Cleaner dies as mini truck catches fire on collision
The cleaner of a mini truck was charred to death and the driver injured after the vehicle collided with another truck on Karur bypass road in the early hours on Friday.
View ArticleAlert residents catch three during attempt to steal goats
An attempt to steal goats from a house landed three men in jail when the alert residents in Srirangam caught them and handed them over to the police after a sound thrashing just after midnight. The...
View ArticleParamour held in woman's murder
A case of missing of a 35-year-old woman turned out to be a case of murder after the Meensurutti police in Ariyalur district arrested her 29-year-old paramour on Thursday. The accused admitted to have...
View ArticleNew IIM-T batch inaugurated
Urging students to overcome impediments from within, executive director of BHEL S Gopinath said they should develop skills to view business holistically with balanced and mature decisions.
View ArticleDoctors ask people not to fall prey to quacks
Taking serious note of the proliferation of advertisements on herbal treatment for sexual ailments, doctors in the city have advised people not to fall prey to such unproven therapies and put their...
View ArticleTrichy engg college introduces 3D content for courses
A Trichy based private engineering college has introduced the 3 dimensional (3D) method to teach engineering students, perhaps a first of its kind attempt by a college affiliated to Anna University in...
View ArticleRefused money for liquor, man kills mother
A 30-year-old man who attacked his mother for refusing to give money to buy liquor a few days ago died of her injuries on Sunday.
View ArticleWith smarter proposal, Trichy corporation hopes to make it to smart city list
After missing the bus for the smart cities mission project last year, Trichy corporation has placed its hope on the revised proposal to make it to the privileged list this year.
View Article'Indirect poll for mayor will pave for horse-trading'
Reiterating that the BJP will go it alone in the local body election in the state, Union minister of state for road transport and highways Pon Radhakrishnan said indirect election of mayor would pave...
View ArticleIrate residents want more Tasmac shops in city closed
Since the closure of 14 Tasmac shops in Trichy, protests have been mounting demanding the closure of some more shops in the city, citing inconvenience to the people.
View ArticleKept out of new Kendriya Vidyalaya admission process, parents stage protest
A section of parents seeking admission to their wards at the new Kendriya Vidyalaya School at Ponmalai picketed the institution on Monday morning for allegedly denying participation in the admission...
View ArticleMan dies in road accident on death anniversary of his mother
A 32-year-old man died in a road accident on the death anniversary of his mother after he was hit by a private bus near head post office in the city on Monday morning.
View ArticleEach home gets 2 plastic buckets for waste segregation
Aimed at segregating the garbage at source, the civic body urged the public to cooperate with them by separating the recyclable and biodegradable wastes in the buckets provided by them.
View ArticleLawyers go all out in protest by blocking trains, 1,000 held
Advocates in the Trichy region on Wednesday escalated their protests against the amendment in section 34 (1) of the Advocates Act, 1961 by blocking trains.The police arrested around 1,000 lawyers for...
View ArticleWomen must master the art of self-defence to ward off attacks
In the wake of growing incidents of violence against women, particularly the recent murder of 24-year-old S Swathi in a railway station in Chennai, the need for self-defence for girls and women has...
View Article4kg drugs worth Rs 5crore seized from passenger at airport
The air intelligence unit at the Trichy international airport and the central intelligence unit of Trichy customs seized 4.050 kg of methamphetamine worth Rs 5 crore from a 21-year-old man late on...
View ArticleGovt hospital to get eye bank; sets sight on corneal surgeries
Soon, poor patients with corneal opacity will have their corneal transplantation carried out at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) as the process for setting up a much-needed eye...
View ArticleTrichy gets its first state farm-fresh veggie outlet
Many working people buy vegetables on weekends so that they can store them for a week.
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