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Corporation Commissioner Arpit Jain inspecting the functioning of a road sweeping machine in Erode in Tamil Nadu on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement. A ₹62 lakh road sweeping machine inducted into service by the City Municipal Corporation in May 2020 and subsequently remaining unused for several years, following a technical snag, has been restored…
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Australian company Ansell will manufacture some of its premium synthetic gloves for its key global markets at its plant at Perundurai, near Coimbatore. Jennifer Ross Murphy, Chief Medical Business Officer at Ansell, told The Hindu recently that the investments (of over $60 million) are strategic and focused. “This is the largest investment by Ansell in…
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A joint team of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Railway Police (GRP), Erode, has cracked a theft case reported on a train and recovered valuables, including a laptop, mobile phone and a gold chain. According to the GRP, a passenger lodged a complaint through ‘RailMadad’ on August 26 stating that her bag…
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The electronic crop cultivation area survey for the current Kharif season is under way in Erode district with officials of the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department and volunteers recording details of crops cultivated in the district. According to Joint Director of Agriculture R. Sivakumar, electronic recording of cultivated crop areas has been made mandatory as…
The Corporation has proposed to handover the redevelopment of the VOC Park to a private company in Erode. | Photo Credit: GOVARTHAN M. Strong opposition has been voiced to a proposal to hand over 6.40 acres of the VOC Park to a private operator for 15 years under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode, with Corporation…
A Class VI student died after coming into contact with a live electric wire that had snapped and was lying inside the premises of a Government High School at Kuppuchipalayam in Ammapettai block in Erode district on Tuesday (August 11, 2026). The deceased was identified as Yogesh, 11. According to the police, the incident occurred…
Three youth, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, were handed over to the police after they allegedly blocked a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus, abused its crew and attempted to flee near the Manikoondu area in the city on Thursday (July 30, 2026). Police said the incident occurred when a Route 7E bus…
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The Water Resources Department (WRD) has initiated action to disconnect electricity service connections to 633 pump sets used for illegally drawing water from the Kalingarayan Canal. The action follows a joint inspection by officials of the WRD and the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (TNPDCL), who detected unauthorised pumping across the district. With the…
Farmers submitting petitions to Collector S. Kandasamy during the farmers grievance meeting at the Collectorate in Erode on Friday. Tension prevailed for a while at the monthly farmers’ grievance redressal meeting held in Erode on Friday (July 17) after farmers from the Kalingarayan and Lower Bhavani Project (LBP) irrigation systems pressed their respective demands over…
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The railways has announced changes in train services on July 18 owing to engineering works for the maintenance and rehabilitation of railway bridges in the Erode–Karur section. A release from the Salem Railway Division said Train No. 56809 Tiruchi–Erode Passenger, scheduled to leave Tiruchi Junction at 7.25 a.m., will not proceed beyond Karur Junction and there…
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