The leopard killed 10 goats belonging to K Venkatesan, 60, of Kaligoundanur on June 10.

The forest department had tried to reunite the abandoned calf with an elephant herd for more than ten days, but the attempt did not yield any fruitful results.

In a tragic incident near Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, a speeding tipper truck claimed the lives of a 36-year-old IT manager, Rajesh, and his nine-year-old son, R Vinith. The accident occurred early Friday morning as Rajesh was taking Vinith to his skating class when the truck struck their motorcycle while turning onto Kalapatti Road.

It was the second consecutive day of the protest. Garbage was not collected in many areas of the city in the last two days due to their protest.

The Sulur police in Coimbatore district on Tuesday arrested M Mohammed Muktar, 31, of Kurhani village in Muzaffarpur district in Bihar on charges of murdering M Subhan Ansari, 50.

The deceased have been identified as K Ponnusamy alias Ravi, 55, of Vadakku Sellappampalayam and his wife Vasuki, 50.