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The police bringing the three accused in the Coimbatore gang-rape case to the combined court complex in Coimbatore on Thursday, November 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: SIVA SARAVANAN S The Additional Mahila Court on Thursday granted the police one-day custody of the three accused in the Coimbatore gang-rape case. The three men – T. Karuppasamy…
The tusker nicknamed ‘Rolex’ being tranquillised and captured from Ichukkuzhi, near Thondamuthur, in Coimbatore district on October 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: SPL A male wild elephant that was translocated by the Forest Department from a village near Thondamuthur to Manthirimattam in Manabololly forest range of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) was found dead on…
Coimbatore collectorate received a bomb threat on Friday, prompting the bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) to conduct extensive searches. The police said that the official email id of the District Collector received a threat mail at 8.36 a.m. It stated that different collectorates that received the mail will witness blasts at the same time….
The Special Court for the trial of cases registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in Coimbatore on Friday (October 24, 2025) awarded double life imprisonment to a man for murdering a farm labourer belonging to a Scheduled Caste community in Coimbatore in 2020. Judge K. Vivekananthan awarded the punishment…
The Special Court for the trial of cases registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in Coimbatore on Friday (October 24, 2025) awarded double life imprisonment to a man for murdering a farm labourer belonging to a Scheduled Caste community in Coimbatore in 2020. Judge K. Vivekananthan awarded the punishment…
The cybercrime police in Coimbatore have arrested a youth for morphing a woman colleague’s photos using an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. The accused has been identified as P. Manikandan, 24, of K.K. Pudur in the city, who had been working in an automobile dealership. The police said that Manikandan followed the complainant on a social…
An aerial view of the roundabout at Uppilipalayam junction on Avinashi Road in Coimbatore. | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan The police on Wednesday installed traffic signals at Uppilipalayam junction in a bid to streamline vehicular movement. Traffic police officers said that three signals were installed at the junction for vehicles descending the newly-opened G.D. Naidu…
The recent poaching attempt by three men, who ventured into forest areas of Karamadai range with a country-made rifle, has flagged the unending use of illegal weapons for poaching in the Coimbatore Forest Division. Though the poaching bid went awry and one of them was shot dead, statements of the two others indicate that they…
Forest Department personnel and workers of a tea estate near Valparai are searching for a four-year-old girl, who was mauled and dragged into a tea estate by a leopard on Friday. The missing girl has been identified as Roshini, daughter of a migrant worker from Jharkhand. Her parents are working in a tea estate at…
Scientific investigation and cyber forensics played an important role in the investigation of the Pollachi sexual assault case. Around 90% of evidence in the case was digital in nature. Following the arrest of the first five accused, namely N. Sabarirajan, K. Thirunavukkarasu, M. Sathish, and T. Vasanthakumar, and R. Mani alias Manivannan the investigators found…
