11 Pudukkottai fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy
Eleven fishermen from the coastal district of Pudukkottai were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on Monday night.The arrested fishermen belong to Kottaiyampattinam village.
View ArticleNine fliers yet to discharge 'smuggled' gold from belly
Some even consume gold as was the case with nine passengers who were caught by the customs officials at the Trichy airport on Monday night. Officials administered 'banana treatment' to recover 2.70 kg...
View ArticleTrichy medical college still awaits nod for 50 MBBS seats
While counselling for MBBS admission still on in Tamil Nadu, the KAP Viswanatham Government Medical College here is awaiting approval of the Medical Council of India (MCI) for 50 additional MBBS seats.
View ArticleLeft parties denounce train fare hike, hold protest in Trichy
Seventy-six people belonging to the Left parties and their youth organisations were arrested by the police after they blocked trains at the Trichy railway station as part of the state-wide...
View ArticleWater woes top corporation council agenda
The acute water shortage and the unclean water supplied to some of the extended areas were among the problems discussed at the corporation council meet on Friday, the first after the parliamentary...
View Article'Raise procurement price for shallots'
A platform meant for farmers to express their grievances descended into chaos on Friday.
View ArticleTrichy corporation plans to turn waste into electricity
: Snowed under by complaints from residents over the constant fires at the Ariyamangalam dump yard, the city corporation has drawn up an elaborate plan to convert all the waste generated into electricity.
View ArticleGold worth Rs 8.6 lakh stolen from government hospital quarter
The series of house break-ins in the city and in the surrounding rural areas over the past few days has left police baffled. In the latest incident, two houses were broken into early on Friday and 40...
View ArticleClasses for batch IV begin at IIM-T
The Indian Institute of Management Trichy on Friday welcomed the fourth batch of students for the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) in the presence of many dignitaries from the industry at...
View ArticleTrichy government hospital set to get exclusive burns ward
The long wait for a full-fledged burns ward at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital here could soon end.
View ArticleEco project at Pachamalai hit due to land dispute
The ambitious Pachamalai eco conservation project that was supposed to be open by April for the tourists hit a roadblock due to a land dispute between tribal people of the region and officials...
View ArticleBDU to organize goat farming workshop
A one-day national workshop on “Emerging Trends for Commercial Goat Farming” jointly organized by the Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University and Saraswathi Foundation for Rural...
View ArticleBody of 22-year-old found hanging from tree in Trichy
The body of a 22-year-old youth was found hanging from a tree near Samy Nagar here on Saturday morning.
View ArticleResidents protest, demand steps to end water crisis
day after the Trichy Coporation passed resolution to construct 355km-stretch water pipelines for the newly-annexed areas, the residents of Milagupparai here took the streets to protest demanding...
View Article10-member gang hacks man to death near Trichy
A 32-year-old man who was on his way to bring garland for his cousin's wedding was hacked to death by a 10-member gang in the early hours of Sunday near Makalikudi on the outskirts of Trichy.
View ArticleMultispeciality hosp still a distant dream
Whenever the CM visits Trichy, she announces some schemes. But some of them are unfortunately not fully implemented due to official apathy.
View ArticleMGMGH patients shifted to new block
The staffs of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) were busy shifting the patients from their old block to the six-storey multispecialty building on Saturday night.
View ArticleSrirangam all set for CM's first visit after LS poll
After AIADMK's landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, the Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will be visiting her Srirangam constituency for the first time on Monday afternoon.
View ArticleJayalalithaa unveils schemes worth Rs 193.15 crore
Chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s visit to her home constituency Srirangam in Trichy district is usually marked by fanfare, enthusiasm among party workers and benevolence by way of a slew of projects and...
View ArticleSudden downpour in Trichy brings much-needed respite
Sudden showers across the city as well as other parts of the district on Monday evening provided temporary relief to the residents here who are experiencing high temperatures in the recent days.
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