Two villages seek govt help to conduct temple festival
When temples across the district are celebrating their annual festivals, a couple of villages here are finding it difficult to organize them.
View ArticleLarge quantity of chemical-laced mangoes seized
Civic authorities on Tuesday seized and destroyed nearly 7,000 kg of mangoes which were found ripened using calcium carbide.
View ArticleSilver wares worth Rs 2 lakh stolen from house
Silver wares and worship materials worth 2 lakh were stolen from a house in Srirangam.
View ArticleBoy drowns in temple tank in Manapparai
A 13-year-old boy's body was found floating in a temple tank near Vaiyampatti in Manapparai on Wednesday morning.
View ArticleRenovation of Srirangam temple begins
Special poojas marked the inauguration of the renovation work of the Srirangam temple on Thursday.
View ArticleBiker pays with life while attempting to cross median passage on Thanjavur Road
A 30-year-old man was killed on the spot after the bike on which he was travelling was hit by a van on the busy Thanjavur Road near Thiruverumbur on Thursday morning.
View ArticleMan arrested for attempting to steal cash from ATM in Trichy
Police on Thursday arrested a 29-year-old man for attempting to break open an ATM in the city two days ago. The special team that was formed to nab the culprit traced him to Lalgudi.
View ArticleDistress sale by farmers after winds flatten standing crops
Banana farmers are thronging the Gandhi Market here to sell what is left of the produce after heavy winds flattened the standing crops. They are trying to minimize the losses by making distress sales...
View ArticleMystery fever grips village in Manachanallur
Most residents of Koundampatti village in Manachanallur taluk are visiting hospitals near and far after the outbreak of a strange fever. More than 150 families in the entire village show symptoms of an...
View ArticleFarmers, devotees hit as railways revokes halt at five stations
The cancellation of temporary stoppages at five railway stations in the region by southern railways has upset passengers and devotees.
View ArticleTamil Nadu govt unveils Rs 117-crore plan to recharge groundwater in Cauvery...
Responding to a PIL seeking construction of check dams and storage dams across the Kollidam river to recharge the depleting water level in the Cauvery delta region, the public works department said it...
View ArticleGang hurls bombs on Lankan refugee camp
At least 35 houses in Thiruvarangulam near Mettupatti in the district were gutted in a fire after some miscreants allegedly hurled petrol bombs on Sunday night.However, no one was injured in the incident.
View ArticleAir passenger detained for smuggling gold bars
Air intelligence officials on Monday detained a male passenger who arrived by a Tiger Airways flight from Singapore last night after he was found carrying gold bars by hiding them in a drilling machine.
View ArticleCycle rickshaws still roll on, thanks to tourists
While several cities in the country have banned cycle rickshaws for causing traffic snarls, a few old men are still operating them in the temple town.
View ArticleAwareness key to fight crimes against women: Experts
A programme aimed at raising awareness about crimes against women stressed on the need for more sensitization about the issue and reasons behind them.
View ArticleManapparai bull race cancelled
Police has denied permission to conduct a popular bull race held annually at a temple in Mallaipatti village at Manapparai.
View ArticleTrichy school shines in US contest
Seven students belonging to a city school bagged prizes at a creative problem-solving competition involving students from kindergarten to college.
View ArticleCops lift ban on church fest after protest by members
A road blockade was held on the Amma Mandapam Road in Srirangam here on Tuesday by a group of people belonging to St Antony's Shrine.
View ArticleFarmers in Tamil Nadu pray for good rainfall in Karnataka
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka may be on a collision course on sharing Cauvery water, but TN farmers are invoking the rain gods to be benevolent to Karnataka.
View ArticlePachamalai residents to finally get four-wheel drive ambulance
Hence, there was a demand for an ambulance which can move freely on the hilly area.Despite several demands from the villagers, they were not addressed to by the government for a long time.
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