The veterinary team estimated that the elephant was around 20 years old. COIMBATORE: Forest department officials found the skeletal remains and tusks of an elephant in an inaccessible and thorny patch of the Boluvampatti range of the Coimbatore forest division on Thursday, nearly a year after the animal is believed to have died.The remains were…
Senior IPS officers A Arun and N Kannan CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt on Thursday placed two senior IPS officers — additional director-general of police and director of Tamil Nadu Police Academy A Arun, and inspector-general of police and Coimbatore city commissioner of police N Kannan — on compulsory wait.A notification to this effect, issued by…
COIMBATORE: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) has registered a case against seven people, including a former panchayat president, a former councillor, and two retired block development officers, over alleged irregularities in govt housing schemes in Sultanpet block in Coimbatore district.The case is related to the Chief Minister’s Solar-Powered Green House Scheme and the…
Krishnagiri: An unidentified person set fire to two makeshift stalls opposite the Pochampalli bus stand in Krishnagiri district on Wednesday night.According to police sources, Pattu, 53, of Kulambatti was running a flower stall opposite the bus stand. Nearby, Mahesh, 55, of Vadamalampatti operated a snack stall in a palm-leaf hut.It is alleged that an unidentified…
COIMBATORE: G Jeni Akalya, a Class X student at Coimbatore Corporation Higher Secondary School in Rathinapuri, has been selected for the national-level boxing championship to be held in Manipur next month. She will be competing in the under-17 (50-52 kg) category.For almost three consecutive years from 2023 to 2025, she won gold medals in the…
The driver lost control after the brakes failed, causing the vehicle to overturn on the hill road Salem: A police vehicle overturned after its brakes failed during an illicit liquor raid near Gundur in Yercaud on Thursday. As many as 18 police and forest personnel suffered minor injuries in the incident.The mishap took place when…
The duo had purchased the ganja in bulk from a supplier in Bengaluru and were attempting to transport it to Madurai for resale Krishnagiri: Two men were arrested for smuggling 10kg of ganja on a private bus which was heading from Bengaluru to Madurai, in the early hours of Thursday. They were apprehended by the…
Inquiries by the forest department revealed that the photos and the videos of the tigers were created by a 15-year-old boy using an AI tool. UDHAGAMANDALAM: Panic gripped residents after photos and videos of two tigers in a tea estate near Coonoor went viral on social media platforms a few days ago. Inquiries by the…
COIMBATORE: As part of their anti-drug abuse measures, Coimbatore district police have identified 63 locations where college students gather at night. These locations include bakeries, vacant plots and other places around educational institutions.“These locations are being monitored to prevent students from getting involved in activities such as drug consumption and other offences,” said a senior…
COIMBATORE: In two separate incidents, a female elephant and a female elephant calf were found dead in forests near Coimbatore on Wednesday.Forest department officials said an elephant calf that was part of a herd that entered Tamil Nadu from Kerala was found dead in the Madukkarai forest range. They suspect that a carnivore killed the…