Jayalalithaa's Tamil identity was rooted in Srirangam
During her early days when Jayalalithaa was acting in Kannada films, a mob demanded that she declare herself a Kannadiga. But even at that time, she boldly declared that she was a Tamil, according to...
View ArticleWoman poisons daughters and commits suicide
A 35-year-old woman committed suicide by consuming poison after fatally poisoning her two daughters near Papanasam in Thanjavur district following a domestic scuffle with her husband on Sunday.
View ArticleDelta farmers remember 'Ponniyin Selvi'
The farming community hailed the late chief minister J Jayalalithaa for her tireless legal battle to secure legal rights for the state on the Cauvery issue.
View Article'When she entered the temple, she forgot she was chief minister'
Over the years, the late chief minister J Jayalalithaa had made several visits to the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam.
View ArticleFalse alarm over another blast causes panic in Trichy town
Several villages around Vetrivel explosives near Thuraiyur, where a blast on December 1 killed 19 people, had a sleepless night on Wednesday following rumors of yet another explosion.
View ArticleMaid runs away with Rs 20,000, gold jewellery, held
Kumbakonam police on Sunday arrested a 30-year-old maid on charges of stealing 57 sovereigns of gold ornaments and `20,000 cash from her employer.
View ArticleSeven fishermen hurt in 'Lankan Navy attack'
even fishermen from Jagathapattinam in Pudukkottai district were injured after being allegedly attacked by Sri Lankan navy personnel.
View ArticleFlight diversions: Runway expansion in focus again
A number of international flights were diverted to various airports including Bangalore and Colombo on Monday though an international airport in close proximity to Chennai had to be kept idle at Trichy.
View ArticleWithdrawal amount still on bank official's whims
It has been over a month since the demonetisation of high value currency notes, but customers still have to endure harassment at the hands of bank officials in Trichy.
View ArticleBank arranges cash after customers threaten to 'lock it up'
Insufficient cash in a State Bank of India (SBI) branch in the city forced customers to try to lock up the bank in the city on Monday.
View ArticleCashless option brings relief to rail passengers
Commuters and railway employees welcomed the move to install point-of-sale (POS) machines in Trichy railway division, including the Trichy railway junction, as it would ease the problem of tendering...
View ArticleCyclone Vardah effect: 17 trains cancelled
Rail commuters were left in the lurch on Monday after weather conditions following Vardah cyclone forced Southern Railway to cancel 17 trains including the Trichy-bound express as well as passenger...
View ArticleSasikalaa posters defaced in Trichy
Several posters of Sasikalaa were torn in Trichy, Thanjavur and Kumbakonam as well on Tuesday.
View ArticleMan gets ten years jail term for sexually abusing four-year-old girl
: A week after sentencing a rapist-cum-murderer to life imprisonment till death, a fast track mahila court in Karur on Wednesday awarded ten years of jail term to a 44-year-old man for sexually...
View ArticleMan dies in Dubai, kin allege murder
Relatives of 33-year-old man, whose body had been moved from Dubai, staged a road block near the airport police station alleging that the deceased was murdered.
View ArticleCadres bat for Jayalalithaa's niece, put up banners
The murmurs of dissent among some low-level cadres of the AIADMK against the proposed elevation of V K Sasikalaa as its general secretary came out in the open when some partymen put up banners...
View ArticleRail users demand intercity express to Bengaluru
Members of the divisional railway users' consultative committee (DRUCC) who met on Wednesday reiterated their demand to operate an intercity express from Trichy to Bengaluru, while appealing to...
View ArticleNow, farm animals can receive treatment at their doorstep
Thanks to two animal medical mobile ambulances that have become operational in Trichy, livestock and cattle can get treatment at their doorstep free of cost.
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