
270 new COVID-19 cases, eight more deaths in Coimbatore district
The Hindu
A total of 270 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Coimbatore district on Wednesday. The Health Department said that eight more persons from the district died of the disease in the last few days.
A total of 270 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Coimbatore district on Wednesday. The Health Department said that eight more persons from the district died of the disease in the last few days. The district’s death toll stood at 2,116. According to the department, the district had 3,629 active cases of COVID-19. As many as 414 persons recovered from the disease on Wednesday.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












