Coimbatore Apr 22 PTI Railway police on Friday said they have seized 12 kg of ganja aboard the Dhanbad-Alleppey Express which arrived here The seizure was made based on a tip-off that the narcotic was being smuggled to Kerala by rail The contraband was found in some bags left behind near the lavatory the police said But no arrest was made they said adding that investigation was begun to find the culprits PTI NVM NVG NVG

Coimbatore Apr 21 PTI A teenaged boy concealing his identity by wearing clothes of hostel girls studying in Bharathiar University and roaming around its premises at night was arrested here on Thursday police said Based on a complaint from the girls that some unidentified people were loitering around the hostel for the past few days the police said they began a probe and formed a special team to catch the culprits Some girls have staged a demonstration in this regard said the police Following this Vice-Chancellor assured the girls of protection and security they said In this backdrop the girls brought up the issue of a person trying to steal a laptop from the hostel prompting the varsity Registrar to also lodge a complaint they said Investigation led to the detention and interrogation of the teenager on suspicion He confessed to have moved around the hostel and tried to steal the laptop the police said Also he confessed to have stolen the girls clothes and worn them to conceal his identity while moving around the hostel they said PTI NVM NVG NVG

Coimbatore Apr 18 PTI Forest officials on Monday arrested the owner of a banana grove wanted in connection with the electrocution of an elephant on his farm at Varappalayam village near here police saidTo prevent the entry of wild animals into the farm the accused put up an electric fence and the elephant believed to be 12 years old got killed said the police The incident took place in February last they said A case against the owner and his son was registered soon after said the police But the grove owner and his son went into hiding The owner was held today while a search was still on for the son the police added PTI NVM NVG NVG

Coimbatore Mar 30 PTI City-based RFPIO a response management platform on Wednesday announced the appointment of Astrid Masle-Boer as vice- president sales to expand and continue advancing its international presence With an estimated 20 per cent of its revenue from Europe Middle-East Africa and Asia-Pacific in 2021 RFPIO further aims to expand its footprint a press release from the company saidIn the last six months the company witnessed strong growth after two acquisitions including the acquisition of RFP360 to bolster best-in-class response management solutions for organisations said the releaseRFPIO is preparing for expansion also through investments in hiring and product development it said PTI NVM NVG NVG

Coimbatore Mar 28 PTI Members of the Tamil Nadu Farmers Association TFA poured milk on the road near the Collectorate here on Monday to demand an increase in procurement price The milk was procured by Aavin a cooperative and other private companies at Rs 28-30 per litre and sold for Rs 50 said Palanisamy president of TFA Protesting against this the farmers brought milk in bottles and emptied them on the road Since the price of cattle-feed has gone up in the last two months the farmers were not getting any profit margin he said PTI NVM NVG NVG

Coimbatore Mar 27 PTI The Kumaraguru Group of Institutions on Sunday gave 1200 students scholarship for excellence in academics and extra-curricular activities The scholarships were given for a total of Rs 12 crore as part of the birth centenary celebrations of group founder Dr N Mahalingam who valued merit perseverance and achievements of students The chairman of the institution B K Krishnaraja Vanavayar exhorted them to be very responsible and hardworking PTI NVM NVG NVG

Coimbatore Mar 26 PTI Coimbatore Sree Mahaveer Welfare Society is setting up a 18-bed dialysis centre to do up to 10000 procedures in a year free of cost The dialysis is to be done in the Jain Medical and Dialysis Centre its president Kiran Mehta said in a press statement here on Saturday The aim is to help poor patients the statement said PTI NVM NVG NVG

Coimbatore Mar 26 PTI Amid a clash between DMK and AIADMK and subsequent lathicharge by the police during the indirect elections to the Vellalore Town Panchayat AIADMK won the posts of president and vice-president on Saturday The AIADMK won eight seats DMK six and an independent one in the 15-member town panchayat in the last urban civic polls held on February 19 The elections to the both the posts scheduled for March 4 were postponed due to clash between both the party workers and the ballot box was thrown out of the election office As the process for the election to the posts started this morning the workers of DMK and AIADMK got into the clash and the police resorted to the lathicharge to disperse them A few DMK members submitted a petition to the district Collector to postpone the elections considering the prevailing situation and the polls were held in the afternoon The result went in favour of Maruthachalam as president and Ganesan as vice-president official sources said The husband of DMK 4 Ward Councillor Gunasundari sustained head injuries in the clash even as a huge posse of police was deployed PTI NVM NVG NVG

Coimbatore Mar 24 PTI An official of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research ICAR on Thursday asked people to reduce food wastage in order to achieve supply of food to underprivileged sections of society The deputy director-general Education of ICAR R C Agarwal made this request while addressing the seventh national youth convention on Food Security to Nutritional Security-Youth Perspective organised here In his inaugural address the Registrar and acting Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University TNAU A S Krishnamoorthy emphasised on agriculture and its entrepreneurship opportunities of farm graduates He said the global population is expected to be nine billion by 2050 with 14 per cent youth aged 15-24 and requested them to become entrepreneurs in areas of digital agriculture remote-sensing nano science and data analysis for improvement of agriculture Vice-Chancellor of Annamalai University R M Kathiresan in his keynote address stressed on nutritional security and said 51 per cent of women aged between 15-49 were anaemic PTI NVM NVG NVG

Coimbatore Mar 24 PTI A wild elephant under treatment for injuries got by chewing on a country-made bomb died near here on Thursday said forest officials The 10-year old cow elephant reportedly bit the explosive substance and was injured in the mouth Personnel of the Forest Department saw the animal on March 20 in the district and tried to save the elephant but it died during treatment according to the officials PTI NVM NVG NVG