Coimbatore

Rs 28 lakh in cash, 120 sovereigns of ornaments burgled

8:14 pm April 5, 2021

Coimbatore: Robbers looted 120 sovereigns of gold jewellery and Rs 27 lakh in cash after breaking into house in nearby Tirupur on Monday, police said. The house-owner Shafiullah, running a screen-printing unit, had gone to Udhagamandalam with his family on April 2 when the thieves struck, the police said. This morning, Shafiullah’s brother noticed the […]

Elephant hit by train on TN-Kerala border dead

7:35 pm March 18, 2021

Coimbatore: A 25-year old elephant hit by an express train on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala Border succumbed to the injuries, Forest department sources said on Thursday. The death of the pachyderm on Wednesday night took the number number of elephants which have died so far this year to five in the district, the sources said. The […]

2 workers killed after bike gets caught under lorry

7:41 pm March 8, 2021

Coimbatore: Two printing factory workers were killed on the spot when their motorcycle got caught under a concrete-mix laden lorry at Tirupur on Monday while they were trying to overtake it, police said The duo were on their way back to the company after attending to official work when the mishap occurred. The lorry driver has been […]

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

Maha: Abducted Navy sailor burnt alive, hunt on for kidnappers

11:14 pm February 6, 2021

Thane: A 26-year-old Navy sailor who had been abducted in Chennai on January 30 was set on fire by the kidnappers in jungles of Maharashtra’s Palghar district and he died of injuries, the police said on Saturday. Suraj Kumar Dubey, the victim, died while he was being shifted to hospital in Mumbai on Friday, district […]

Gill blazes to National Rally Championship title

7:31 pm January 31, 2021

Coimbatore: Gaurav Gill was in blazing form at the wheels of his Mahindra XUV as he and navigator Musa Sherif showed immense skills and patience to win the Rally of Coimbatore here on Sunday and again emerge national champions. By winning two legs on tarmac in Itanagar last month and performing strongly in Kethanur, 40km […]