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The deceased, identified as Sasikala, was a resident of Thalavaipalayam near Uthukuli. (Representative Image) COIMBATORE: A young woman lost her life due to excessive bleeding after attempting a home birth by watching YouTube videos near Uthukuli in Tiruppur district. The deceased, identified as Sasikala, was a resident of Thalavaipalayam near Uthukuli. Following the failed delivery…

COIMBATORE: Former Anna University vice-chancellor E Balagurusamy has urged the Tamil Nadu governor and the chief minister to break the impasse over VC appointments by adopting a temporary, consensual mechanism under existing University Acts and conventions, explicitly subject to the outcome of judicial review.In a letter written “with deep concern and a sense of urgency.”…

Based on orders from city police commissioner N Kannan, police launched an intensive nighttime patrol and surveillance operation that lasted from Friday evening till Saturday morning. COIMBATORE: In an overnight operation, the Coimbatore city police seized and fined more than 33 trucks for carrying gravel sand without permission and above the allowed quantity in the…

COIMBATORE: A bear attack on a guest worker in a tea estate on Saturday triggered panic among plantation labourers in the Valparai region.The injured has been identified as Dilwar Ali, 45. According to officials, a group of five workers travelled in a vehicle to the estate to carry out pesticide spraying work on tea shrubs….

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore cyber crime police have arrested a 36-year-old man from Pudukottai on charges of cheating a divorced woman of nearly Rs 2 crore by promising to marry her after meeting her on a dating app.The arrested man, identified as B Vigneshwaran, who runs a football academy in Pudukottai, connected with the woman in…

COIMBATORE: An unidentified person stole 30 sovereigns of gold and diamond jewellery and Rs 2 lakh in cash from a house at Nethra Nagar near Kalapatti in the city on Saturday.The Peelamedu police said the thief entered the premises when the house owner, N Kuppusamy, 70, was sleeping in a room. On Saturday morning, Kuppusamy…

NAMAKKAL: Minister for milk and dairy development C Vijayalakshmi on Thursday night conducted a surprise inspection of dyeing units at Kumarapalayam in Namakkal district and sealed two units operating illegally.Following public complaints about illegal dyeing units in and around Kumarapalayam, the minister, along with Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials and police, carried out…

The city police’s traffic unit commenced the crackdown on the modified exhaust pipes three months ago. COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore city police’s traffic unit have seized a total of 332 modified exhaust pipes from motorcycles and cars, which were making huge noise pollution on city roads, in the last three months.The city police’s traffic unit commenced…

Times News Network Sabari COIMBATORE: Three youths died on the spot and another suffered injuries after a two-wheeler they were riding on collided head-on with a truck at Madathukulam in Tirupur district on Thursday night.The deceased have been identified as Bala Prakash, 28, Sabari, 25, and Dinesh, 26. Their friend, Gunasekaran, 18, sustained severe injuries…

Tirupur: Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) chairman Dr A Sakthivel was part of the Indian business delegation accompanying Union minister of commerce and industry Piyush Goyal during his visit to London for UK–India Week 2026.The visit comes ahead of the implementation of the India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Double Contribution Convention…