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Closing shops after 5pm, other restrictions helped dist reduce Covid cases: Collector | Coimbatore News

District collector G S Sameeran on Thursday said making shops down shutters after 5pm has helped bring fresh Covid-19 cases down. He promised to relax

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Two, including govt employee, held for syphoning off Rs 69 lakh | Coimbatore News

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COIMBATORE: A month after the registration department suspended five employees for syphoning off Rs 68.93 lakh from sub-registrar offices in Tirupur district, the city police on Wednesday arrested two people in connection with the case.
The arrested people were identified as R Shankar, 33, of Erode district, who was working as an assistant at the Tirupur joint sub-registrar office I and Jayasankar, owner of VB Online Typing Office, which was functioning near the sub-registrar office.
Police had formed a special team headed by assistant commissioner of central crime branch K Balamurugan after receiving a complainant from district registrar R Ramasamy.

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Thousands of devotees participate in Thaipoosam | Coimbatore News

A large number of devotees thronged the Subramaniya Swami Temple at Marudhamalai on the occasion of Thaipoosam on Thursday.

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Tasmac shop salesmen caught taking bribe, jailed | Coimbatore News

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COIMBATORE: Two Tasmac salesmen were caught taking a bribe of Rs 70,000 on Wednesday night from the manager of the bar attached to their outlet by threatening to cancel his licence if he didn’t oblige to their demand of selling liquor at a higher price.
A sleuth attached to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) identified the accused as Lenin, 43, of Podhanur and Saravanan, 50, of Palathurai.
The officer said the duo had approached the bar manager Vinoth, asking him to sell the Tasmac outlet’s liquor bottles at a higher price and demanding a monthly payout of Rs 70,000. “When Vinoth refused, they threatened to tarnish the name of the bar amid the customers and cancel the bar’s licence.”

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Covid care centre at Codissia closed | Coimbatore News

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COIMBATORE: With the number of active Covid-19 cases falling below the 450-mark, the health department closed the main Covid care centre at Codissia complex on Tuesday.
There were 1,400-odd beds at the centre, set up in July first week to host asymptomatic Covid-19 patients.
As of now, only the Covid care centre at Karunya University in Madhampalayam is open, which has 17 patients.
The department had taken over three halls in Codissia complex when the number of active cases was hovering around 5,000. “With active cases less than 10% of that number, we decided to temporarily close the centre. But we will retain the Karunya Covid care centre, which has 607 beds,” deputy director of public health Dr G Ramesh Kumar said.

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City student leaves her mark at national-level Kala Utsav | Coimbatore News

COIMBATORE: A Class XI girl student of the government higher secondary school at Kinathukadavu in the district has won third place in the 3D visual art category at the national-level Kala Utsav that was virtually conducted by the human resource development ministry about two weeks ago. The results were announced on Thursday.
S Kiruthika bagged the prize by sculpting the images of folk dance forms of therukoothu, mayilattam and karagattam in sand. “While I used to paint ever since I was in Class VII, I selected sand as a medium for the first time on December 10, 2020, a few days before the competition. I visited my art teacher’s house almost daily since then and practiced for more than seven hours a day,” she said.

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Isro chief inaugurates Unity Sat ground stations | Coimbatore News

COIMBATORE: K Sivan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (Isro), on Thursday said the Unity Sat - three academic satellites developed by as many educational institutions - would provide an overview of real space mission and how space players could revolutionize the Indian space sector with faster, better and cheaper access to the space.
He was addressing a gathering virtually after remotely inaugurating the ground stations of Unity Sat on the premises of Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology in Coimbatore, JPR Institute of Technology in Chennai and GH Raisoni College of Engineering in Nagpur. The Isro is expected to launch the satellites in February.

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Dengue makes comeback with 93 cases in 28 days | Coimbatore News

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COIMBATORE: As many as 93 dengue cases have been reported from the district in the last 28 days.
Six dengue patients, including two children, were admitted to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, dean in-charge Dr P Kalidas said.
Most cases are reported from the corporation limit, from densely populated parts including Peelamedu, Singanallur, Nanjundapuram, Rathinapuri and Ganapathy. “We are seeing isolated cases from the east zone and north zone, but no clusters yet,” city health officer Dr A Raja said. “Whenever we see a case, we immediately check for fever cases in the neighbourhood, take up peridomestic anti-breeding activities like cleaning of stagnant drains and using bleaching powder,” he said.

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Girl, 8, woman die in wall collapse in Krishnagiri district | Coimbatore News

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KRISHNAGIRI: An eight-year-old girl and a 62-year-old woman died after a wall of a house collapsed and fell on them at Nerlagiri village near Veppanahalli in Krishnagiri district on Sunday. About 20 people were injured in the incident and admitted to a hospital.
The deceased were identified as Mega Sri, 8, and Munibala.
Police said the incident happened when a bull running event was organized in the village. “About 40 people were sitting on a wall on the terrace of a house and another 30 people were sitting below them in front of the house. They were watching the event. Suddenly the terrace wall collapsed and people sitting on it fell, along with debris, on the people sitting below,” said Bandi Gangadhar, superintendent of police, Krishnagiri district.

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DMDK's Premalatha defends Kanimozhi's right to protest | Coimbatore News

TIRUPUR: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) leader Premalatha came out in defence of DMK MP Kanimozhi, who was stopped by police in a bid to prevent her from reaching Pollachi on Sunday to lead a protest against AIADMK.
Demanding strict action against the accused in Pollachi sexual assault case, Premalatha told reporters here that democratic protests should not be stifled, in response to a query on Kanimozhi being stopped by police.
“Each and everyone has the right to protest. No one has the right to stop anyone from protesting or to prevent people from visiting a place,” Premalatha said after chairing an event where members of other parties joined DMDK.

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