Corporation aims at 94% tax collection goal
The intensive tax collection drive by the city corporation has yielded results with Monday recording a collection of over Rs 2.33 crore.
View ArticleSASTRA University's Kuruksastra comes to a close with a bang
The curtain came down on SASTRA University's annual cultural festival - Kuruksastra'16 - on Sunday night.
View ArticleCentral Universty to start six new UG, PG programmes
The Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur, has invited applications for four post-graduate and two under-graduate programmes to be started from the 2016-17 academic year.
View ArticleVoters should desist from accepting money, says former chief election...
Reforms should begin at the grass roots level to weed out corruption in elections and people of Tamil Nadu should desist from accepting money, said former chief election commissioner N Gopalswami here...
View ArticleSting exposes bribery practices in govt hosp
A differently-abled man has exposed the practice of bribing to get medical certificates to avail oneself of the concession in railway fare under the special category.
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Jaya will go to jail in assets case before May 16, says Premalatha
DMDK leader Premalatha on Tuesday slammed the successive DMK and AIADMK regimes for the "under-development" of the state, but praised the rule of Kamaraj and MGR for introducing many development schemes.
View ArticlePoor access keeping off visitors to butterfly park
Built at a cost of Rs 8 crore, the butterfly park in Srirangam remains inaccessible to many.A narrow, damaged 7-km road through the villages of Melur is the only connecting road to the park.
View ArticleA kind gesture runs foul of model code
A kind gesture by Karur district secretary of the DMK is likely to invite action against him from the election commission for violation of the model code of conduct.
View ArticleForest dept to set up water tanks, ponds
With summer setting in, the forest department has decided to set up water tanks and create artificial ponds in Trichy forest range to cater to water needs of animals.
View ArticleEnrolment drive in colleges
In a move to ensure cent per cent enrolment of college students as voters for the coming assembly elections, Trichy collector K S Palanisamy asked the principals of all colleges in the district to...
View ArticleBHEL plant commissioned
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has commissioned a 600 MW coal-based thermal power plant in Telangana.
View ArticleOnline railway exam hit by glitch
Due to a technical glitch, the online exam for the post of assistant station master through the Railway Recruitment Board was suspended on Tuesday.
View ArticleWide gap in bridge wall poses danger to pedestrians
The Cauvery Bridge continues to remain in news for all wrong reasons ever since the renovation work started a couple of months ago.
View ArticleOrgans of brain-dead man give new lease of life to five
A 60-year-old brain dead man from a village in Nagapattinam district gave a new lease of life to five patients in Trichy and Madurai on Tuesday.
View ArticleCoconut farmers' votes come with a rider in poll
"We want the next government to ensure monthly a income for coconut farmers.Our support will be given to the party that will accept our demand," said Rajaram.
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Forest dept ropes in villagers to curb monkey menace in Trichy ranges
The forest department has roped in residents of Thuraiyur, Uppliyapuram and Pachamalai to rescue, relocate and rehabilitate monkeys in these regions, thereby to end the menace.
View ArticleMarijuana, phones seized in prison
Policemen on patrol at the Trichy central prison seized packets of marijuana and cellphones wrapped in a plastic cover on the jail premises on Wednesday.
View ArticleAwareness needed to identify glaucoma
Increasing incidence of glaucoma highlights the lack of awareness to identify the ailment, which is the third leading cause for blindness in India.
View ArticleRetail shops come under EC radar
The Election Commission has begun to closely monitor retail shops and cloth merchants for bulk purchases.
View ArticlePachamalai ecotourism project all set to take off
The Pachamalai ecotourism project has entered the last lap with the forest department giving finishing touches to tree top houses and dormitories for travellers and tourists.
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