Anbumani promises to bring about a paradigm shift in farming in Tamil Nadu
Reiterating his commitment to make farming a profitable profession, Anbumani Ramadoss, chief ministerial candidate of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), resolved to bring in a paradigm shift in farming in...
View Article24 sovereigns stolen from two houses in Lalgudi
Burglars decamped with 24 sovereigns of gold ornaments and cash from two houses in Lalgudi area on Saturday night.In the first incident, burglars targeted a house on Mullai street in Varadharajan Nagar...
View ArticleTamilisai confident BJP will contest as part of NDA
Exuding confidence over facing the coming assembly election as a part of the NDA, BJP state president Tamilisai Soundararajan said in the city on Sunday that the ambiguity over projection of a chief...
View ArticleAIADMK Karur district secy removed
Karur district secretary M R Vijayabaskar was relieved from the party post by AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Sunday.
View Article'Public investment will spur pvt investment soon'
"There will be a two-quarter lag for private investment to follow public expenditure at current levels of underutilised private capacity and when this happens, aggregate demand will increase in the...
View ArticleSamayapuram Mariamman temple deity 'on 28-day fast for the welfare of people'
The Samayapuram Mariamman temple deity was flooded with flowers offered by devotees, the 28-day 'Poochorithal' festival having begun on Sunday.
View ArticleWoman clubs 2-yr-old 'adopted' son to death in Pudukkottai, held
A 30-year-old woman was arrested on Monday for clubbing her two-year-old adopted son to death at Mookkudi village near Aranthangi in Pudukkottai district.
View ArticleFlying squad seize 300 silver pots from bus
A flying squad at Thanjavur bus stand seized 300 silver pots on Monday.The seizure was made from a Hosur bound government bus originating from Kumbakonam, which reached Thanjvur old bus stand in the...
View ArticlePetrol bombs hurled at BJP man's house
Unidentified men hurled petrol bombs at the house of Thiruvarur district BJP general secretary Ganesan late on Sunday night.
View ArticleAlumni in their 80s to be invited for St Joseph's 'Heritage College Day'
St Joseph's College, Trichy, has decided to celebrate its special heritage status by inviting alumni who are in their eighties and naming this year's college day as 'Heritage College Day'.
View ArticleStudents protest delay in disbursal of scholarship
Close to 150 SC/ST post-graduate students of Periyar EVR College on Friday boycotted classes and staged a protest in front of the main entrance of the institute demanding disbursal of scholarship.
View ArticleThe vehicle that added miles to EVR Periyar's campaigns
A specially designed campaign van of the pioneer of the Dravidian movement, EVR Periyar, is still lovingly preserved at 'Periyaar Maaligai' of the Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) at Puthur in Trichy.
View ArticleTwo commit suicide
A debt-ridden goldsmith committed suicide by hanging himself on Thursday night.Gopalakrishnan, 37, hailing from Malaikottai, was survived by his wife Sathyarani.
View ArticleFlying squad seizes 32,000 pairs of shoes for govt schools
A flying squad of the state election commission on Friday seized 32,852 pairs of shoes from two trucks at Ammapettai near Kumbakonam.The shoes were meant for free distribution in government schools...
View Article10th century stone Chola sculpture found near Trichy
An early Chola stone sculpture dating back to the common era (CE) 10th century found near Trichy throws light on the icon of Chandesvarar, who is celebrated as one of the 63 Nayanmars of the Saivite sect.
View ArticleIIM seeks 100% hike in funds for new campus
Cost escalation and construction work on the new campus going ahead of schedule have prompted authorities of the Indian Institute of Management Trichy to revise the proposal estimate to 650 crore and...
View ArticleService road being built along Dindigul arm of over-bridge
To make travel easier for city commuters on Collector office road, the state highways department has started construction of a service road along the Dindigul arm of the Trichy Junction road over bridge.
View ArticleFour-member gang hacks man to death
A four-member gang hacked a 75-year-old security guard on night duty to death when he tried to prevent their burglary attempt from a jewellery shop in Thanjavur in the early hours of Thursday.
View Article16 Kamakshi lamps seized from AIADMK functionary
Election officials seized 16 Kamakshi lamps from the car of an AIADMK functionary on the Trichy-Pudukottai road on Thursday.
View ArticleMan sets wife and in-laws on fire, commits suicide
Angered by his wife's refusal to live with him, a 33-year-old man committed suicide after setting his wife, her mother and her grandmother on fire at a village near Jayankondam in Ariyalur district...
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