Seven houses gutted in Trichy
Over seven houses were gutted by fire on Tuesday night near Edamalaipattipudur in the city destroying goods and leaving residents homeless.
View ArticlePlus 2 candidates warned to collect mark sheets
The regional deputy director of government examinations here has warned that the mark sheets of those who appeared for the Plus Two exams privately in September/October 2011 would be destroyed, if the...
View ArticleSASTRA student wins photography contest
Karmugilvannan, a final-year student at SASTRA University, Thanjavur, bagged the first prize in the "Wiki Loves Monuments India 2013" (WLM), a phtography contest, organized by Wikipedia.
View ArticleWeak maternity centre needs renovation
Whenever rainy season commences here, patients visiting the corporation maternity building fear for their lives as the structure is so weak that public expect it to crumble any time.
View ArticlePrivate bank employees siphon off cash, gold; two held
Times News NetworkEdited/377 An assistant manager of a private bank was arrested on Wednesday on charges of siphoning off cash and gold from bank.
View ArticleKids born underweight on rise
On one hand when the state is taking stringent measures to curb infant mortality rate, on the other hand, the number of low birth weight babies in the district is on the rise this year compared to...
View ArticleLiterary criticism today is the study of culture: Academician
Criticism may be necessary as breathing, but it is not as easy as breathing, A S D Pillai, former dean of Parisutham Institute of Science and Technology said while delivering an endowment lecture on...
View ArticleSecurity beefed up in Trichy ahead of Dec 6
The district came under thick security blanket on the eve of the Babri Masjid demolition day.
View ArticleCM trophy swimming competition held in Trichy
The first regional-level Chief Minister Trophy swimming competition, which was held in Trichy on Thursday, turned out to be a major event for youngsters, who could prove their skills to get selected...
View ArticleAccused 'formally' held in siblings' murder case
In the latest development into the multiple murder case, the prime accused Kannan was on Thursday formally arrested by the CBCID police for the murder of his lover's children.
View ArticleMutliple murder accused Kannan taken into custody again
The CB-CID police were granted permission on Friday to take Kannan, the prime accused in the multiple murder case, into custody for interrogating about the murder of the siblings.
View ArticleBHEL school ordered to pay back school fee to student
The district consumer dispute redressal forum here recently ordered the correspondent of the BHEL matriculation school to refund a student's fee amounting to Rs 9,185 collected by the school along with...
View ArticleMeet flays environment policy
A state-level meet on 'Tamil Nadu state's environment policy and its impact on people's livelihood and environment' was held in Trichy on Friday.
View ArticleIgnorance, lack of facilities stymie stem cell therapy
Though the state government has taken an initiative to promote cord blood banks to cell therapy affordable to the poor, awareness on the promising treatment method is low in tier-2 cities like Trichy,...
View ArticleCops to clamp down on child trafficking
It is well-known that street peddling by children is controlled by organised gangs.In fact, many of these children are victims of human trafficking.
View ArticleMultiple-murder accused confesses to killing siblings
The multiple-murder-accused Kannan on Saturday admitted that he killed the siblings, T Selvakumar and T Sathya, as they were witnesses to the murder of real estate agent Durairaj and his car driver...
View ArticlePrices of Christmas goodies shoot up
Traders are gearing up for another festival season. As Christmas is nearly three weeks away, traders have begun to stock popular decorative items, though the volatile rupee-dollar rate has made the...
View ArticleDental department at Trichy MGMGH needs some teeth
The dental ward at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) is crying for attention.
View ArticleNo end to wait for metered autos
Autos in Chennai have been charging commuters according to meter since the state government revised fares following a Supreme Court directive.
View ArticleAuthor bewails lack of elderly guidance in nuclear families
The roots and the dialects of the Tamil language still remain the same despite getting evolved over the years in the forms of letters and these should be preserved and understood, said Tamil author S...
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