[
coimbatore
]
Sufiyum Sujatayum director Naranipuzha Shanavas passes away in Kochi
By Haricharan Pudipeddi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 24, 2020 01:55 PM IST
After suffering a cardiac arrest while working for his next project in Coimbatore last week, Malayalam director Naranipuzha Shanavas was admitted to a hospital where he was put on a ventilator and declared brain dead on Tuesday.
New textile policy likely to be focussed on boosting domestic industry
By Deeksha Bhardwaj | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON DEC 23, 2020 09:21 AM IST
Officials said seven mega textile hubs are expected to be set up across the country as per the policy
Tamil Nadu farmers lend support to Singhu protesters, say ready to join agitation
By Anvit Srivastava | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 23, 2020 12:10 AM IST
The leaders said that hundreds of farmers from the south Indian state have planned to drive to Delhi in tractors by next week, educating people about the lapses and harms of the new farm bill on their way to join the movement in Delhi.
The I’m Special calendar: A new-year revolution
By Natasha Rego | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON NOV 21, 2020 12:01 PM IST
Brought out by Swarga Foundation in Coimbatore, it features differently abled people each year and is now drawing hundreds of applicants. Meet the 12 young achievers of 2021.
The I’m Special calendar: A new-year revolution
By Natasha Rego | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON NOV 20, 2020 06:30 AM IST
Brought out by Swarga Foundation in Coimbatore, it features differently abled people each year and is now drawing hundreds of applicants. Meet the 12 young achievers of 2021.
62-year-old farmer in Coimbatore keeps half-acre of land to grow millets for hundreds of wild birds
By Asian News International | Posted by: Srimoyee Chowdhury | Coimbatore
PUBLISHED ON AUG 22, 2020 05:33 PM IST
Birds have been flocking to the half-acre farmland spared by Mutthu Murugan to grow Pearl millets and Sorghum.
Goldsmith designs masks using gold, silver threads in Coimbatore
By Asian News International | Posted by: Srimoyee Chowdhury | Coimbatore
PUBLISHED ON JUL 20, 2020 09:57 AM IST
Radhakrishnan Sundaram Acharya, the goldsmith, described that it takes seven days to complete one mask.
With 3,827 new Covid-19 cases, 61 deaths, Tamil Nadu retains 2nd worst-hit state tag
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Sohini Sarkar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 06, 2020 07:03 PM IST
There are at least 46,833 active cases in the state with capital city Chennai having a high concentration of coronavirus patients.
Cloudy skies obstruct solar eclipse in Chennai, parts of Tamil Nadu
By Press Trust of India | Posted by: Jasra Afreen | Chennai
UPDATED ON JUN 21, 2020 05:35 PM IST
The eclipse was however partial in most parts of Tamil Nadu and many enthusiasts who managed to take photos of the rare phenomenon posted them on the social networking sites
12 IndiGo passengers who travelled on four flights test positive for Covid-19
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 28, 2020 08:22 PM IST
Domestic passenger flights resumed in India from Monday. Since then, 16 passengers of three different airlines have tested positive for Covid-19.
Tamil Nadu declares complete lockdown in 5 cities, including Chennai
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 24, 2020 05:10 PM IST
The five cities are: Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem and Tiruppur.
Coimbatore students chop locks to donate to cancer patients, impresses netizens
By Asian News International | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
UPDATED ON MAR 06, 2020 12:54 PM IST
Students here donated a portion of their shiny and thick locks of hair which will be used to make wigs for cancer.
DIMR opens training centre at Coimbatore
By Press Trust of India | Coimbatore
PUBLISHED ON FEB 06, 2020 07:41 PM IST
UG graduates, final year students from any electives and others interested are eligible to apply for this programme. Read on to know more...
Jaggi Vasudev’s CAA defence is illogical, flawed
By Arghya Sengupta
PUBLISHED ON JAN 08, 2020 06:06 PM IST
The CAA-NRC will either end up superfluous or exclusionary, no matter how it is finessed
Resilient Neroca FC deny Chennai City FC a win at home in I-League
By Press Trust of India | Coimbatore
UPDATED ON DEC 21, 2019 11:45 PM IST
Following the draw, Chennai City remain seventh on the table with five points while Neroca FC stay one place below with four points.
Clashes in Kerala; stirs continue across varsities
By HT Correspondents | Hindustan Times, Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2019 12:25 AM IST
In Thissur, the ABVP released a video of the alleged attack in which a student is being chased by some other students who pin him against a wall and thrash him. A woman is also seen being beaten in the alleged attack.
NIA files charge sheet against two suspected IS men
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 08, 2019 05:56 AM IST
According to the agency, they were in touch with Maulvi Zahran bin Hashim, the alleged mastermind of the April 21 Sri Lanka bombings, and were planning to carry out similar strikes in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Unmarried couple staying in a hotel neither illegal nor criminal: Madras HC
By MC Rajan | Hindustan Times, Chennai
UPDATED ON DEC 07, 2019 11:18 PM IST
The Judge said the extreme step of sealing the service apartment of a popular chain of budget hotels appeared to have been taken following news circulated on social media that the apartment complex was being used for short stays.
NIA files charge sheet against ISIS Coimbatore leader
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 07, 2019 06:17 PM IST
After the Sri Lanka attacks, in which over 250 people were killed, the NIA had registered a suo-motu case on May 30 against six people from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
Coimbatore businessman held for attacking bank staff with air pistol, knife
By M Manikandan | Hindustan Times, Chennai
PUBLISHED ON DEC 05, 2019 10:37 AM IST
Police made the arrest after inspecting footage of the incident from a closed-circuit television or CCTV camera. The bank’s chief manager Chandrasekaran said Vetrivel tried to attack him at around 11.20am on Tuesday.
15 killed, several trapped as wall collapses due to heavy rains in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore
By MC Rajan | Hindustan Times, Chennai
UPDATED ON JUL 31, 2020 06:24 PM IST
According to police, the four wall collapses at Nadur Colony early on Monday were triggered by the heavy downpour. Five other people have also been killed in the torrential rain over the past two days.
Four-member gang held for sexually assaulting minor in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore
By M Manikandan | Hindustan Times, Chennai
UPDATED ON NOV 30, 2019 08:58 PM IST
According to RS Puram all women police station sources, a 17-year-old class XI student who was out celebrating her birthday with her friend on Tuesday (November 26) was gang-raped by the six-member team.
National Roboscience contest held in Coimbatore
By Asian News International | Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
PUBLISHED ON NOV 25, 2019 02:55 PM IST
More than 400 students, from Class III to Class XII as well as college students participated in the event held at Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT).
Four engineering students sitting on tracks run over by a train
By M Manikandan | Hindustan Times, Chennai
UPDATED ON NOV 14, 2019 09:44 AM IST
The incident happened on the Rowthar Palam rail over-bridge near Sulur in Coimbatore when the Chennai–Alappuzha express was passing by. Local residents informed the police.
Supreme Court dismisses review plea of Coimbatore rape-murder convict
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON NOV 07, 2019 12:18 PM IST
In a majority judgment of 2:1, a bench headed by Justice R F Nariman dismissed the plea filed by the convict Manoharan and said there are no grounds to review the verdict.
NIA raids in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore in crackdown on ISIS module
By M Manikandan and Neeraj Chauhan | Hindustan Times, Chennai/New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 31, 2019 05:06 PM IST
The NIA has been conducting raids in Coimbatore over the past few months. Last week too, the central probe agency said it had recovered incriminating documents during a raid in the city.
‘Doing sales in lakhs’: TN store owner thanks BJP leader for boycott tweet
By M Manikandan | Hindustan Times, Chennai
UPDATED ON OCT 23, 2019 10:00 PM IST
Last month, speaking at an event organised by a Periyarist organisation, Dravida Iyakka Tamizhar Peravai, Karappan allegedly made some remarks against Hindu gods.
Woman attacked, robbed, burned to death in provision shop
By Press Trust of India | Coimbatore
PUBLISHED ON OCT 19, 2019 05:12 PM IST
A woman was attacked, robbed of her jewels and burned to death in her provision shop by robbers near here in the early hours of Saturday, police said.
Kamal blames ‘govt apathy’ for techie’s death
By Press Trust of India | Chennai
UPDATED ON SEP 20, 2019 06:22 PM IST
Haasan said the powers that be have kept people “slaves” by calling them “ordinary” folks, but asserted such “ordinary” citizens create “extraordinary” leaders.
Chennai-Bengaluru industrial corridor to be extended to Kochi, says Kerala CM
By HT Correspondent | Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON SEP 18, 2019 06:36 PM IST
State principal secretary industries K Elangovan said the state will include food processing units, electronic manufacturing joints, farm-based industry and traditional manufacturing units in the proposed cluster.
