Lakhs of devotees pay respects to forefathers
Large crowds who had come to pay homage to their ancestors on the occasion of 'Thai Amavasai' gathered along water bodies in the state on Tuesday.
View ArticleFarmers want dues from mills recovered
Farmers in delta districts are protesting the non-payment of sugarcane procurement dues by private sugarcane factories and are asking the state government to order the companies to pay off the dues.
View ArticleAbandoned suitcase causes bomb scare in Trichy
The BDDS moved the suitcase to a secluded area on the outskirts of the city and opened it. It contained clothes and textbooks.
View ArticleThree child labourers rescued in Trichy
Police and officials of Child Labour Elimination and Effective Rehabilitation Society (CHEERS) and labour department conducted raids at 55 shops in Mannachanallur area.
View ArticleStudents protest fee hike by city college
More than 200 students on Wednesday protested against yearly increase of fees by the National College in the city.
View ArticleFliers suffer as aero bridge at airport Aero bridge at airport conks out,...
From the beginning of this year, passengers at the Trichy International Airport are forced to climb up mobile ladders to board a flight due to the non-functioning of the lone available aero-bridge.
View ArticleAIADMK's Srinivasan elected unopposed as Trichy deputy mayor
Srinivasan took oath as deputy mayor in front of corporation commissioner M Vijayalakshmi and other senior officials.
View ArticleTeacher comes out with software to help students score high
A commerce teacher of a government school here has come out with software to help rural students of class 11 and 12 to score high in board examinations.
View ArticleNew deputy mayor assumes charge
J Srinivasan was elected unopposed as the deputy mayor of the city on Thursday, nearly seven months after Ashik Meera, who had previously held the post, resigned following a controversy.
View ArticleSecurity beefed up in city ahead of R-Day
The city has been witnessing visits from high-profile politicians for the past few days, causing the police to set up additional inspection points in railway stations and the arterial roads.
View ArticleLeft parties protest Obama’s India visit, held
Annadurai M, Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate for Srirangam byelection, were among the 112 supporters of left parties who were arrested in Trichy on Saturday for staging a protest against...
View Article79 poll booths sensitive, says EC
With the multi-cornered contest for Srirangam by-election gaining pace, the Election Commission has identified 79 polling booths as sensitive in the constituency.
View ArticleAbsence of parking lot chokes arterial roads
The absence of proper parking lots on arterial roads where several commercial establishments are located are leaving roads in the city choked. With a rise in the number of shops and the corresponding...
View ArticleVillage in Srirangam yet to receive basic amenities
At a time when media cameras are trained on poll-bound Srirangam, a hamlet in the constituency is claiming the lack of even basic amenities like potable water.
View ArticleTrichy railway division posts 5.64% increase in revenue
In the last nine months of the current fiscal year, Trichy railway division posted a 5.64% increase in its earnings compared to the corresponding period last year, said S Manjula Rangarajan, divisional...
View ArticleSpecial team formed to investigate swine flu in district
The incidents of swine flu cases reported in and around the state have prompted the district administration to form a special team to investigate into the matter.
View ArticleRepublic day marked with fun and fervour
The 66th Republic Day in the district was observed with an array of colourful events.
View Article2 college girls among three killed in road accident near Pudukottai
Three persons, including two college girls, were killed when a speeding truck hit a two-wheeler at Aranthangi near Pudukottai on Tuesday.
View ArticleNRI from Malaysia admitted to Trichy hospital for swine flu
A 65-year-old NRI from Malaysia is being treated for the past four days at a private hospital here for H1N1. With this, the number of ‘swine flu’ cases in the city has gone up two.
View ArticleBypoll: 29 file nominations on last day
As many as 29 contestants, including CPM candidate K Annadurai, filed their nominations on the last day on Tuesday for the Srirangam bypoll. In all, 46 candidates are in the fray, pending scrutiny of...
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