Coimbatore

Amazon India to include 10K EVs in delivery fleet by 2025

3:12 pm January 20, 2020

New Delhi: E-commerce major Amazon India on Monday said its fleet of delivery vehicles in the country will include 10,000 EVs by 2025. Amazon’s rival, Flipkart had in June last year said it aims to replace 40 per cent of its delivery vans with electric vehicles (EVs) by March this year. The Walmart-owned company has […]

Top DRDO prize for Noida varsity scientist's concept to recognize person's identity in dark

DRDO probing sat phone signals traced from TN village

11:38 pm January 11, 2020

Coimbatore: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is investigating the reported satellite phone signals traced from a village near Kangeyam in nearby Tirupur district. The signals were picked up from a village near Kunnathur by INS Parundu, an Indian Naval air station located near Uchipuli in Ramanathapuram district, and officials alerted DRDO, police said. […]

Journo, among three, held for circulating obscene video

5:33 pm January 9, 2020

Coimbatore: Three people, including a reporter of a Tamil TV channel, have been arrested and lodged in the Central jail here on the charge of circulating a video of women employees undressing to get into their uniforms in a petrol bunk in the city, police said. One of the arrested – two of them bunk […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Four held for killing software engineer in TN

8:56 pm December 29, 2019

Coimbatore: Four people were arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the killing of a software engineer here three months ago, police said. Shaktivel, who was residing in Sundarapuram after separating from his wife, was beaten to death by his neighbour, due to previous enemity, police said. The matter came to light after the […]

15-yr-old girl abducted, raped by three youths in UP

One more arrested in gang-rape of minor girl on birthday

7:41 pm December 28, 2019

Coimbatore: One more person was arrested here on Saturday in connection with the gang-rape of a 17-year old girl on her birthday, police said. Already, six people were arrested for the crime after being booked under the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act and goondas Act, and lodged in the central jail, the […]