NAMAKKAL: When a 19-year-old woman from Bihar resisted their attempt to rape her, two of her coworkers in a rubber factory near Rasipuram in Namakkal district allegedly pushed her towards a railway track as a train was fast approaching in the early hours of Wednesday. The woman escaped their attempt to kill her, but she…
All departures have been halted until the area is cleared and deemed safe. COIMBATORE: Flight operations at the Coimbatore International Airport were suspended Thursday evening following a compound wall collapse caused by heavy rainfall which impacted the runway area. Several incoming flights were either diverted or delayed or returned to their places of origin, including…
COIMBATORE: A woman was drugged and robbed of her gold jewellery by a fellow woman passenger on a bus from Erode to Coimbatore on Monday morning.The victim has been identified as R Lakshmi, 55, of Ganapathy. Police said the incident took place around 11am when an unidentified woman, believed to be about 50 years old,…
Krishnagiri: The Krishnagiri taluk police cracked a double murder case by arresting a 32-year-old woman and her paramour at Palakuri on Tuesday. The charred bodies of Mahesh Kumar, 36, a soldier from Palakuri near Krishnagiri, and his father Chellappan, 60, a former soldier, were recovered from two different places on the roadside near Poovathi on…
Krishnagiri: A lone wild elephant bathing in a pond along the road in the forest area between Anchetty and Denkanikottai, on Tuesday, drew curious motorists to stop and click pictures.The Anchetty forest area near Hosur in Krishnagiri district is home to a large number of wild animals including elephants, deer, and boars.Locals said wild animals…
Salem: Residents living in Maravaneri and surrounding areas were forced to take a detour of more than 7km to reach either the collectorate or other parts of the city after the construction of a rail over bridge following the closure of the Mulluwadi railway gate.They submitted petitions to local representatives, including MP TM Selvaganapathy, seeking…
Erode: A 66-year-old man died after his two-wheeler skidded on sludge formed in rain and hit a wire fence and stone on Erangattur-Bhavanisagar state highway near Bhavanisagar here on Monday night.The Bhavanisagar police identified the deceased as Sundaram, a resident of Erangattur Weavers’ Colony in their jurisdiction. According to a police officer, the accident occurred…
COIMBATORE: A police constable has been arrested in Coimbatore district on charges of deceiving a 29-year-old woman by hiding his marriage, maintaining a fraudulent relationship with her and forcing her to undergo abortions.Udhayakumar, 37, of Anamalai, who is serving as a constable in the Coimbatore district armed reserve police, entered into a relationship with the…
COIMBATORE: The Race Course police in Coimbatore city have registered a case against two men on charges of cheating a Kerala-based gold merchant of jewellery worth Rs 32 lakh.According to police, E Raju, 62, who runs a gold jewellery business in Thrissur in Kerala, came to Coimbatore in March 2025 to exchange old gold ornaments…
ERODE: The Gobichettipalayam police in Erode district on Wednesday arrested a 38-year-old woman on charges of murdering her husband. According to police, Amudha, 38, of Pichandampalayam stabbed her husband, S Thangaraj, 41, to death following a family dispute on Wednesday.Gobichettipalayam DSP Srinivasan said Thangaraj, who was a drunkard, used to quarrel with Amudha after consuming…