Teachers asked to identify slow learners in classes 10, 12
In an aim to improve the pass percentage and also improve the method of teaching, director of School Education S Kannappan and additional director PA Naresh held a review meeting with the school...
View ArticleTough time ahead for motorists with onset of monsoon
Tough times are ahead for motorists with the onset of north-east monsoon in the city. Even for a slight rainfall, water gets clogged in streets and roads in the city.
View ArticleSleuths check sale of Chinese crackers, raid outlets in city
In order to check the sale of Chinese crackers, the custom officials in separate teams, carried out surprise raids in firecracker shops across Trichy on Wednesady.
View ArticleRural students of women college suffer as hostel remains shut
A hostel constructed at a cost of Rs 80 lakh at the Bharathidasan University Constituent College for Women at Orathanadu in Thanjavur district remains shut despite chief minister J Jayalalithaa...
View ArticleDuo held for seeking job with fake appointment letters
Enquiry is on with the two people who were arrested by the Cantonment police on charges of producing fake appointment letter for the work of driver and conductor posts in the TNSTC (Trichy) on Tuesday.
View ArticlePvt hospital botches surgery, faces med negligence charge
A couple is awaiting justice from a five-member team constituted by the Trichy district collector to look into their allegations of medical negligence against a private hospital in the city.
View Article3 held for illegal possession of 576 bottles of IMFL worth Rs 3 lakh
Prohibition and Enforcement Wing (PEW) of Trichy city bust a gang that was in illegal possession of 576 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) from a shop in the city and arrested three people on...
View ArticleVacant plots turn breeding grounds for mosquitoes
Water stagnation during rainy season is not a new issue in the city. Vacant housing plots in many localities have become breeding of Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit malaria, posing a threat to...
View ArticlePvt hospital botches surgery, faces med negligence charge
A couple is awaiting justice from a five-member team constituted by the Trichy district collector to look into their allegations of medical negligence against a private hospital in the city.
View ArticleArtist quit PSU job to do social work in Trichy
When a government job is a dream for many, S Sivadass alias Kovan, 52, quit his job as machinist in a central PSU to become a full-time folk artist in Makkal Kalai Ilakkiya Kazhagam in 1994, said his...
View ArticleAIADMK, DMK councillors exchange blows at meeting
Pandemonium prevailed at the corporation council meeting on Friday with councillors resorting to damage tables and exchanging blows, prompting the mayor A Jaya to adjourn the meeting.
View ArticleResidents fume over water stagnation, picket corpn office
A group of residents picketed mayor's office alleging the civic body was inactive to evacuate water accumulation in Sanjeevi Nagar in ward 7.
View ArticleHeart from Trichy reaches Chennai through green corridor
The heart of a 58-year-old brain-dead man reached the Trichy international airport from a city hospital in nine minutes through a green corridor created by the police to reach the organ to a private...
View ArticleJumbo to be shifted to Trichy
A female elephant from the Theppakadu camp in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) will soon be shifted to the Mariamman temple at Samayapuram in Trichy.
View ArticleEleven-year-old girl dies of suspected dengue in city hosp
An 11-year-old girl from Malligaipuram near Tennur in Trichy died of suspected dengue on Saturday night. Though health officials have denied the cause of the death as dengue, it would be the third case...
View ArticleTN maid returns home after torturous stint in Saudi Arabia
Barely a few days after a Tamil maid's hand was cut off by her employer in Saudi Arabia, another Tamil maid attempted suicide by hanging unable to withstand torture by her employer. The incident that...
View ArticleAutomatic banner flag installed at rly level crossing
The Trichy railway division has taken up the task to install automatic banner flag at all manned level crossings that come under the division in a few months' time. For the first time, railway...
View ArticleHeavy rain lashes central districts
Heavy rain lashed the district and the central regions with several trees getting uprooted due to gushing winds on Sunday. A roof of a house came down in Karur, injuring a 60-year-old man.
View ArticleDal rush: 5, 816kg vanish in two hours
In an overwhelming response to the state government's initiative to sell tur dal at subsidized price through co-operative outlets, about 5,816 kgs were sold in a record two hours on the first day in...
View ArticleCracker sales yet to pick up pace
Intrusion of Chinese crackers in the market, delay in providing permits by law enforcing authorities and rough weather conditions have been affecting the sales of fireworks in the city.
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