Coimbatore

Man killed as country-made gun goes off

4:00 pm January 19, 2021

Coimbatore: A 37-year-old man was killed when a country-made gun went off while his friend was loading it, police said on Tuesday. Ayyasami, a professional tree-cutter, along with six others, had gone to the forest area near here on Monday for hunting with the single-barrel gun, the police said. One of his friends accidentally pulled […]

Abducted girl from Madhya Pradesh rescued

7:20 pm January 18, 2021

Coimbatore: A teenage girl, reportedly abducted from Madhya Pradesh, was traced in nearby Tirupur and handed over to a police team from that State, police said on Monday. According to police, the 17-year-old girl from Batkakhapa in Chhindwara district in Madhya Pradesh was brought to Tirupur a few days ago by a man identified as […]

No private players operating NMR service: Southern Railway

7:43 pm December 6, 2020

Coimbatore: Southern Railway on Sunday denied reports in a section of the media that a private party was operating Nilgiris Mountain Railway (NMR) with changed names on weekends. Referring to the news items, the Salem division of the Southern Railway, in a press release, said there was no change in the name of NMR services between Mettupalayam […]

Elderly man killed by elephant in Uttarakhand

Woman killed in elephant attack in TN

2:45 pm November 22, 2020

Coimbatore: A 72-year old woman was killed and another seriously injured after they were attacked by a wild elephant in Kuppopalayam on the city outskirts early on Sunday, police said. The deceased Pappammal and Rani (62) had gone to answer nature’s call in nearby fields around 6.15 AM, when an elephant emerged from the bushes […]

Two men addicted to online gambling end lives in TN

7:33 pm November 3, 2020

Coimbatore: Two more deaths by suicide by men addicted to online gambling were reported in the district days after a private bank employee ended his life in the city for the same reason, police said on Tuesday. According to police, 28-year old Jeevanandam of Thondamuthur on the outskirts hanged himself at his house on Monday […]