sunday.The victim, G Sakthivel, 39, works at a coconut shop owned by Manikandan on the Maruthamalai Road. Sakthivel also sells jamun fruits on a pushcart. He was stabbed by A Sudalaimani,…
Krishnagiri: Revenue officials on Tuesday issued flood warnings to people living on the banks of the Thenpennai river as 1,203 cusecs (cubic feet per second) of water was being released from the Kelavarapalli dam in Krishnagiri district. Officials advised people not to bathe or wash clothes in the river.The inflow into the Kelavarapalli dam stood…