NAMAKKAL: Residents intercepted a private tanker truck allegedly dumping septic waste on agricultural land on the banks of the Kalingarayan canal near Odaipalli in Namakkal district on Thursday.The residents have alleged that private tankers regularly transport septic waste from houses and industrial establishments in Erode and Namakkal districts and release it into farmland on the…
ERODE: Police seized 864 bottles of Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) from a house near Mylambadi in Erode district in the early hours of Thursday and arrested a man.Acting on a tip-off that bottles of liquor had been illegally stored for unauthorised sale, the Bhavani police conducted a raid at the house of K Govindaraj,…
Chennai: Coimbatore has the potential to scale its global capability center (GCC) ecosystem to nearly 200 GCCs by 2032 from about 75 (GCCs) at present, according to a report released by EY and CII. It estimates annual GCC growth could rise from 10%-12% in the initial years to 24%-27% by 2032, with a CAGR of…
Vijay campaigned for TVK candidate P Sathyabama in Dharapuram DHARAPURAM: In a clear shift in his campaign pitch, chief minister C Joseph Vijay sharpened his attack on AIADMK, in Dharapuram on Wednesday, while continuing to target DMK.Campaigning for TVK candidate P Sathyabama, Vijay accused AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami of betraying party icons M…
COIMBATORE: The tender application deadline to set up a waste-to-energy plant for the Coimbatore-Tirupur cluster has been extended till Oct 31. The project has gone through multiple extensions, including one in April, July, August and September.The project was announced in the 2025 state budget, following which it was proposed at a cost of Rs ₹450…
The blast caused the upper two floors of the building to collapse. NAMAKKAL: Three people, including a couple and a worker, died when a country cracker explosion brought down a two-storey building at Pandamangalam near Paramathi Velur in Namakkal district on Tuesday evening.The deceased have been identified as M Rajasekaran, 53, his wife Sathiya,45, and…
CHENNAI: Southern Railway’s Salem division has announced the permanent augmentation of three pairs of express trains to meet growing passenger demand.Nos. 16159/16160 Chennai Egmore – Mangalore Central Express has been augmented by one sleeper class coach (starting Sept 29 from Chennai; Oct 1 from Mangalore). Nos. 12243/12244 Chennai Central – Coimbatore Shatabdi Express will be…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore city police have registered a case against a 14-year-old boy and his father after a motorcycle ridden by the minor collided with a scooter at Gandhipuram here.According to police, the accident occurred on the 100 Feet Road around 5.35pm on Sept 22. The boy, with his father Vikram sitting on the pillion…
KRISHNAGIRI: Unidentified people broke open four of the six hundi boxes at the Sri Madeswaran Temple in Manjamedu in Krishnagiri district in the early hours of a Wednesday and stole more than Rs 1 lakh in cash, police said.According to an officer at the Bargur police station, temple priest Thangamani locked the premises after completing…
KRISHNAGIRI: A social activist held a protest by tying a cow outside the locked Krishnagiri MLA’s office on Wednesday, demanding that the Tamil Nadu govt reopen the premises. He alleged that the office had remained locked and inaccessible to the public for a prolonged period.The office, established by the govt for public use, is located…