COIMBATORE: A special team of city police on Saturday nabbed pastor D John Jebaraj, 37, from his hideout in Munnar, a hill retreat in Kerala, for sexually assaulting two minor girls at his residence a year ago.The pastor, who was running King Generation Prayer Hall on Cross Cut Road in the city, has done several…
A Class VIII girl from the Arunthathiar community was allegedly made to write her exams outside the classroom after she attained puberty at a private school near Kinathukadavu in Coimbatore district. COIMBATORE: A class VIII girl from the Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiar) recently attended puberty and was allowed to write her examination outside the classroom at…
Officials from the Directorate of Enforcement (Chennai Zone) are searching the residence of Manivannan, younger brother of KN Nehru, Tamil Nadu’s Minister for Municipal Administration. COIMBATORE: Officials from the Directorate of Enforcement (Chennai Zone) are conducting a search at the residence of Manivannan, who is the younger brother of KN Nehru, minister for municipal administration,…
Three youths were arrested by Kattoor police in Coimbatore for drunken driving, violating traffic rules, and holding liquor bottles while on a scooter. They went viral on social media, and after further investigation, it was found they also threatened and robbed a civilian. The trio, identified, were remanded in judicial custody. COIMBATORE: Kattoor police in…
A male wild elephant entered the residential area of Therkkupalayam in Coimbatore district on Saturday night. A group of guest workers residing in a rental house were cooking when they noticed the tusker’s movement.They immediately turned off the gas stove, but the elephant managed to use its trunk to grab a bag of ration rice…
DINDIGUL: At least seven people were killed after a massive fire suddenly broke out at a private hospital on Trichy Road in Dindigul on Thursday night.According to officials, the fire broke out at City Hospital, an orthopedic care hospital, at around 9pm on Thursday night. Fire from the reception area on the ground floor spread…
Police team visited the Isha Foundation on Oct 1 for an inquiry. CHENNAI: The two women, Geetha, 42, and Latha, 39, were not illegally confined in Isha Ashram in Coimbatore, according to the written submission by the women monks, who were christened as Maa Mathi and Maayu. The police team, led by assistant Superintendent of…
COIMBATORE: Perur all women police in Coimbatore district arrested an allopathic doctor for touching 12 girl students with a wrong intention while checking them without a stethoscope in a govt high school near Alandurai. The arrested doctor has been identified as S Saravanamoorthy, 33, from Tirupathur district. He was working in a private organisation that…
COIMBATORE: Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK) in Coimbatore is planning to send a gold ring engraved with Periyar’s image to CISF constable Kulwinder Kaur who slapped actor and newly elected BJP MP Kangana Ranaut at Chandigarh airport a few days ago.TPDK general secretary Ku Ramakrishnan on Saturday said, “We are planning to send an eight…
