Breast cancer: Putting the best foot forward
Anyone who ran at the half-marathon will have been satisfied as the event was organised with an aim to create breast cancer awareness.
View ArticleTrichy prison receives threat letter, security beefed up
Security has been tightened at the Trichy Central Prison following a threat letter received by jail authorities on Saturday.
View ArticleGovt says no to methane exploration in delta districts
In a major relief to anti-methane protesters and delta farmers, the state government has said ‘no’ to the exploration of coal-bed methane (CBM) in Thanjavur and Tiruvarur districts.
View ArticleMembers of various outfits attend ‘beef-eating’ protest in city
The city witnessed a ‘beef-eating’ protest for the second time in two days, when members of various outfits attended a feast organised on Sunday by the Indian National League (INL) condemning the...
View ArticleDuo spreads ideologies of Kalam
Two youths have been on an ambitious journey, covering various cities in the state, to spread the ideologies of the former president APJ Abdul Kalam ahead of his birthday on October 15.
View ArticleJSW Steel stops operations after PCB order
JSW Steel’s plant in Macheri, in Salem district, shut operations since Monday after Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) ordered its closure recently.
View ArticleCloth bags distributed in attempt to shun plastic
In an effort to provide an alternative to plastics and stress the use of eco-friendly goods, an NGO has began the distribution of cloth bags in markets and to schoolchildren in the city with funding...
View ArticleCyclist on ‘Swachh Bharat’ mission reaches Trichy
All eyes were on Abhishek Kumar Sharma when he arrived at the district collectorate on Monday. Sporting gears like a professional, the 27-year-old, cycled his way into the 254th city (Trichy) out of...
View Article7 held for assaulting, abusing 38-yr-old man in Trichy
The Aranthangi police in Pudukkottai district on Monday arrested seven people, including a minor, for assaulting and abusing a 38-year-old man for his homosexual relationship with a person in his village.
View ArticleHeavy rainfall affects normal life in district
Heavy rainfall affected normal life in some rural parts of the district. Traffic came to a halt after roads got damaged on Monday.
View ArticleRestore all temple tanks in Kumbakonam: Activists
Over 75 lakh devotees are likely to attend the festival over 10 days. Marking the beginning of the festival, which starts on February 22, 2016, deities from all the four Shiva shrines around the...
View Article1,900 houses to get toilets free of cost, courtesy corpn
The Trichy Corporation has selected 1,900 houses in the city to construct lavatories with funds from Swachh Bharat Programme and the state government.
View ArticleTrain ticket examiners complain of passenger attacks, seek protection
At a coordination meeting of the GRP, railway protection force (RPF) and railway officials called by DIG Baskaran at the Trichy divisional railway office in the city, the issue of attacks on TTEs was...
View ArticleCellphones worth 1 lakh stolen from Thillai Nagar shop
The burglars struck at an outlet on 10th Cross Street at Thillai Nagar, a posh locality in the city. The incident came to light when Jeevamani, the shop owner opened the showroom on Tuesday morning....
View ArticleTrichy division GRP nabs bag-lifters from Haryana
The police have recovered 194 sovereigns of stolen gold jewellery worth close to Rs 35 lakh from the two accused.
View ArticleNo council meetings for two months in row, DMK councillors raise the issue
After the row over a crematorium in the city disrupted a corporation council meeting in August and two DMK councillors suspended as a result, the monthly meetings of the council seem to have taken a...
View ArticleTrucks collide head-on on NH, drivers charred to death
In a gruesome road accident, two truck drivers were charred to death as their vehicles caught fire after they collided head-on at Manathattai intersection near Kulithalai on Trichy- Karur national...
View ArticleMan down with H1N1 is stable: Doctors
A 57-year-old man diagnosed with H1N1 is undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospitals in Trichy. Elderly patients with multiple ailments were advised to take utmost care as they are prone to the fever.
View ArticleTrichy TNSTC pays 2.5 cr a month for accident relief
In a startling revelation, the Trichy division of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) said it spends a whopping Rs 2.5 crore a month on an average as compensation to the victims of accidents...
View Article1 crore have signed for prohibition, says Vasan
While speaking to members of the farmers’ wing of the party at Kattur near here on Wednesday, Vasan said he had sought appointment from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hand over the signatures to him...
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