Toilet punishment in school raises stink
The Ariyalur district elementary educational officer has placed a headmistress of a panchayat union school under suspension for allegedly forcing students to clean toilets on the school premises.
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Autopsy performed on victim of Chennai salon
The body of a medical student who died due to complications following hair transplant surgery in a Chennai-based salon on May 17 was exhumed and postmortem performed in Trichy on Friday.
View ArticleBack from the brink: Cancer survivor spreads message of hope
Harteij Bhartesh is an exemplary of a man with never-say-die attitude.He was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma - a white blood related cancer - in July 2013.He was a law student then.
View ArticleCorporation clears encroachments on NSB Road, near Rockfort
The city corporation on Friday evicted makeshift arrangements in over 200 shops on the busy streets of Rockfort.
View ArticleDalit writer held on charges of criminal intimidation
Police arrested a dalit writer on charges of criminal intimidation from his house at Karambakudi in Pudukkottai district in the early hours of Friday.
View ArticleMotorists waiting at railway gate pelt stones at trains
Irked over closure of railway gate for over an hour, commuters pelted stones at the Trichy Howrah fast passenger when it crossed the line on Friday afternoon.
View ArticleTwo killed in road accident
Two people were killed when their car crashed into a stationary lorry near Manapparai in the early hours of Friday.
View ArticleHair transplant death: Medico's body exhumed, autopsy held
The body of a medicine student who died due to complications after hair transplant surgery was exhumed and the post-mortem was performed in Trichy on Friday.
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Eighth century artefacts on Jainism at Rockfort lie neglected, damaged
Trichy is one among the many destinations for Sridharan in his search for the origins of Jainism in the state.
View ArticleDelta farmers in distress over loan waiver delay
Chief minister J Jayalalithaa's decision to waive crop loans for small and marginal farmers from cooperative banks was hailed by the agrarian community.
View ArticleJesuit schools oppose new education policy by Centre
Opposing the new education policy (NEP) proposed by the Union government, Jesuit school educators have decided to meet chief minister J Jayalalithaa over the issue.
View ArticleBizman's body exhumed on suspicion
The body of a 40-year-old businessman was exhumed here on Saturday after his sister raised suspicion over the death.
View ArticleEighth century Jain artefacts at Rockfort lie neglected, damaged
Stone inscriptions and sculptures dating to the eighth century, shedding light on the origins of Jainism in Trichy and the state, on Rockfort hillock lie in a sorry state owing to poor maintenance.
View ArticleWoman killed, four injured in car accident in Trichy
A 37-year-old woman from Chennai was killed after the car in which she and her family were travelling, toppled near Manapparai in Trichy on Sunday morning.
View ArticleTN fishermen rescue Lankan couple stranded in mid-sea
Fishermen from Nagapattinam rescued a Sri Lankan Tamil couple and their one-and-half-year old daughter stranded on a catamaran off Katchatheevu islet, ending their five-day ordeal on Saturday midnight.
View ArticleParapet on Cauvery bridge to be rebuilt after stability concerns
Amid a controversy over the poor quality of repair work started on the 4-decade-old Cauvery bridge, the state highways department has decided to reconstruct the newly built parapet wall. The bridge...
View ArticleMedical education being diverted to the hands of private sector, says MCI...
Expressing displeasure over the way medical education is transforming in India, Dr Vinay Aggarwal, member of Medical council of India (MCI), said that it was increasingly becoming a monopoly in the...
View ArticlePonraj's party awaits EC nod to contest civic poll
Claiming that money played a vital role in the recently concluded assembly election, founder of Vision India Party (VIP) V Ponraj, who was the scientific adviser of former President Abdul Kalam, said...
View ArticleMinor accused kills self fearing police action
Fearing police action in a case of attacking a man and harassing his wife, a 16-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging at his residence at Santhaipettai near Lalgudi in the city on Monday.
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