Police recovered 3kg of ganja from the baggage of a passenger on board a private bus Krishnagiri: Police seized 3kg of ganja at the Jujuvadi check post near Hosur in the early hours of Monday. The contraband was being smuggled in a private luxury bus bound for Chennai from Bengaluru. A youth has been arrested…
Located on the road leading to the Kovai Kutralam falls, the camp is expected to draw tourists who visit the popular waterfall in large numbers. Photo by P Sreedharan COIMBATORE: The Tamil Nadu forest department is working on a proposal to open the newly upgraded Chadivayal Elephant Camp near the Siruvani foothills of the Western…
COIMBATORE: Residents criticized the Coimbatore corporation for the delay in constructing a subway at Peelamedu railway crossing. They alleged that the civic body had failed to acquire land for the construction of a subway. R Pradesh Kumar of Peelamedu said around 27 people have been fatally hit by trains at the railway crossing in recent…
Two new automated boom barriers have been installed at Vellalore dump yard to monitor incoming vehicles Coimbatore: The Coimbatore city corporation has installed two new automated boom barriers at Vellalore dump yard to monitor incoming vehicles, and the trial is set to commence on Wednesday. This system is aimed at addressing allegations that unauthorised vehicles…
Coimbatore: Certificate verification for students selected under the 7.5% reservation for govt school students began on the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) campus here on Monday, with candidates arriving from across the state.A total of 26,709 applications were received for undergraduate agriculture programmes, of which 24,435 were found eligible. Admissions will be filled through online…
mers held a “mock hanging” protest in front of district collectorate. They acted as if hanging themselves. NAMAKKAL: Farmers in Namakkal district on Monday held a “mock hanging” protest demanding that the govt scrap the move to set up a SIPCOT industrial park at N Pudupatty as it would affect about 485 acres of fertile…
Coimbatore: The agriculture department has begun distributing seeds and farm inputs to farmers at subsidised rates to increase groundnut acreage and production in Coimbatore district, joint director of agriculture M Tamizhselvi has said.Coimbatore receives an average annual rainfall of 611 mm. Groundnut cultivation is taken up during April and May in Pollachi North and South,…
Dharmapuri: Two 18-year-old students were killed on the spot after a motorcycle they were riding collided head-on with a milk van near Poiyapatty in Dharmapuri district, on Sunday evening.The deceased have been identified as Iniyan, son of Ramachandran, and Abinath, son of Murugan, both residents of Poiyapatty village. The accident took place around 6.15pm when…
Namakkal: As many as 10 people were injured after a tourist van collided with a truck on the Salem–Namakkal national highway near Rasipuram in Namakkal district during the early hours of Sunday.Police said the van was carrying more than 13 devotees from Salem who had travelled to the Tiruchendur temple. The accident took place when…
Villagers staged a protest demanding immediate action to capture and relocate the elephant Erode: A farmer was killed in a wild elephant attack in Kadambur hills near Sathyamangalam, in Erode district on Saturday night.The deceased has been identified as M Thangavel, 58, of Irutti Palayam. Forest officials said the incident took place around 10pm when…