Coimbatore

MSMEs in Coimbatore told to enter defence, aerospace sectors

8:19 pm October 28, 2020

Coimbatore: With the Centre aiming to double the number of MSMEs in the defence and aerospace sectors in the next four to five years, the industrial eco system and MSMEs here should now enter the sectors, a top official of the Defence Department said on Wednesday. There are opportunities for MSMEs to indigenise and encourage […]

Bengaluru airport posts growth in cargo volumes after COVID-19 induced slump

3:30 pm October 21, 2020

Bengaluru: After a prolonged slump due to COVID-19,cargo volumes at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB/ BLR Airport) recorded positive growth in September with international freight leading the recovery. The cargo processed last month was 32,449 MT, a growth of0.3 per cent, against the same period last year, according an airport statement on Wednesday. September 2020 witnessed a […]

TN logs 5,017 fresh COVID-19 infections

10:58 pm October 6, 2020

Chennai: Tamil Nadu on Tuesday recorded 5,017 fresh COVID-19 infections taking the tally to 6,30,408 and the death toll mounted to 9,917 with 71 fatalities. The number of active cases stood at 45,279 with 5,548 patients getting discharged from various hospitals and in total 5,75,212 people have recovered so far, a Health department bulletin said. […]

Spark from garbage causes fire in bank

7:29 pm October 2, 2020

Coimbatore: A fire broke out at a bank here on Friday, damaging a few computers and documents, police said. A spark from a fire in a garbage heap spread to a flex banner on the first floor of the building, where a hostel was functioning, and then spread to the ground floor housing the nationalised […]

Woman stabs husband to death, tries to fake it as accident

8:01 pm September 29, 2020

Coimbatore: A woman was arrested here on Tuesday on charges of killing her husband with a knife, police said. Franklin Britto, working as a salesman in a private firm here, was brought to the Government Hospital with bleeding injuries on the neck and abdomen by his wife, Carolyn, late last Monday. However, doctors declared him […]