J Gowthami clocked 2.04 minutes to cross the finish line first and secured the gold medal COIMBATORE: J Gowthami, a policewoman with the Coimbatore city police, has clinched a gold medal in an 800-metre running event at the 65th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships, being held in Bhubaneswar from June 24 to June 28, and…
Times News NetworkCOIMBATORE: Terming drug addiction an “evil force” that can seize control of a person’s life, Coimbatore city police commissioner N Kannan on Friday appealed to youngsters to exercise absolute self-control and resist trying drugs even out of curiosity too.Speaking at an awareness event on the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore corporation has intensified its dengue prevention drive and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on a building owner after mosquito breeding sources were detected during a field inspection in the East zone.Dengue-spreading Aedes mosquitoes breed in clean stagnant water found in uncovered drums, discarded tyres, coconut shells and others. Residents have repeatedly…
COIMBATORE: A three-year-old male elephant calf was translocated from the Wildlife Transit and Treatment Centre (WTTC) in Sirumugai, Coimbatore, to the Kozhikamuthi Elephant Camp in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) on Thursday for advanced care and long-term rehabilitation.Based on veterinary advice, the transfer began at 5am to avoid heat and direct sunlight and reduce stress…
Dharmapuri: A woman and her younger brother were found murdered with their throats slit, at their house in Thagadur Nagar under E Jetti Alli Panchayat, on Thursday.The deceased have been identified as Nanjammal, 50, and Mathesh, 45, both from Thagadur village. Neighbours found the duo dead and alerted the Dharmapuri town police.Dharmapuri DSP Sivaraman and…
This presence of people agitated the leopard. COIMBATORE: A leopard got trapped in a house near Masinagudi in the Nilgiris district on Wednesday night after it entered the premises chasing a pet dog. The leopard and the dog remained in the house for five hours till forest officials from the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) captured…
NAMAKKAL: Traffic was disrupted for almost an hour near the Pallipalayam bus stop on the Salem–Chennai National Highway during an event organised by TVK minister C Vijayalakshmi to thank her voters in the Kumarapalayam assembly constituency in Namakkal district on Thursday. The programme began near the Pallipalayam bus stop from where the dairy development minister,…
COIMBATORE: Doctors in a private hospital here performed a rare pediatric heart transplant, giving seven-year-old boy a new lease of life.Royal Care Hospitals performed the highly complex heart transplant on a boy who was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a severe condition that weakens the heart muscle and affects its ability to pump blood. According…
Coimbatore: The Coimbatore district administration has planned a special grievance redressal meeting for students, who completed Class XII, to ensure that all eligible students join higher education without procedural hurdles. The meeting will be held by the second week of July. In the previous academic year, 11,058 govt school students in the district completed Class…
Pet owners are on the rise in Coimbatore district. While they care for their pets as a member of their family and ensure all possible comfort, they are discontent with the healthcare infrastructure available for pets in the district.Shortage of advanced veterinary infrastructure, specialized medical services and essential healthcare personnel is not only leaving pet…