Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Four men were arrested on Wednesday (May 7, 2025) on charges of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Erode. On May 2, A. Krishnan, 21, a resident of VVCR Nagar, allegedly took the minor girl to a secluded building and assaulted her, the … Read more
Voters line up to exercise their franchise at a polling station in Karungalpalayam in Erode (East) Assembly constituency during the byelection held on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 | Photo Credit: M. Govarthan The byelection to the Erode (East) Assembly constituency witnessed a 67.97% voter turnout on Wednesday (February 5, 2025). This is lower than the … Read more
Tamil Nadu Minister for Housing and Urban Development S. Muthusamy (second right) seeks votes for DMK candidate V.C. Chandhirakumar (right) in Erode on January 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: M. Govarthan In normal circumstances, a bye-election should be a political audit of the government’s performance. In Tamil Nadu, although a few bye-elections have favoured Opposition … Read more
A medical camp being conducted at Paruvachi village in Erode district in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Following the death of a 13-year-old boy reportedly due to rat fever or leptospirosis, and with another woman being admitted to the hospital with symptoms of the disease, Health department officials … Read more
People cross the submerged bridge across Pichaikaran Pallam Canal in Erode in Tamil Nadu on November 22, 2023 | Photo Credit: M. Govarthan With heavy rain lashing various parts of Erode district early on Wednesday, November 22, 2023, rain water inundated over 120 houses in the city and residents moved to safer places here. Both Pichaikaran Pallam Canal and Perumpallam Canal carried … Read more
The movement of a leopard that was caught on a camera at a farm in T.N. Palayam in Erode district in Tamil Nadu on July 23. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Forest Department had placed a cage with bait near a farm land at Thuckanaickenpalayam Palayam (T.N. Palayam) to trap a leopard that was … Read more
Naam Tamilar Party Coordinator Seeman. File | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN The Karungalpalayam police in Erode on Saturday, March 11, 2023 booked Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator Seeman on charges of delivering a speech intimidating migrant workers from north India. Additional sections of the IPC were invoked against Mr. Seeman in a First Information … Read more
Voters waiting in long queue to cast their vote at a polling station in Erode in Tamil Nadu on Monday. | Photo Credit: Govarthan M Voting for Assembly by-elections were held in three States — Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and West Bengal — on Monday. The results of the bypolls will be declared on March 2, along with the … Read more
A board placed to inform people of the boundary for Erode (East) Assembly constituency in Erode | Photo Credit: GOVARTHAN M The Erode (East) Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, is witnessing a bypoll following the sudden demise of the Congress MLA E. Thirumahan Everaa who was the great grandson of Dravidar Kazhagam founder ‘Periyar’ E.V. … Read more
Representational image. File: | Photo Credit: J Manoharan Two Namma Tamilar Katchi (NTK) cadre, who were part of the group involved in a clash with the DMK cadre at Veerappanchatiram on Wednesday night, were arrested by the police for inciting violence. The two were identified as Vijayan and Ganesh Babu. At 8 p.m. on Wednesday, … Read more