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The accused, S Balamurugan from Tirunelveli, had been separated from his wife, Sri Priya (30), for the past four months following repeated marital disputes. A 32-year-old man allegedly murdered his estranged wife inside a working women's hostel in the Gandhipuram area of Coimbatore on Sunday morning, police said. The incident took place on Raja Naidu Street. The accused, S Balamurugan from Tirunelveli, had been separated from his wife, Sri Priya (30), for the past four months following repeate ...Read More >
Coimbatore: The district mahila court on Saturday sentenced a 29-year-old man to life imprisonment for murdering his 13-day-old daughter by throwing her out of a moving train.A court source identified the convict as A Mariselvam, 29, of Kadayanallur in Thenkasi district. According to the source, Mariselvam married Kavitha, 22, of Thenkasi district, in 2021 by hiding his first marriage. "His first wife left him due to his harassment and had lodged a complaint against him in Chennai. When he learn ...Read More >
Coimbatore: Wild tusker 'Rolex' has claimed one more life with a 55-year-old man it attacked on Thursday succumbing to his injuries on Friday, even as the forest department is yet to make any progress in its operation to capture and relocate the tusker that was launched on Sept 16.The victim has been identified as Maruthachalam, a farmhand from Chinnamalai near Maruthamalai. He was trampled by the tusker around 7pm on Thursday, when he was on his way to his farmland. While foresters had rushed h ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Governor R N Ravi, Chief Minister M K Stalin, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, and leaders of political parties paid tributes to freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamalai on his death anniversary on Sunday. "The nation pays humble tribute to the great patriot, visionary leader and fearless commander Dheeran Chinnamalai. With unmatched courage and strategic brilliance, he led relentless campaigns against the oppressive British East India Company, boldly challenging colonial ty ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: In the past six months alone, 7,845 babies have received donated human milk from 1,635 mothers at the Comprehensive Lactation Management Centre (CLMC), the breast milk bank at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital. Since its inception in 2015, the centre has collected 16,717.8 litres of donated milk from 24,654 mothers, benefiting 55,056 babies, many of whom are abandoned, preterm, or critically ill. In 2024 alone, the CLMC collected 10,104.65 litres of milk. Between January and June ...Read More >
CHENNAI: For 29 years, A Raja alias 'Tailor' Raja managed to live under the radar despite being wanted by both the CB-CID and the Tamil Nadu anti-terrorism squad for his alleged role in the 1998 bomb blast that claimed 58 lives and left over 250 people injured and the 1996 petrol bomb attack in Coimbatore, and several other cases. Raja, now 47, finally ran out of luck on Wednesday when a special team of ATS and the Coimbatore city police caught up with him in Karnataka. Raja, a member of the ba ...Read More >
Coimbatore: The steady flow of burn victims requiring skin grafting has now prompted the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital to consider setting up a skin bank on its premises. A Nirmala, dean, CMCH, said the experts at the hospital's department of plastic and reconstructive surgery had been asked to prepare a proposal to set up the skin bank. "The proposal will be sent to the state govt soon. It will help people easily undergo treatment for deep burn injuries at the hospital in the future." ...Read More >
MUMBAI: RBI on Friday issued revised norms for loans backed by gold and silver, aimed at widening credit access for small borrowers and standardising regulations across banks and NBFCs. The new rules will come into force from April 1, 2026.Under the revised framework, loan-to-value (LTV) ratio for smaller consumption loans has been increased. Borrowers can now avail loans up to Rs 2.5 lakh with an LTV of 85%, up from 75%. For loans above Rs 2.5 lakh and up to Rs 5 lakh, the LTV is capped at 80%, ...Read More >
Coimbatore: There is an alarming rise in breast and cervical cancer cases in the district. If the data available with the 13 govt hospitals that screen for breast and cervical cancers in Coimbatore is anything to go by, the test positivity rate is steadily increasing by 2% to 4% every year. "Nowadays, women, irrespective of their age group, are vulnerable for breast and cervical cancers. Early menstruation, late menopause and obesity are major reasons for breast cancer. Women consuming excessive ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: A couple and their two-month-old grandson died on the spot after a truck collided head-on with the car in which they were travelling on L&T Bypass Road near Madukkarai in Coimbatore district on Thursday morning. The daughter-in-law, who sustained severe injuries, was admitted to a hospital where she is battling for life. The deceased were identified as Jacob Abraham, 60, and his wife Sheeba Jacob, 55, both from Eraviperoor village near Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala ...Read More >
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