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Choked, incomplete drain on Nethaji Road in P.N. Pudur. Photo: M. Periasamy
Choked drain troubles residents
Along the Nethaji Road in P.N. Pudur runs the newly constructed storm water drain. The Coimbatore Corporation-constructed drain is supposed to take the rainwater through a network of drains to a n...
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Boat Pageant at Ooty lake
With the scene of action in the ongoing Nilgiris Summer Festival-2012 shifting to the Ooty Lake at the far end of the town, the Department of Tourism organized a Boat Pageant on Friday.
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Stuck between wheels
There has always been a popular opinion about Coimbatore city: the common man needs to own a vehicle and a house if life has to be smooth here. This opinion stemmed from the inadequate mass rapid...
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A great disaster: Chamber
The Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), Coimbatore has criticised the decision to go in for a steep raise in prices of petrol. It said this would lead to a chain reaction and take t...
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Census gives indications of healthy pachyderm population
The three-day synchronised elephant census carried out in the four southern States concluded on Thursday. Indirect evidence gathered in the form of peeling off of the bark from trees, du...
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The Tamil Nadu Directorate of Public Libraries has 4028 libraries under its umbrella. These are much sought-after during the summer vacation when students have a lot of spare time. Glimpses from the State network.
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COIMBATORE,
May 25, 2012
Autorickshaw strike on May 29
Autorickshaws will be off the roads in the city on May 29 in response to a strike call given by the Federation of Coimbatore District Autorickshaw Workers' Unions (affiliated to the Centre of Indi...
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KRISHNAGIRI,
May 24, 2012
Search on to locate two missing foreign tourists
Search operations to locate the missing foreigners in Cauvery River in Tamil Nadu border continued for the second day on Thursday.
Police and revenue sources said that Ian Turton Richard...
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COIMBATORE,
May 24, 2012
Police crack the whip on use of tinted films in cars
After a few days of sensitising the motorists, the City Police on Wednesday finally cracked the whip on motorists who were found to be still using tinted films on the windscreens and window panes o...
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COIMBATORE,
May 24, 2012
Long queue forms as students seek to obtain copies of answer sheets
Students who got the Plus-Two results were seen in large numbers filling applications for obtaining photocopies of the answer sheets here on Wednesday.A day after the results, students who w...
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Tirupur,
May 23, 2012
90.8 per cent in Tirupur
The district has registered a pass percentage of 90.8 in the Plus-Two examination results announced on Tuesday.Of the 20,377 students who wrote the examinations, as many as 18,502 passed.»
COIMBATORE,
May 23, 2012
After 30 years, Alleppey express to halt at Coimbatore
After a gap of nearly 30 years, Train No.16041/16042 Chennai - Alleppey - Chennai Express is all set to be routed via Coimbatore. Train No. 16331/16332 Mumbai CSTM - Thiruvananthapuram - Mumbai CS...
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May 22, 2012
Bheem bhakti
You are forgiven for thinking you have stumbled into a kindergarten school instead of a multiplex. On a Sunday morning, the place is swarming with kids along with parents, uncles and grandparents t...
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May 22, 2012
Whose rat-race is it?
If you were stuck in the back with the rest of the crowd that did not get a seat, chances are that you might have had to crane your neck to watch as C.K. Meena read from “Seven Days To Somewhere”,...
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COIMBATORE,
May 22, 2012
NH 67 extension project draws public ire
Coimbatore looks all set to get a new four-lane road connecting its eastern suburbs with those in the north. But, it has run into resistance from residents and farmers living on the proposed route...
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COIMBATORE,
May 22, 2012
Measures to end dumping of waste
The district administration has initiated a number of measures to end the indiscriminate dumping of bio-medical, poultry and chemical waste from Kerala inside the Tamil Nadu boundary. The a...
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TNHB residents' plea to Collector
Hair and now!
Efforts on to deport dacoity accused
Time of the year when ‘educational consultants' get active
Look who's cooking on the blog
Robbery: one more held
Grace under fire
Police Commissioner orders stringent action against drunken driving
COIMBATORE,
May 25, 2012
Brinda blasts UPA, dubs fuel price hike unwarranted, unjustified
The hike in petrol price is totally unjustified and unwarranted, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Brinda Karat said here on Thursday.
The United Progressive Al...
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COIMBATORE,
May 24, 2012
‘Amend motor vehicle rules'
Coimbatore Consumer Cause (CCC) has urged Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways to go in for amendment of Central Motor Vehicle Rules (CMVR) to bring in a clause against use of screens in f...
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COIMBATORE,
May 24, 2012
Vehicles trying to dump waste in Tamil Nadu seized
Members of the public and police on Tuesday night intercepted two cargo vehicles laden with fish and poultry waste near Vazhanthayamaram on the Pollachi – Palakkad/ Thrissur Road, which was about t...
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Coimbatore,
May 23, 2012
Frozen beauties
A hint of citrus, a dash of lime and an utterly creamy base. Near it is a fierce yellow mango sorbet that tastes of summer. Then there's a waft of a lovely aroma of fresh waffles being baked. That...
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COIMBATORE,
May 23, 2012
It's 91.46 p.c. in Coimbatore Revenue District
Coimbatore Revenue District has scored 91.46 per cent against the overall State pass per cent of 86.7 in the State Board Plus-Two examination. Out of the 33,954 students who appeared for the exam...
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COIMBATORE,
May 23, 2012
Elephant census gets going
The three-day synchronised elephant census in over 958 sq km area of the six ranges of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) and 690 sq km area in six ranges of the Coimbatore Division began on Tuesday...
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May 22, 2012
A swinging time
I take my stance. My eyes are fixed on the ball on the ground. “Hit the tee,” instructs Coach Shivamoorthy. My club goes nowhere near the ball or the tee in my first swing. After a few attempts, t...
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COIMBATORE,
May 22, 2012
Will they be rendered homeless ?
As many as 18 houses at Ganganayar layout in Neelambur are on three cent – five cent plots purchased more than a decade ago by paying Rs. 100 every month. Most of these residents are daily...
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Chennai,
May 22, 2012
Girls outshine boys in class XII state board exams
Girls continued to outshine boys in the Class XII examinations conducted by the state government, results for which were announced on Tuesday.Students hailing from Namakkal district bagged...
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COIMBATORE,
May 22, 2012
Star tortoise found in bag, two persons arrested
Forest officials of the Pollachi Range of Anamalai Tiger Reserve, in a joint operation with the police, arrested two persons who were found in possession of a star tortoise. They found the p...
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Restrictions on staging demonstrations at Red Cross Junction
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Forest Department nabs six with firearms
Leopard on prowl, kills 26 goats near Uthagamandalam
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It's 91.46 p.c. in Coimbatore Revenue District
After 30 years, Alleppey express to halt at Coimbatore
