On February 14, 1998, serial bomb blasts coinciding with the visit of senior BJP leader and then party president L K Advani had rocked the industrial city of Coimbatore, leaving 58 people dead and over 200 injured. read more

Seeing a goods train carrying petroleum products at the station, the student, Srihari, expressed his desire to check the overhead electric wire, according to police. read more

Four of the accused allegedly arrived in Coimbatore on the pretext of attending a wedding, police said. Investigation revealed they were conspiring to against a few leaders of Hindu outfits. read more

Officers believe the card-cloning training programme in Coimbatore was run by a middle-aged foreign national with Asian roots, but they are yet to identify him. read more

The driver, Jagadeesh, has been taken into custody. Police are probing whether he was driving under the influence of alcohol as alleged by locals. read more

There is magical aura about Kangana Ranaut in the presence of Shiva lingam at Coimbatore’s Isha Foundation. Check out the pictures here. read more

Kangana Ranaut, who is currently working on Manikarnika and Mental Hai Kya, took time out and left for Coimbatore on Monday. read more

Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami, who promised stringent action against organisers of the drill, has announced a solatium of Rs 5 lakh for the victim’s family. read more

Dramatic footage shows the horrifying moment a Coimbatore girl, forced to jump off a building for a disaster management drill, dies in the fall. The footage shows N Logeshwari, a second-year BBA student, is reluctant to hop off the second floor of her college building but is made to leap. The drill was a part of a disaster management training programme at a private college near Narasipuram in the Coimbatore. Instead of landing straight on the safety net on the ground floor, Logeshwari hit her head on the sunshade on the first floor. She suffered head injuries and a cut on her neck and was taken to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH), but succumbed to injuries on the way. The police have booked the trainer, R Arumugam, for pushing the girl from the height. The college had invited Arumugam to train the students in disaster management.read more

The 19-year-old was asked to jump off the second floor onto a net on the ground floor but she hit the ledge on the floor below and died . read more

A 64-year-old man was killed and his wife seriously injured on Thursday when a police van carrying some undertrials collided with their two-wheeler on the outskirts of Coimbatore, police said. read more

People living on the banks of the Bhavani river and downstream areas have been asked to move to safer places, an official said. read more

School education minister KA Sengottaiyan said students cannot appear for NEET twice in the same year as a “six-month period will be short.” read more

Video of Coimbatore man hilarious way of stealing a bulb has left people on social media ROFL-ing. read more

Kailasavathi was washing clothes on Friday evening when the leopard suddenly appeared and attacked her at Kanchamala estate near Coimbatore. read more