ERODE: The Erode North police arrested a man on Thursday for possessing contraband drugs worth Rs 1 lakh intended for illicit sale near a private college in Erode. The arrested man has been identified as A Kalaiselvan, 30, of Muniyappan Kovil Street in Manickampalayam in Erode district. Acting on a tip-off about the illegal sale…
The dedicated team, comprising a sub-inspector and two police personnel, maintains round-the-clock surveillance on various platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube. COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore city police have formed a dedicated cell to monitor social media content, accounts and suspicious activities online.The dedicated team, comprising a sub-inspector and two police personnel, maintains round-the-clock surveillance on…
Farmers urged the state govt to open mango procurement centres to help them overcome the crisis. KRISHNAGIRI: Many farmers in Krishnagiri district are dumping harvested mangoes on roadsides as they don’t get what they call the right price. Some farmers have felled the mango trees and sold them as firewood as they have faced losses…
Coimbatore: A dedicated 10-bed isolation ward is being established at Coimbatore Government Medical College Hospital (CMCH) as a precautionary measure against the global threat of the Ebola virus, minister for backwards classes welfare V Sampathkumar said on Thursday. “The ward will be made operational within the next three days,” the minister said.The minister was speaking…
COIMBATORE: Former AIADMK minister S P Velumani on Thursday said the party leadership is united and the recent internal differences have been resolved. Velumani said he and senior leader C Ve Shanmugam met AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS), raised their concerns and received assurances. “We placed certain demands before EPS, and he agreed…
Namakkal: Officials have been instructed to carry out deed registrations with transparency and without irregularities, Tamil Nadu commercial tax and registration minister D Logesh Tamilselvan said on Thursday.Tamilselvan told reporters in Rasipuram that he had directed that no one in registrar offices should accept bribes. “Those who commit the wrongdoing will face strict action,” he…
Police are investigating the circumstances which led to the minor girl’s death Salem: The body of a 16-year-old girl who went missing from Annadhanapatty in Salem on Monday, was recovered from a pond in Seeragapady on Wednesday evening. Police are investigating if she was raped and murdered, and her body dumped in the pond.The girl…
Field officials have been instructed to verify the storage premises along with noon meal programme officers and ICDS project officers, and to submit a detailed report. NAMAKKAL: Officials of the Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administrative Department (TSFSDAD) on Thursday began inspection of the cold storages of egg suppliers in Namakkal district on Thursday….
The court imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on the convicts, identified as C Sanjay Nishanth, 24, of Tirupur and his brother C Sujith Kumar, 22. COIMBATORE: A special court in Coimbatore has sentenced two brothers to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for assaulting an elderly man and snatching his mobile phone. The court imposed a…
John, convenor of the Coimbatore Zone Tasmac Joint Action Committee, said employees have been working for 23 years without statutory social security and without permanent employment status as in other departments. COIMBATORE: A one-day strike by Tasmac employees led to the closure of 213 liquor retail outlets across Coimbatore district on Wednesday, disrupting sales estimated…