Coimbatore

3 arrested for making country bombs to kill wild animals

Miraculous escape for elephants as transformer explodes

7:08 pm November 16, 2019

Coimbatore: A herd of five elephants, including a calf, had a miraculous escape when a transformer exploded after a tusker touched it while being chased away by forest department officials near Periyanaickenpalayam on the our skirts, early Saturday. According to police, villagers alerted forest department officials about the elephants straying into their farmlands around 4 […]

Yoga teacher Nanammal dies at 99

7:30 pm October 26, 2019

Coimbatore: Nonagenarian yoga exponent V Nanammal died at her residence near here on Saturday, her family sources said. The 99-year-old Nanammal, popularly known as yoga grandma, had a fall from the cot a week ago and since then she was not keeping well, the sources said. She was conferred the Padma Shri in 2018 and […]

Heavy rain likely in Tamil Nadu over next 5 days

11:42 pm October 21, 2019

Chennai: Landslips have been reported in some parts of Nilgiris district, as the Regional weather office here on Monday predicted heavy rainfall to occur over Tamil Nadu during the next five days with the North East Monsoon becoming active. Landslips were reported at least in 10 places in Nilgiris district following rains during the last […]

Ganja seized from Sharjah-bound air passenger in TN

8:20 pm October 13, 2019

Coimbatore: Around six kg of ganja was seized from an air passenger bound for Sharjah at the international airport here on Sunday, airport sources said. Thurakal Rashad of Mananthavady in Kozhikode in Kerala was to board a flight to Sharjah early Sunday when security personnel detected ganja, weighing around 6.6 kg in his baggage, the […]

Rajasthan: Around Rs 4.5 crore cash seized from car

4 arrested for printing, circulating fake currency

3:55 pm October 13, 2019

Coimbatore: A fake currency-printing unit was busted here on Sunday and four people have been arrested, police said. Currencies with a face value Rs 14 lakh in different denominations were seized, the police said. The printers fell into the dragnet when some shopkeepers caught two persons trying to circulate the fake currencies late Saturday evening […]