Coimbatore, India News

By Venkatachari Jagannathan, Chennai, July 5: People who walk into Paprika restaurant at the five-star Courtyard Marriott here are surprised to see bang at the entrance a cart loaded with tender coconuts - the kind one sees on Indian streets.

Coimbatore : Vigilance committees would be formed in all the districts in Tamil Nadu, particularly on the coastal and border districts, to check and keep vigil on the movement of banned outfits, a top police official said on Saturday.

Chennai,Tamil Nandu,India - Sify News -24 June 2009: -- Tamil Nadu's seven state transport undertakings will purchase 3,500 buses this fiscal with funding assistance from and the central government .

A day after three people were killed in communal clashes in Mysore, the Karnataka town remained tense but calm on Friday with many shops and educational institutions closed.

Coimbatore: Ten persons arrested in connection with the attack on an Army convoy at Neelambur on May 2 were released on conditional bail from the Coimbatore Central Prison on Tuesday.

Coimbatore, June 27 : With 60 participants from across the country, the first round of the National Rally Championship 2009 began in Coimbatore on Saturday.

Safe: The Pangolin rescued by the public at Maniyakarampalayam and brought to the VOC Park in Coimbatore on Thursday.

COIMBATORE: A pilot project to create zero infant mortality zones across the State will soon be launched in Coimbatore district.

Coimbatore: Dubai's low-cost airliner flydubai will operate its Coimbatore - Dubai service from July 15.

Lahore, June 20 : A group of 500 Sikh pilgrims will arrive in Lahore on Sunday by special trains to observe the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh from June 27-30. The pilgrims are scheduled to visit Gurdwara Janamasthan in Nankana Sahib, where they will stay till June 26.

The first round of the 2009 Indian National Rally Championship under the aegis of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India will be flagged off here Saturday amidst high expectations with a new promoter and sponsor in place besides a touch of modernisation by way of GPS tracking and electronic timing.

CHENNAI: "Destruction of public property cannot be encouraged any more. It is unfortunate that an Army convoy has been obstructed and such an incident cannot be taken lightly," the Madras High Court said on Thursday.

Nicosia , June 24 : Flydubai, the recently established low-cost airline, on Wednesday announced its plans to start flights to Lucknow, Coimbatore and Chandigarh cities of India in July, offering low fares to serve expatriate Indians in the UAE and to people flying to the region for business or pleasure.

Chennai, June 24 : Tamil Nadu's seven state transport undertakings will purchase 3,500 buses this fiscal with funding assistance from Tamil Nadu Transport Development Finance Corp and the central government.

Coimbatore: A three-and-a-half-year-old girl Sangamithra studying in UKG in a private school was fatally knocked down by a State Express Transport Corporation bus on Avanashi Road, near Peelamedupudur - Avanashi Road Junction, on Monday morning.

Coimbatore: One person was killed and six others injured when a omni bus proceeding from Kottayam in Kerala towards Bangalore collided with a milk tanker near Madukkarai late on Sunday night.

The full-fledged operation of the special anti-Naxal force, the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action battalion, in naxalite affected states is set to start soon to combat the growing Left-wing extremism in the country.

Coimbatore, June 20 : Two swine flu cases have been successfully cured in Coimbatore, according to medical authorities here.

New Delhi, June 16 : Worried after another fresh case of swine flu cropped up, of a nine-year-old boy who arrived from the US, the Indian government Tuesday said there should be 'some kind of screening' in the US for outbound travellers as most of the infection cases in India have come from that country.

Coimbatore: Coimbatore, the second largest revenue spinner after Chennai in Southern Railway, is pinning its hope on the Railway Budget to get a number of its long-pending demands fulfilled.