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  • Stop campus recruitments, HC tells PSUs

    The Madras high court has restrained public sector undertakings from holding campus recruitments and asked them to maintain status quo for two weeks.

  • Burglars break into Tirupur shop, steal jewels worth 10cr

    Robbers broke into a jewellery shop in Tirupur late on Monday and escaped with gold and diamond ornaments worth nearly 10 crore. Police suspect the burglary to have been carried out between 10pm on Monday and 5.30am on Tuesday.

  • Rooting for mother tongue

    SK Sanjana, a Class 5 student of a CBSE school, learns three languages in school. Her mother tongue Tamil is not one of them. Dr Sundarkumar , who chose Hindi as his daughter's second language and Sanskrit as the third, spends his weekends teaching Sanjana Tamil.

  • Community classes get children to learn native language

    Since last month, Surajit Pal, a professor at the Indian Statistical Institute in Chennai, has been spending one day every month teaching Bengali to children from his community. Pal's daughter, who is in class 8, is one of the students.

  • Same gang behind two bank hold-ups

    The daring robbery at an Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) branch in Keelkattalai on Monday was committed by the same gang that made away with Rs 19 lakh from a bank branch in Perungudi on January 23, investigation officers have confirmed.

  • Sewage in drinking water, residents of Coimbatore colony hit the streets

    Even though the corporation supplies water on a regular basis, residents of Sukrawarpet spend a substantial amount of money to buy water cans, as they fear the corporation water is contaminated by sewage. For the past few months, they have been facing several health problems, and they believe it is because of the water.

  • 5 sovereigns of gold stolen

    Two persons, who were gold polishers, looted five sovereigns of gold jewels from a woman at Malumachampatti on the outskirts of the city on Monday. Police said R Kala, 48, of Palanisamy Nagar was alone at home on February 15.

  • Power shortage, rising costs pull down pump manufacturers

    The region's motor pump industry, which used to produce a large share of pumps in the country, is losing its hold, with production touching an all time low in the last 10 years.

  • Trivedi in town, promises to reroute long distance trains

    Union railway minister Dinesh Trivedi on Tuesday indicated that the ensuing railway budget would contain provisions to reroute 13 long distance trains that presently skip Coimbatore Junction, taking the Irigur-Podanur route.

  • 3 held in Banglore for killing Gobi lawyer

    Defending a habitual offender proved fatal for a 59-year-old advocate from Gobichettipalyam in Erode district. The offender and his two aides allegedly strangled to death Appuswamy Sriranga Gounder, a lawyer in Gobichettipalyam and Tirupur, before dumping his body in a canal in Mandya district.

  • They came, they saw and they were thrilled!

    30 boys from tribal settlements visit Coimbatore as part of a study tour

  • Race begins for deputy mayorship

    With the Coimbatore Corporation announcing the date for election to deputy mayorship, the spotlight has moved from administration to politics.The Corporation in a recent release said that it...

  • Gandhipuram flyover work to begin soon

    The Highways Department has invited bids for the Gandhipuram flyover works and hopes to commence the works by the end of this year. An official of the department told The Hindu on Tu...

  • Probe on into charges of abduction, cheating

    Pollachi police are investigating into charges of cheating levelled against Vivek alias Vicky (24), of Udhagamandalam, by persons whom he allegedly cheated. Inquiry is also on into the claim made b...

  • CMCH gets lithotripter

    Coimbatore Medical College Hospital has received a lithotripter, courtesy the Lions Club of Coimbatore Elite. Releases from the district administration and the Club say that the Club through its pr...

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