Erode

TN reports 1,904 COVID-19 infections, 30 deaths

11:50 pm July 20, 2021

Chennai: Tamil Nadu reported 1,904 new COVID-19 cases, including three returnees from Andhra Pradesh, taking the tally to 25.39 lakh, while 30 more deaths took the toll to 33,782. Recoveries continued to outnumber new infections with 2,439 people getting discharged, pushing the cumulative to 24,78,778, leaving 26,717 active cases, a health department bulletin said. As […]

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1 dead, 3 critical after taking pills from suspected health worker

11:13 pm June 26, 2021

Erode: A woman died while her husband and two others are battling for life after taking tablets given to them by a person suspected to be a volunteer from the Health Department to find residents suffering from symptoms of Covid-19. The incident happened at K G Valasu village in Erode district on Saturday. This morning, the person entered the house of […]

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Youth gets RI for sexual abuse of 4-year-old girl

9:11 pm April 17, 2021

Erode (TN): The Mahila Court here on Saturday sentenced a youth to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for sexually abusing a four-year-old girl in 2020. The prosecution case was that the youth and his friend approached the girl playing near her house and tried to abuse her. The incident took place at Sathyamangalam. The […]

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2 children run away from home, traced in 12 hours

11:17 pm April 12, 2021

Erode (TN): Two children, who ran away from their house here as they were not allowed by their grandfather to step out for fear of contracting coronavirus, were traced within 12 hours, police said on Monday. The boy (7) and his sister (12) – children of working parents – packed their clothes and left home […]

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ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Man arrested for sexually harassing teen

7:06 pm November 22, 2020

Erode (TN): A 26-year-old man was arrested for alleged sexual harassment of a 15-year-old girl here on Sunday, police said. After learning that the class X girl was alone at her house, the man from the neighbourhood entered the house and harassed her, the police said. She offered resistance and the neighbour ran away, they […]

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