Coimbatore: More than 1,500 licensed pharmacies and retail medical stores in Coimbatore were shut down on Wednesday, following a nationwide strike announced by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD).The AIOCD had called for a nationwide one-day pharmacy shutdown to protest the unregulated online medicine sales and to protect traditional pharmacies from severe…
Namakkal: Electronic appliances in more than 100 houses at Agraharam in the Pallipalayam municipality conked out on Wednesday, owing to intermittent fluctuations in the power after electric poles were damaged in the two-day thunderstorms in the area.Residents of the area held a demonstration against Electricity Board (EB)officials, including assistant engineer Ramadurai, when they came to…
CHENNAI: VCK and IUML have decided to join C Joseph Vijay’s cabinet in the next few days after TVK publicly invited them to on Thursday. Both are expected to get one berth each.VCK sources said party president Thol Thirumavalavan may not be part of the cabinet, though TVK was keen on accommodating him. VCK deputy…
UDHAGAMANDALAM: A fire broke out at the municipal garbage dump yard at Theetukal in Ooty on Wednesday morning. Fire and rescue services personnel fought the blaze for ten hours before it was extinguished.The Ooty municipality, located in the Nilgiris district, consists of 36 wards and is a popular tourist destination that attracts more than three…
By Archana U and BhavaniCOIMBATORE: Online fraudsters cheated three Coimbatore residents of more than Rs 55 lakh in separate incidents, and the city cybercrime police registered three cases on Tuesday.In the first case, P Daniel, 45, of Kovilmedu, who is engaged in civil construction work, received a message on Facebook Messenger from a person identifying…
NAMAKKAL: A driver died after a truck carrying cement mixture crashed into a stationary truck on the Salem-Cochin National Highway in Kumarapalayam in Namakkal district on Wednesday morning.A truck carrying iron bars from Salem to Perundurai in Erode district broke down on the national highway in the Kumarapalayam Teachers’ Residence area. A truck carrying cement…
COIMBATORE: The Govt Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Perur has invited online applications for admission to six courses for the 2026-27 academic year. The institute caters to the children of Tamil Nadu Construction Workers Welfare Board members. According to principal P Valarmathi, the institute offers six trades — advanced CNC machining technician, aeronautical structure and…
Coimbatore: More than 1,000 farmers in the district are expected to benefit from cowpea cultivation scheme that is aimed at increasing pulse production and promoting climate-resilient farming practices.District agriculture joint director M Tamilselvi said the Rs22.3 lakh scheme has been sanctioned for Coimbatore to encourage cultivation of cowpea, a short-duration pulse crop that requires comparatively…
An 18-year-old college student died by suicide at Gandhi Maa Nagar near Peelamedu on May 7 after being reprimanded by her mother over excessive mobile phone usage.The student, who was pursuing first-year BSc computer science at a private college, was reportedly addicted to her phone. She took the extreme step after her mother confiscated the…
Coimbatore: Members of Left-affiliated student and youth organisations staged a protest near the railway station in Coimbatore on Tuesday, demanding the cancellation of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and exemption for Tamil Nadu from the examination.The demonstration was organised as part of a statewide protest. Protesters alleged that the examination continued to shatter the medical…