65-yr-old quack nabbed by Trichy health officials, huge stock of drugs seized
A 65-year-old man was nabbed by officials from the health and drug control department on Thursday for allegedly practicing allopathy, homeopathy and siddha at his clinic at Chinthamani in the city.
View Article‘Energy security, climate change biggest challenges’
Principal scientific adviser to the central government R Chidambaram said here on Thursday that energy security and climate change are the two important challenges of the 21st century.
View ArticleAnother H1N1 patient admitted to Trichy's MGMGH
A couple of days after a 43-year-old woman died of H1N1 in the city, a 17-year-old girl was admitted with symptoms of swine flu at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH).
View ArticleBody of man fished out from a water channel in Trichy
After more than three hours of frantic search by the police, the body of an accident victim was found on the water channel beneath the Ariyamangalam Bridge in the city on Thursday.
View ArticleTrichy records highest garbage collected post Diwali
A whooping 590 tonnes of garbage was collected in a single day after Diwali from the city. This has been the highest. About 450 tonnes of garbage, on an average, is generated on a daily basis in the city.
View ArticleTrichy gears up to tackle flood, officials begin precautionary measures
After flood caused by the recent spell of rain wreaked havoc in Cuddalore district, Trichy district administration is also preparing to tackle possible situation of flood in the district in the days to...
View ArticleRain plays villain, work on bicycle tracks disrupted again in Trichy
The ongoing rain has not only affected normal life at several places, but has also disrupted the construction of pedestrian pathways and cycle path in a couple of places in the city.
View ArticleCorporation analyzes Trichy’s infrastructure development for ‘Smart City’...
The Trichy Corporation is in the process of analyzing the progress made in terms of safety, security and infrastructure development in the city for the past five years as part of its ‘Smart City’ project.
View ArticleWeeklong celebrations from tomorrow to promote cooperative societies in Trichy
The Trichy Cooperative Societies is planning to hold a weeklong event to promote the society among farmers and the general public, starting from Saturday.
View ArticlePassengers demand to operate new DEMU rakes in Trichy division
Despite the introduction of two new DEMU rakes by the Trichy Railway division, the lack of operating the new rakes to long distance places such as Nagapattinam has put the passengers, especially women,...
View ArticleTrichy: Get pre-2001 passports re-issued, official urges
The regional passport officer has asked all people holding handwritten passports to apply for re-issue of passports to obtain machine-readable passports (MRP), as the International Civil Aviation...
View ArticleLast-minute reservation receive thumbs up from rail users in Trichy
The passengers and rail users’ association members of the Trichy railway division have given a thumbs up to the new system of booking tickets 30 minutes prior to the departure of trains.
View ArticleTrichy: Tasmac outlet, jewel shop looted, items worth close to Rs 5 lakh stolen
Two incidents of burglary and one incident of chain snatching took place in the central region in the evening and late hours of Thursday.
View ArticleGas leak burns down 4 houses in Woraiyur
Four houses in the busy Woraiyur area were gutted completely on Saturday after a fire broke out while the gas cylinders in one of the houses were being replaced.
View ArticleSociety now needs to become more child friendly, says Trichy district judge
Cases of violence against and abuse of children abound these days, bringing out the need to create a child-friendly society, said Kumaraguru, principal district judge (PDJ) of Trichy district court, in...
View ArticleSecond phase of consecration of Srirangam temple begins
With the beginning of the yagasala puja on Saturday evening, the second phase of the Maha Samprokshanam started at the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple here.
View ArticleTrichy students compete to make it to state science tourney
In an effort to kindle interest in science among school-going children, the District Science Forum is holding a district-level science congress and has shortlisted a total of 60 projects under the...
View ArticleButterfly park opened in Trichy
Considered to be the biggest butterfly park in south India, the butterfly park at the Trichy that was constructed at a cost of Rs 8 crores was finally inaugurated three days ago in a hush hush manner...
View ArticleSpecial LEDs put up to watch Maha Samprokshanam in Trichy
Authorities at the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple in Srirangam, where the second phase of Maha Samprokshanam (consecration) to be held on Wednesday is expected to draw huge crowds, have put up large LED...
View ArticleVehicles, including buses, to take alternate routes in Trichy
Taking into consideration the heavy inflow of people for the second phase of Maha Samprokshanam at Srirangam Ranganathar temple on November 18, Trichy city police have drafted a major traffic diversion...
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