COIMBATORE: A 13-year-old boy was murdered by two of his minor friends in Coimbatore. Police found his body lying under a bridge near Irugur on Monday, three days after he went missing. According to police, B Dhivish, 13, of New Colony near Irugur went with his friends to a nearby lake on Friday for fishing…
Police and firefighters on security duty immediately doused the blaze. KRISHNAGIRI: A farmer set himself on fire at the Krishnagiri district collectorate on Monday as he was frustrated over the lack of action on the part of officials on his complaint on a land dispute.The farmer, identified as M Venkatesan, 46, of Matharsanapalli village near…
Coimbatore: City industrialists have urged the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to expedite the long-pending widening of Neelambur-Madukkarai bypass stretch on NH-544, citing rising traffic congestion and frequent accidents on the 27km corridor.J Sathish, director, Kongu Global Forum, said the Salem-Kochi National Highway was a crucial route for the motorists travelling between Bengaluru and…
Namakkal: Six people were arrested near the Cauvery RS Junction in Namakkal district, on Saturday night for attempting to smuggle ganja on a train. Police seized 12kg of ganja worth approximately 6 lakh from the accused.The arrested were identified as Karnan, 21, Kavinkumar, 25, Bhupathi, 21, Pavithran, 27, Subramani, 22, and Sasikumar, 30, all from…
Erode: Three people, including a husband and wife, drowned while bathing in Cauvery river near Pasur dam here on Sunday.The Malayampalayam police identified the deceased as Perumal, 42, of Avinashipatti area near Tiruchengode, his wife Bharathi, 38, and her relative Pradeepa, 21, of Kodumudi in Erode. A police officer said Perumal visited his mother-in-law’s house…
Coimbatore: A 45-year-old city-based jewellery workshop owner was cheated of Rs46.9 lakh by online fraudsters who lured him with a promise of high returns through share market investments.Police said the victim, who runs a jewellery workshop at Chokkampudur near Selvapuram, accepted a Facebook friend request from an unknown woman in March. “After chatting with him…
Coimbatore: Finance minister K A Sengottaiyan has blamed AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami for the vertical split in the party.Speaking to reporters in Coimbatore on Sunday, Sengottaiyan said the movement built by iconic leaders M G Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa had lost much of its strength because of EPS’s approach.“Looking at Edappadi Palaniswami’s stand,…
Coimbatore: The city police on Sunday night arrested three people for possession of drugs and counterfeit currency notes at a house in Kurichi Housing Unit.The arrested trio were identified as Satham Hussain, 28, of Kurichi Housing Unit; Faisal, 38, of Mettur at Podanur; and Hakkim, 51, of Karumbukadai. According to an official source, acting on…
Coimbatore: The Peelamedu police on Saturday registered a case against a group of youths after a video of their reckless stunts on a public road went viral on social media.The matter came to light when police noticed the video circulating online. The footage showed nine youths standing on top of a moving SUV. They were…
Tirupur: Hosiery yarn prices in the district have gone up by Rs20 per kg across varieties in May, marking the second increase this month and taking the cumulative rise over the past five months to Rs61, industry sources said.Tirupur, one of India’s largest hubs for readymade garment production and exports, accounts for more than 68%…