Coimbatore

Krishnagiri: A govt schoolteacher was arrested on Friday night on charges of sending obscene text messages to a 22-year-old woman colleague.Police identified the arrested as V Tirupathi, 40, of Ondiyanur village near Thippanapalli. He is a mathematics graduate teacher at the Panchayat Union Middle School in Chennappalli village near Shoolagiri.Investigation revealed that since the post…

100 tonne urea seized following raid at warehouse in Coimbatore Coimbatore: Approximately 100 tonne of urea smuggled and hoarded without valid documents were seized in Thamanaamparai village near KG Chavadi in Coimbatore district on Saturday. A man from Kerala was arrested and two trucks were also seized.The arrested has been identified as Ashif K Ali,…

SALEM: Fifty Bangladeshi nationals, who were lodged at a special detention camp at the Attur taluk office complex in Salem district, were on Saturday sent to West Bengal for their deportation to their country. They were sent to West Bengal on a train from Trichy under police protection.“The Attur camp has been functioning since July…

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore city police conducted an intensive 24-hour special raid starting at 6pm on Friday here and arrested 28 people for possessing contrabands. The Coimbatore city police have been conducting a storming operation every Friday evening. The raid is targeted to curtail the drug movement and anti-social activities in the city. During the drive…

Tamil Nadu industries minister S Keerthana COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu industries minister S Keerthana on Saturday indicated that the state would take favourable steps to improve ease of doing business, including constituting a policy advocacy committee with participation from major industry stakeholders, after a textile industry meeting convened by the Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA).SIMA hosted…

Raise milk procurement price to Rs 50, farmers’ group urges Coimbatore: Milk production in Tamil Nadu will increase only if the state govt raises procurement price to Rs 50 per litre, a farmers’ organisation has said.Yermunai Ilaingar Ani of Katchi Sarbatra Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam state vice-president M Suresh said Coimbatore and Tirupur are among the…

COIMBATORE: Seeking to improve the competitiveness of Tamil Nadu’s textile and spinning sector, the Southern India Spinners Association (SISPA) has urged the state govt to review electricity tariffs and charging mechanisms that were sharply increased during the previous regime.SISPA honorary secretary S Jagadesh Chandran said energy charges, maximum demand charges, peak hour charges and multiple…

Namakkal: A 21-year-old youth was found dead by suicide at his residence in Puliyankadu village near Pallipalayam in Namakkal district on Friday night.Police have identified the deceased was identified as K Niranjan, who worked as a van driver. He lost his mother several years ago, and his father resides in Tiruppur.“Niranjan did not report to…

Police seized around 20 kg of ganja, alongside high-end synthetic drugs, including cannabis oil, methamphetamine and LSD stamps. COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore district police conducted a massive drug crackdown in the early hours of Saturday and arrested 10 people on charges of possessing drug substances.Under the orders of superintendent of police A Pavan Kumar, an intensive…

S Somanath was speaking as chief guest at PSG College of Technology’s convocation ceremony 2026, where the institution honoured 560 undergraduate and postgraduate students from the electrical and allied engineering programmes. COIMBATORE: Former Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chairman S Somanath on Friday said salaried jobs would not create wealth and appealed to engineering graduates…