NAMAKKAL: Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) have arrested a special sub-inspector (SSI) attached to Nallur police station in Namakkal district on charges of accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 to settle a land encroachment case.SSI V Gangadharan demanded Rs 30,000 from K Saumiyaraj, 47, a farmer in Nadandhai Salappalayam, to close…
COIMBATORE: Two elderly residents of Annur in Coimbatore district died of suspected asphyxiation on Tuesday, hours after town panchayat employees conducted mosquito fogging operations in their neighbourhood.The deceased have been identified as Mohan, 65, and Prema alias Rani, 75. According to police, Mohan, a former truck driver, had been suffering from a chronic lung ailment…
COIMBATORE: The Perur police in Coimbatore district on Tuesday arrested a man on charges of planting a country made bomb, locally known as avuttukai, in an agricultural field for hunting wild boars. The arrest comes after a bull suffered jaw injuries after biting the country-made bomb.A bull belonging to a farmer Palanisamy, 65 of Karadimadai…
Coimbatore: In the wake of allegations that Bharathiar University illegally deducted Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000 from the July salaries of temporary workers without prior notice, the registrar on Tuesday assured that the issue would be taken up in the next syndicate meeting and steps will be initiated to refund the deducted amounts.Bharathiar University Employees…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore corporation launched “Operation Shield – Multi-Dimensional Activities against Dengue” in Ward 70 of the central zone on Tuesday to curb mosquito-borne transmission of the disease. The initiative aims at enforcing intensive surveillance and rapid vector containment across high-risk residential areas.Under Operation Shield, municipal health teams execute four key pillars: Household inspection, larval…
TIRUPUR: A man hacked his girlfriend and her mother to death near Palladam in Tirupur district on Tuesday after she started avoiding him as instructed by her mother, police said.The murdered have been identified as P Poovarasi, 22, and her mother P Dhanalakshmi, 42, of Pachapalayam near Palladam. Poovarasi, who had recently completed her college…
Ooty Botanical Garden is getting ready for the second season UDHAGAMANDALAM: Flowering plants are being planted in the Government Botanical Garden in Ooty ahead of the second tourist season scheduled to begin in September. Around four lakh flowering plants, representing 45 varieties, will be planted ahead of the second season.The Nilgiris receives visitors throughout the…
COIMBATORE: A 19-year-old student at a private engineering college in Coimbatore district was allegedly beaten to death by a gang mostly comprising his college mates on Monday. Police have detained five suspects.The deceased has been identified as K Amuthan, 19, a third-year engineering student at Hindustan Engineering College near Othakkalmandapam.According to police, a group of…
Namakkal: Police on Tuesday destroyed nearly four tonne of banned gutka and pan masala products that had been seized over the past four months. The contraband was set ablaze at the Nagarajapuram garbage yard under the supervision of district superintendent of police Yadav Girish Ashok.The banned substances had been confiscated during raids and inspections across…
Cleared/AliCoimbatore: What began with just 10 people gradually increased to over 20, 50 and reached 100 in its sixth photo walk.Coimbatore Photo Walk Club, an Instagram community, organised its sixth photo walk at Cross Cut Street in the city on Saturday.Armed with cameras and smartphones, more than 100 people from different professions and age groups…