Corporation launches special vehicles to nab stray dogs, sterilise them
The Trichy Corporation's move to procure two high-end vehicles for controlling dog menace in the city has brought cheer to the residents.
View ArticleHigh court orders BDU to restore woman professor to original position
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Friday ordered the administration of Bhrathidasan University (BDU) to restore Prof N Manimekalai to the post of director and head of the department of...
View ArticleCo-optex comes to the rescue of Kalamkari art
Kalamkari art, the famous hand painted or block printed cotton textile, which is on the verge of extinction, is all set to get a revival boost, with Co-optex's announcement that they plan to promote...
View ArticleWomen attempt suicide at grievance day meet
Tension prevailed in front of the Thanjavur collectorate premises after two women allegedly tried to commit suicide by immolating and drinking pesticide, respectively, during the grievance day meeting...
View ArticleWorkshop on robotics brings out the best in city school students
As part of the annual Pragyan, the Robotics and Machine Intelligence (RMI) Club of National Institute of Technology conducted a two-day robotics workshop titled 'Wired' for students of Classes 7 and 8.
View ArticlePeople in Trichy deprived of clean drinking water
Edited, 640 words Four years after acknowledging clean drinking water as a human right by UN, people in Trichy are still deprived of the same.
View Article'Institutions should play major role in research programmes'
The in-charge registrar of Bharathidasan University E Ramganesh has stressed the importance of biobanking technologies and wealth from waste like biogas as a major source of alternative energy and...
View ArticleSand truck owners protest preferential treatment by sales centre
Cleared/310 Words Owners of sand trucks in the district jumped into a protest on Tuesday against a second sales centre, which they alleged was favouring a set of trucks to get sand quickly.
View ArticleEmployee held for cheating private bank
A woman employee, who was accused of siphoning off money from the bank lockers of a private bank, was arrested by a special team of police at Salem on Monday evening.
View Article11-12-13 was just not another special day
This was the last of the series of sequential dates for this century and was expected to charm many, but 11-12-13 failed to evoke the same response it did during the previous years.
View ArticleLabourers irked over long delay in holding panel meet not held since June
Labourers from unorganised sectors in the district have to wait for some more time to sort out some of their important measures mandated by the welfare board.
View ArticleMan held for raping woman
A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman on the promise of marrying her.
View ArticleTangedco junior engineer held for taking bribe
A junior engineer serving in the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) was caught red-handed by officials of the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) while...
View Article'SC fiat a big slap for our movement'
Human rights activists and NGO's working for empowering the Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgenders (LGBT) in the city have strongly opposed the Supreme Court judgement, which on Wednesday quashed a...
View ArticleLGBTs to continue development activities despite court verdict
Kalaivani (name changed), a transgender walks to the podium and says that she is unable to open her bank account as the bank found that her name was changed in the identity proofs.
View Article'Most of the doctors receive commissions'
Dr N Sethuraman openly charged that most of the doctors receive commissions from MRI scan centres for referring patients to them.
View ArticleChoppy sea claims two fishermen
Two fishermen, who ventured into the sea in the early hours of Thursday, died after heavy winds toppled the fibre boats they were sailing in.
View ArticleThree chain snatchers held by railway police
The railway police authorities on Wednesday arrested three people belonging to a gang, who were involved in various chain snatching cases that took place in trains.
View ArticleFisher folk demand release of 107 men
Fisher folk in Nagappattinam district launched an indefinite strike on Thursday to demand the release of 107 fishermen who have been lodged in a Sri Lankan prison.
View ArticleWoman murdered, jewels stolen
A 50-year old woman was allegedly murdered and her jewels stolen in the city limits on Wednesday night.Police have detained three people suspected to be involved in the crime and are investigating.
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