Coimbatore: Gone are the days when Tamil Nadu solely depended on manual readings to record water level in its reservoirs to take flood management steps, release water for irrigation and plan long-term water conservation strategies.The state has today strengthened its reservoir monitoring and dam safety infrastructure with the deployment of Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT)-based…
Coimbatore: An activist has urged the city corporation to reclaim and develop an encroached open space reservation (OSR) land parcel on Sri Ramakrishna Layout in ward 22. The demand follows a Madras high court ruling on April 16, dismissing all pleas filed by the layout developer.According to RTI activist S P Thiyagarajan, the Department of…
COIMBATORE: Textile industry associations have welcomed the recommendation of the office of the textile commissioner to the Union ministry of textiles that the 11% duty on cotton imports be removed from April to September every year for the next five years.Associations said the move would create a level playing field and help address cotton shortage…
COIMBATORE: A bus conductor was crushed to death under the wheels of a private minibus while he was sleeping on the ground in front of the vehicle at Tirupur bus stand in the early hours of Thursday.The deceased has been identified as Surya, 23, a temporary bus conductor with the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation….
NAMAKKAL: When a 19-year-old woman from Bihar resisted their attempt to rape her, two of her coworkers in a rubber factory near Rasipuram in Namakkal district allegedly pushed her towards a railway track as a train was fast approaching in the early hours of Wednesday. The woman escaped their attempt to kill her, but she…
All departures have been halted until the area is cleared and deemed safe. COIMBATORE: Flight operations at the Coimbatore International Airport were suspended Thursday evening following a compound wall collapse caused by heavy rainfall which impacted the runway area. Several incoming flights were either diverted or delayed or returned to their places of origin, including…
COIMBATORE: A woman was drugged and robbed of her gold jewellery by a fellow woman passenger on a bus from Erode to Coimbatore on Monday morning.The victim has been identified as R Lakshmi, 55, of Ganapathy. Police said the incident took place around 11am when an unidentified woman, believed to be about 50 years old,…
Krishnagiri: The Krishnagiri taluk police cracked a double murder case by arresting a 32-year-old woman and her paramour at Palakuri on Tuesday. The charred bodies of Mahesh Kumar, 36, a soldier from Palakuri near Krishnagiri, and his father Chellappan, 60, a former soldier, were recovered from two different places on the roadside near Poovathi on…
Krishnagiri: A lone wild elephant bathing in a pond along the road in the forest area between Anchetty and Denkanikottai, on Tuesday, drew curious motorists to stop and click pictures.The Anchetty forest area near Hosur in Krishnagiri district is home to a large number of wild animals including elephants, deer, and boars.Locals said wild animals…
Salem: Residents living in Maravaneri and surrounding areas were forced to take a detour of more than 7km to reach either the collectorate or other parts of the city after the construction of a rail over bridge following the closure of the Mulluwadi railway gate.They submitted petitions to local representatives, including MP TM Selvaganapathy, seeking…