Overnight rain brings nip in the air, floods samba fields
Continuous drizzle for over 12 hours from Saturday midnight, followed by rain at regular intervals on Sunday, brought down the temperature in Trichy significantly. As the roads were flooded, most...
View ArticlePlatforms in Trichy Railway Yard get 1 crore makeover
The Trichy Railway Yard is undergoing a major makeover at a cost of Rs 1 crore. The platforms are being extended to accommodate trains with 23-25 carriages.
View ArticleHigh-risk patient recovers after liver transplant
A 53-year-old businessman with end-stage liver failure has received a fresh chance at normal life, thanks to the efforts of a team of doctors from a private hospital in the city and the timely...
View ArticleMarriage of 15-year-old girl stopped
Timely tip-off from an unknown caller prevented the proposed marriage of a 15-year-old girl in Lalgudi on the outskirts of Trichy on Friday. The girl was lodged at a government reception home in the city.
View ArticleCity corpn website hit by technical snag
After Trichy was chosen for the smart city project in August 2015, the city corporation revamped its website as citizen participation was a vital component under the Union government’s scheme.
View ArticleFarmers want land acquisition for Trichy airport stopped
At a time when steps are being initiated for the acquisition of 345.62 acres of land for the expansion of the Trichy airport, a group of farmers from the district handed over a petition to collector KS...
View ArticleDistrict gets heavy rain in 24 hours, showers to continue for some days
The district received a total rain of 750mm on Sunday and the early hours of Monday, with an average rainfall of 30mm. Widespread rain continue to lash the region due to low pressure formed in the sea...
View ArticleWith boundary walls crumbling, Periyar EVR College encroached on
The Periyar EVR College located in Khajamalai, located on 53 acres of land, has become easy for anyone to enter the premises in the absence of a boundary wall on the back side. The recent rain has...
View ArticleKaisika Ekadasi held, priests carried in palanquin by students
Kaisika Ekadasi, the annual celebration where the priests (Bhattar) are carried in a palanquin, was held on Monday morning.
View ArticleCouncillor-official tiff comes to fore
A woman councillor of the Trichy Corporation along with a few residents from her ward number 44 created a flutter on Monday when they sat on a hunger strike demanding basic amenities in their ward. The...
View ArticleH1N1: Medical officers hold emergency meeting, discuss possible causes
Struggling to find out the exact cause of the H1N1 cases which have claimed five lives in the Trichy region in ten days, public health department on Tuesday convened an emergency zonal-level meeting in...
View Article‘POCSO Act eliminates flaws in earlier law’
The introduction of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 (POCSO Act) to protect children from sexual offences has eliminated loopholes in the earlier law, says U Nirmala Rani,...
View ArticleCoP asks women not to go out alone at odd hours after chain-snatching spree
The series of chain-snatching incidents reported in the city in the past one week has created fear among the residents, and forced the police department to appeal to women to take preventive measures...
View ArticleRail users demand special trains for Mahamaham
Special trains to Kumbakonam for Mahamaham festival topped the agenda at the annual Divisional Rail Users’ Consultative Committee (DRUCC) meeting of the Trichy division in the city on Tuesday.
View ArticleJoint Directorate of Collegiate Education to come up on Bharathidasan varsity...
Several years of confusion and a court case over the construction of a new Joint Directorate of Collegiate Education office have ended with the Bharathidasan University here coming to the rescue. The...
View ArticleProfessors to be trained to counsel students
Five professors from each government college in the state will be trained to counsel students who end up taking hasty decisions due to various personal problems.
View ArticleRace among private bus drivers costs boy his leg
Angered locals damaged windscreens of two town buses of private players after one of the buses hit an 18-year-old boy and crushed his right leg on West Boulevard (WB) Road in the city on Wednesday.
View ArticlePenalty for letting loose cattle on road
Cracking the whip on owners who let loose cattle on public roads, the city corporation has started penalizing the offenders apart from seizing their cattle which are found to be wandering on the roads.
View ArticleKarthigai Deepam festival celebrated
With the giant wick lit atop Rock Fort near the Uchi Pillayar temple around 6 pm on Wednesday, lamps were lit in houses across the city marking the beginning of the Karthigai Deepam festival.
View Article‘Educate youth against violence on women’
Challenges in implementing laws meant for the protection of women and children in India were discussed by women activists in Trichy city as part of International Day for the Elimination of Violence...
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