Flower prices soar as production dips
Change in climatic conditions, especially excess amount of dew across the central region is playing spoilsport by bringing down the production of flowers.
View ArticleOnline registration for passports becomes operational at post offices
The regional passport office here in conjunction with the Trichy region head post office inaugurated the process of online registration for passports on Monday.
View Article21-year-old nurse found dead in Trichy
The body of a 21-year-old woman was found under mysterious circumstances at a sugarcane farm on Monday morning.
View ArticleDMK gears up for crucial two-day meet
DMK's treasurer M K Stalin along with his wife Durga visited the site for the third time on Monday and was all praise for K N Nehru who is overseeing the preparations.
View ArticleSelf-help groups taught to handle solar device
Self-help groups (SHGs) have taken up myriad activities for improving the financial self-sustenance of its members.
View ArticleStudents charge police of high-handedness
Three students of Urumu Dhanlaxmi College here were allegedly arrested on Saturday night on suspicion that they were part of a criminal gang.
View ArticleAdolescent girls to get a helping hand
Adolescence is a crucial stage of life as it marks the transition from childhood to adulthood.
View ArticleTrichy Corporation, farmers spar over payment of levy for collection of solid...
This stance of the corporation had angered the traders' federation and it wanted the commissioner to rescind it.
View ArticleBank strike hits payout to farmers
Bank strike which has caused enormous trouble to public as well as traders also posed its share of problems to farmers.
View ArticleCollege staff, students digitize precious collection at Srirangam temple library
Librarian, S Lakshmi, and K S Sridharan, director of computer sciences department of the same college, are leading the project.
View ArticleBootlegger charged under severe law
A 38-year-old man was detained under the Goondas Act on Monday for selling spurious liquor in the city.The arrested was found selling liquor mixed with atropine, which is injurious to health.
View ArticleGold biscuits worth Rs 75 lakh seized from Pudukottai-Trichy bus
Customs officials acted on a tip-off that gold biscuits were being smuggled on a bus plying on the Pudukottai-Trichy route.
View ArticleKarikalan cholan memorial inaugurated
The Karikalan Cholan memorial that was constructed at a cost of Rs 2 crore near the Kallanai dam on Wednesday was inaugurated by the chief minister J Jayalalithaa through video-conferencing from Chennai.
View ArticleDMK party venue turns a tourist attraction
The venue for DMK's proposed 10th state conference has turned into a tourist attraction with a large number of villagers visiting it to catch a glimpse of the massive dais.
View ArticleTrichy gets short shrift in rail budget
Of the nine new trains announced for Tamil Nadu in the new railway budget, two will be operated in the Trichy railway division.They are a weekly Mannargudi-Jodhpur Express and a...
View ArticleCivic workers resist demolition of living quarters
The efforts of the state slum clearance board to demolish 390 multi-storey housing structures of sanitary workers were stalled by the workers themselves on Wenesday morning.
View ArticleFarmers peeved, most welcome healthcare initiatives
The state budget for 2014-15 evoked mixed response from public with the announcement of low-cost medical shops receiving the maximum cheers.
View ArticleAwareness rally to protect girl students
A rally to create awareness against sex-related crimes and violence against girl children was undertaken by school students along with the district collector and the chief education officer here on...
View ArticleNursing students protest again
Trouble has been brewing for some time now, and on Wednesday night the nurses suddenly launched a sit-in protest after a lull in their agitation for a few days following assurances that their demands...
View ArticleAlagiri absent at DMK convention
As the DMK kicks of its mega state convention in Trichy on Saturday, rebel leader and DMK chief M Kaurnanidhi’s older son M K Alagiri, recently suspended from the party for ‘anti-party’ activities, was...
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