The rescued crocodile underwent a medical examination. Since there were no injuries, it was released into the integrated watershed area where the Thenpennai river and the protected reserve forest are located. DHARMAPURI: Forest department personnel and fire and rescue services personnel on Monday rescued a six-foot-long crocodile that fell into a well in Keel Sengappadi…
Job seekers who have completed classes X and XII, ITI, diploma, graduation or engineering degrees can participate in the fair, which will begin at 10am. COIMBATORE: A mini private job fair will be held on the District Employment and Career Guidance Centre campus in Coimbatore on May 22. Organized on the third Friday of every…
COIMBATORE: A 13-year-old boy was murdered by two of his minor friends in Coimbatore. Police found his body lying under a bridge near Irugur on Monday, three days after he went missing. According to police, B Dhivish, 13, of New Colony near Irugur went with his friends to a nearby lake on Friday for fishing…
Police and firefighters on security duty immediately doused the blaze. KRISHNAGIRI: A farmer set himself on fire at the Krishnagiri district collectorate on Monday as he was frustrated over the lack of action on the part of officials on his complaint on a land dispute.The farmer, identified as M Venkatesan, 46, of Matharsanapalli village near…
Coimbatore: City industrialists have urged the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to expedite the long-pending widening of Neelambur-Madukkarai bypass stretch on NH-544, citing rising traffic congestion and frequent accidents on the 27km corridor.J Sathish, director, Kongu Global Forum, said the Salem-Kochi National Highway was a crucial route for the motorists travelling between Bengaluru and…
Namakkal: Six people were arrested near the Cauvery RS Junction in Namakkal district, on Saturday night for attempting to smuggle ganja on a train. Police seized 12kg of ganja worth approximately 6 lakh from the accused.The arrested were identified as Karnan, 21, Kavinkumar, 25, Bhupathi, 21, Pavithran, 27, Subramani, 22, and Sasikumar, 30, all from…
Erode: Three people, including a husband and wife, drowned while bathing in Cauvery river near Pasur dam here on Sunday.The Malayampalayam police identified the deceased as Perumal, 42, of Avinashipatti area near Tiruchengode, his wife Bharathi, 38, and her relative Pradeepa, 21, of Kodumudi in Erode. A police officer said Perumal visited his mother-in-law’s house…
Coimbatore: A 45-year-old city-based jewellery workshop owner was cheated of Rs46.9 lakh by online fraudsters who lured him with a promise of high returns through share market investments.Police said the victim, who runs a jewellery workshop at Chokkampudur near Selvapuram, accepted a Facebook friend request from an unknown woman in March. “After chatting with him…
Coimbatore: Finance minister K A Sengottaiyan has blamed AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami for the vertical split in the party.Speaking to reporters in Coimbatore on Sunday, Sengottaiyan said the movement built by iconic leaders M G Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa had lost much of its strength because of EPS’s approach.“Looking at Edappadi Palaniswami’s stand,…
Coimbatore: The city police on Sunday night arrested three people for possession of drugs and counterfeit currency notes at a house in Kurichi Housing Unit.The arrested trio were identified as Satham Hussain, 28, of Kurichi Housing Unit; Faisal, 38, of Mettur at Podanur; and Hakkim, 51, of Karumbukadai. According to an official source, acting on…