SALEM: Hostels for backward class students in the state would be upgraded, and biometric attendance systems and surveillance cameras would be installed on the premises to strengthen monitoring, backward classes welfare minister V Sampath Kumar said on Thursday.The minister was speaking to reporters after inspecting a govt hostel for backward classes students at Seelanaickenpatti in…
COIMBATORE: Businesses will face severe setbacks if a new airport is not built in Tamil Nadu in the next five years, CII southern region president P Ravichandran has said. If a new airport is not possible, the govt can also think about expanding the airport at Meenambakkam in Chennai to cater to the increasing traffic,…
Under this initiative, students are encouraged to collect and bring recyclable waste from their homes and neighbourhood to the school. In return, the school management rewards them with essential stationery items, effectively turning trash into a valuable currency for education. COIMBATORE: A Coimbatore corporation middle school at Masakalipalayam has collected 3.5 tonne of dry waste…
Coimbatore: A 50-year-old guest worker from Bihar was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl with developmental disorders near Thudiyalur in the city on Wednesday.Police said the accused, is a relative of the survivor and resides near her house. The incident took place when the girl’s parents were not at home. The girl…
TIRUPUR: Coconut farmers have urged the Tamil Nadu govt to relax conditions imposed to develop the neera industry, saying the move could help quadruple their income.The state govt in 2017 permitted ‘neera’ manufacturing, following demands from coconut growers. A govt order issued in December 2017 laid down multiple conditions for licensing and production.A Tirupur-based farmers’…
C Santosh killed his wife Saranya, 34, by strangling her with a belt at their home. (Image- Social Media) DHARMAPURI: Weighed down by mounting debt, a 44-year-old man murdered his wife and daughter at their residence before ending his life by deliberately colliding his two-wheeler with a truck near Puravadai on the Salem–Bengaluru national highway…
COIMBATORE: The service period of weekly special trains operated between Bengaluru-Thiruvananthapuram has been extended till July 30. According to a press release, No. 06547 SMVT Bengaluru-Thiruvananthapuram North weekly special train will leave SMVT Bengaluru at 7.25pm on July 1, 15, 22 and 29 Wednesdays) to reach Thiruvananthapuram North at 1.15pm the next day. No. 06548…
COIMBATORE: Power supply will be suspended from 9am to 4pm on Friday (July 3) due to monthly maintenance work at Arasur sub-station in Coimbatore. Power supply will not be available at Arasur, Pothiyampalayam, Kurumbapalayam, Thennampalayam, Sengodagoundenpudur, Sellappampalayam, Pachapalayam, Vadugapalayam, Sangothipalayam, Samathuvapuram, Anbu Nagar, Annur Road, Ponnandampalayam and Molapalayam. Source link
Prohibition enforcement wing police in Coimbatore city on Tuesday arrested three men for smuggling ganja in a car near Sungam Junction Coimbatore: The prohibition enforcement wing (PEW) on Tuesday arrested three people for peddling ganja in a car near Sungam Junction in the city.The arrested were identified as P Manimaran, 28, of Podanur ; K…
COIMBATORE: The district crime branch (DCB) of Coimbatore on Tuesday registered a case against a six-member gang, including a man who posed as a high-ranking central govt official, for defrauding multiple job seekers of nearly Rs 95.8 lakh by promising them lucrative positions in the Food Corporation of India (FCI). Police arrested the fake FCI…