Coimbatore: P Rajasekar, a 29-year-old Siddhapudur resident, was killed after a portion of his house collapsed on Thursday night.
“Rajasekar and his mother Saraswathi, 55, were labourers. They were staying in their tile-roofed house at Haripuram in Siddhapudur. The walls of the house were weakened due to the recent heavy showers. They were sleeping when a portion of the wall collapsed around 11.30pm. Rajasekar was caught under the debris. Saraswathi suffered minor head injuries,” a police officer said.
Their neighbours cleared the debris and rushed them to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH). But doctors declared Rajasekar brought dead. Saraswathi is undergoing treatment.
S Elvin Fredric
COIMBATORE: A 29-year-old man, who lost more than Rs 7 lakh in online gambling, ended his life by jumping in front of a speeding train near Kongu Main Road in Tirupur district of Tamil Nadu on January 5, police said.
The deceased has been identified as S Elvin Fredric, 29, of Ilango Nagar at Avarampalayam in Coimbatore city.
On January 5, an unidentified man’s body was found on the railway track in Tirupur. The Government Railway Police (GRP) sent the body to the mortuary of Tirupur Government Medical College and Hospital. The police tried to trace the identity of the deceased.
Coimbatore: As many as 16,967 micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have registered at the Udyam registration portal in the district as on Friday.
The District industrial Centre (DIC) had warned the industrialists not to become prey to fraudulent activities as the registration process should be carried out only at http://udyamregistration.gov.in and it is free of cost.
The central government has recently reclassified the definition of MSMEs with effect from July 1, 2020. With an investment in plant and machinery or equipment up to Rs 1 crore and an annual turnover of up to Rs 5 crore is a micro unit. A unit with an investment in plant and machinery or equipment up to Rs 10 crore and a turnover of Rs 50 crore is a small unit. Those units with an investment in plant and machinery or equipment up to Rs 50 crore and a turnover of Rs 250 crore are medium units, according to an official from DIC.
Coimbatore: The rural police on Thursday arrested two men for cheating a textile mill owner of Rs 20 lakh. They had bought Rs 20 lakh worth bundles of warp thread from the mill owner and failed to pay the amount.
The arrested were identified as Rajesh, 42, and Dhanabal, 38, both from Pillaiyappampalayam. The duo was booked under sections 294 (b) (uttering obscene words), 420 (cheating) and 506 (i) (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code. They were remanded in judicial custody on Friday morning.
P Senthilkumar, 45 from Andikadu, owns a textile mill at Sedapalayam near Somanur.
Police said Rajesh and Dhanabal had bought warp and weft thread from Senthilkumar in the last two years. But they failed to pay Rs 20 lakh for the goods purchased from the mill owner.
The bike show was inaugurated by assistant commissioner of police (traffic) Saravanan
COIMBATORE: People drove on the Avinashi Road around 8am on Saturday got a glimpse of superbikes. The bikes included BMWs, Harley Davidsons, Suzuki Hayabusas, Kawasakis, Ducatis and Triumphs.
Coimbatore Vizha and Cotton city throttle in a bid to involve the city’s vibrant biker clubs and culture and to spread road safety conducted a bike show on Saturday morning at Cosmopolitan Club in Race Course. The rally had 30 superbikes. It was taken out from the club up to JM Bakery signal on the Avinashi Road.
“We had volunteers standing holding placards with various road safety messages at all the signals. Whenever the bikes arrived, since they were the eye-catchers, the volunteers stood next to the bikes so the message would also get some eyeballs,” said spokesperson for Coimbatoe Vizha, P Shanmugam. “Volunteers also distributed gifts to a few people who followed road safety rules perfectly,