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Gutkha, tobacco products worth ₹10 lakh seized in other raids

Coimbatore: The test positivity rate continues to increase in the district, despite the daily caseload dropping by 26% from the peak over the past five days. The test positivity rate for May 24-30 period stands at an all-time high of 36%, compared to 30.5% during May 17-24. It’s the second highest test positivity rate in the state during the period after Tirupur (38.1%). Epidemiologists say this could mean two things - precision testing or inadequate testing of primary and secondary contacts....

Coimbatore: For the first time in the district, a teenager died due to Covid-19 on Sunday. The 13-year-old boy died due to Covid pneumonia. He was admitted to a private hospital on Saturday morning after he was found unable to think clearly and concentrate. It was one of the 39 deaths recorded due to the virus in the district, taking the toll to 1,274. It is the second highest number of deaths declared due to the virus in a single day. The others included a 30-year-old woman, who died in Coimba...

Coimbatore: Tribal people in Anaikatti have appealed to the district administration and the health department to convert the local primary health centre (PHC) into a 24-hour medical facility with oxygen, beds, 108 ambulances, nurses and doctors. While there are 13,000 tribal people living in and around Anaikatti and 11,000 tribals in mountains and forests, a doctor visits the centre only between 10am and 1pm, the petition said. “The centre has five beds and quarters for doctors and nurses to ...

Books that will soon be adapted into films and series by Filmfare | May 31, 2021, 14:15 IST Keepers of Kalachakra by Ashwin Sanghi, Along Came A Spyder by Apeksha Rao, and The Rita Ferreira Series (Bhendi Bazaar, Doosra and Lipstick) by Vish Dhamija    One of the country’s finest and leading production houses, Abundantia Entertainment, acquired the rights of these books this year. ‘Keepers of the Kalachakra’, a fearsome tale of men who guard the ‘Kalachakra’ or The Wheel of Time a...

Strengthening of containment activities reduced people’s movement: officials

In the charge-sheet, which was filed in a special NIA court in Chennai, the agency said that the accused conspired with other members of the terror group.

For the second day in row the district recorded less than 4,000 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, when 3,692 people were tested positive for the v

The case was originally registered in 2020 by Thideernagar Police, Madurai City, in connection with the uploading of denigrating posts on Facebook by the accused.

300 litres of fermented wash destroyed Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The Prohibition Enforcement Wing in Namakkal seized and destroyed 300 litres of fermented wash on Saturday. According to the police, PEW personnel conducted checks in Kadamalai area near Rasipuram here and seized 300 litres of fermented wash and five litres of arrack. The police have registered a case and are investigating. In Salem, the district police on Saturday arrested two persons from Rasipuram during vehicle chec...