3 lakh arrive even a week after Mahamaham festival
The temple town of Kumbakonam was not expecting much crowds after the Mahamaham that is celebrated once in 12 years.
View ArticleFire in city college doused in time
Timely action by the fire and rescue personnel averted a major tragedy at the St.Joseph's College in the city in the early hours of Sunday.As it was a Sunday, there was less people on the campus.
View ArticleResidents form human chain demanding 'inam title deed'
Refusing to budge down from their demand on the ownership of their ancestral house on Srirrangam temple land, residents under the banner of Arangama Nagarnala Sangam staged a human chain protest in...
View ArticleAfter delighting techies, Pragyan draws to a close
Pragyan, the three-day annual international techno-management festival of National Institute of Technology-Trichy, came to an end on Sunday evening with Archana Sharma, senior scientist at CERN,...
View ArticleRs 1Lakh, 40 sovereigns stolen
Burglars struck again at Karumandapam in Trichy, looting Rs 1 lakh and 40 sovereigns of gold from the house of Amal William, a text book dealer, on Saturday night.He and his family were away when the...
View ArticleMentorship: IIIT students seek clarity
A day after the Union Human Resource Development ministry conceded to the demand of striking IIIT-Trichy students on mentorship of the institution, the students have now sought clarifications on the...
View ArticleWomen teachers level graft charges against college director
Two women assistant professors of Kalai Kaviri College of Fine Arts on Tuesday lodged a police complaint against director & secretary of the institute Father G Sagaya Raja alleging that he forced...
View ArticleNew restaurant to come up at airport
Aiming to become a world class airport with all passenger amenities in place, a proposal has been approved to convert the existing lounge on the ground floor of the AAI corporate headquarters into a...
View ArticleFarmers detained by police; eat soil in protest
A day after the Central government made several announcement for agriculture sector in the country, a group farmers protested by eating soil in front of the city police office in Trichy, as they were...
View ArticleMaligapuram residents demand proper housing
Residents of Maligapuram have erected black flags in front of their houses as the state government has failed to provide them houses in the slum clearance board tenements.
View ArticleBudget boost to skill development hailed
The funding mechanism needs to be transparent and non-discriminatory to ensure effective implementation. Online certificate repository aligns with the Digital India Mission and removes transactional...
View Article'Sops welcome, but budget falling short on many fronts'
Unlike the previous Union budgets, this budget did have sops for the farming community.Yet, the farmers feel let down once again as the government is non-committal on minimum support price for...
View ArticleYouth held under Goondas Act
M Hariharasudhan, 23, resident of Paramasivam street, Senthanneerpuram, Trichy, was detained under the Goondas Act on the orders of the city police commissioner, and lodged in the Central prison on...
View ArticleInclude environment education in schools: Environmentalists
Environment studies should be included in the school education to protect our earth from various types of pollution, opined a team of environmentalists.
View ArticleSri Lankan navy apprehends 8 fishermen from Nagapattinam
The Sri Lankan navy apprehended eight fishermen from Nagapatinam and seized two country boats for allegedly crossing the international maritime boundary line in the late hours of Wednesday.
View ArticleMan stabs sister-in-law over financial dispute, ends life
A 43-year-old man committed suicide by hanging due to the fear of getting arrested for stabbing his 47-year-old sister-in-law over a financial dispute in a village near Lalgudi on Wednesday.
View ArticleGirl crushed to death while crossing road, father injured
An 18-year-old girl was crushed to death and her father was seriously injured while they were trying to cross the Trichy-Pudukottai Road near the Keeranur bus stop.
View Article'Thiruvanaikaval over-bridge will be completed in 2 yrs'
A couple of days after the city police abandoned their plan for a major traffic diversion through a narrow road over bridge (ROB) on the congested Grand Trunk Road in Thiruvanaikaval, putting on hold...
View ArticleTemple to keep memory of pet dog alive
People who go crazy over their pet animals, especially dogs, are not a rarity.
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