COIMBATORE : The Coimbatore district police on Friday arrested a guest worker on charged of illegally growing cannabis (ganja) plants near Thadagam in Coimbatore district.The arrested man has been identified as R Madhabenanda Jena, 46, from Odhisa. He was residing in a rented house in Thadagam and working as a daily wage earner.Acting on a…
COIMBATORE: A notorious cybercriminal, who is facing more than 25 cases and lodged in the central prison here, escaped on Friday night while undergoing treatment in Coimbatore Medical College Hospital. N Bhimudu Ajith Kumar, 29, a native of Andhra Pradesh, was arrested by Tirupur North police in the last week of May after he was…
Coimbatore: The Coimbatore District Small Industries Association (CODISSIA) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking urgent policy measures to ease steel shortages and price spikes that, it said, are straining MSME operations and threatening output in one of India’s largest engineering clusters.In its letter, the association said India’s annual steel requirement is about 160…
COIMBATORE: A private school teacher was arrested by the Coimbatore city police on Friday on charges of sending obscene videos and to his students.The arrested teacher has been identified as V Babu, 35, a native of Dindigul district. He is residing here and working as an English teacher at a private school located in Kalapatti….
COIMBATORE: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) has registered two separate cases against 10 individuals, including two sub-registrars (in-charge), following surprise raids conducted at the Thondamuthur and Gandhipuram sub-registrar offices here. The raids led to the seizure of unaccounted cash totalling Rs 2.34 lakh and incriminating slips detailing bribe collections.A DVAC team, led by…
COIMBATORE: A 58-year-old woman was robbed of 20 sovereigns of gold jewellery and Rs 20,000 in cash at gun and knife points by two masked miscreants near Rasipuram in Namakkal district on Thursday night.According to police, Kalaiselvi, 58, a widow, who stays alone at her farmhouse in the Pattanam Amman Kovil Thottam area, visited her…
The STPs were set up at a cost of Rs 1 crore to Rs 4 crore, depending on the size. COIMBATORE: Currently, there are no signs of treated water being released into the Smart City lakes in Coimbatore, as most of the sewage treatment plants (STPs) around these lakes are non-functional. A recent visit by…
Coimbatore: A special court under the TNPID (Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors in Financial Establishments) Act in Coimbatore on Wednesday, sentenced two men to 10 years imprisonment in connection with an emu farm scam.The convicts were identified as Chandrasekaran, 48, and Somasundaram, 55, both from Namakkal. Police said the duo had been operating…
By V Ritheka SreeCOIMBATORE: Ward 26 councillor Chithra Velliangiri on Thursday urged the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation to expedite pending civic infrastructure projects.Speaking at the North Zone Council meeting, the councillor pointed out that several resolutions approved between 2025 and March 2026 remain unimplemented despite administrative sanctions and allocation of funds.Among the key issues highlighted…
DHARMAPURI: Two youths died and another suffered injuries when a motorcycle they were riding triple on rammed the median of the Harur-Salem road near Pappireddipatti in Dharmapuri district on Thursday evening.The deceased have been identified as Vignesh S, 23, and Madhankumar M, 19, of Elandakottapatti. Their friend, Sundaram S, 23, suffered injuries. “When they reached…