Coimbatore
‘Blame for DMK losses rests on all members’
Seeking to silence the internal grumbling that his family’s domination caused poll debacle in the state, DMK president M. Karunanidhi said on Saturday that the blame belonged to all in the party.
DMK rules out leadership change, mum on Cong ties
Meeting after the electoral rout and in the middle of a succession battle within, the DMK today announced that M. Karunanidhi would continue to lead the party and made no change to its alliance with the Congress.
Two held for selling 'whitener' to youths
Two persons have been arrested here for allegedly selling 'correction fluid and diluter' (whitener) to youths below 18 years of age, police said today.
Police had received information that some you
Man tries to kill cancer-stricken wife
A construction worker has been arrested for allegedly attempting to murder his wife at the Coimbatore medical college and hospital (CMCH) where she has been admitted for cancer of the womb.
The poli
Engineering students go on rampage to protest fee hike
Students of an engineering college here set on fire books, furniture and bicycles in their hostel to protest the proposed hike in hostel fees, police said on Friday.
The students alleged that the man
Dayananda Saraswati urges Ramdev to give up fast
Swami Dayananda Saraswati of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam at nearby Anaikatti has urged Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev to give up his fast, which entered the eighth day on Saturday, in view of his deteriorating health.
Serial killer on run held in Bijapur
Jaisankar, the 33-year-old serial rapist-killer, who escaped from police custody at the Salem bus stand on March 18 and went on to commit more rapes and murders, was nabbed by the public at Bijapur in
AIADMK MLA injured in stone pelting
AIADMK MLA and candidate for Madathukulam Assembly constituency in Tirupur district C. Shanmughavelu was admitted to government hospital after he sustained head injury following clashes with DMK workers over alleged distribution of money to voters.
AIADMK will win polls: Karat
CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat claimed on Wednesday that the AIADMK-led alliance will have such a decisive victory in the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls that no question would arise of the Left Front sharing power with it.
Rajapaksa's effigy burnt, pro-LTTE MDMK workers arrested
Nineteen workers of the pro-LTTE MDMK were arrested here on Saturday for staging a protest against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, police said.
They shouted slogans against Rajapaksa, protes
