Green corridor helps airlift heart within golden hour
Traffic on arterial roads in the city came to a halt on Wednesday morning to give way to a heart harvested from a 40-year-old brain dead woman to reach the Trichy international airport from a private...
View ArticleH1N1 cases go up to 11 in district
A 19-year-old college student from a village near Thottiyam tested positive for H1N1 on Thursday, taking the total number of cases in the district to 11.Sources said the youth was a student of a...
View Article2 LKG students die in road accident
Four people, including two kindergarten students were killed when the school van in which they were travelling collided head-on with a speeding limestone-laden truck at Kallankurichi intersection in...
View ArticleRights group raises suspicion over dalit woman’s death
Evidence, an organization working for dalit rights, alleged that a 21-year-old dalit unmarried woman was murdered by her 25-year-old lover over caste issue in a village near Valangaiman in Tiruvarur...
View ArticleSurveyor caught while taking bribe from woman
A surveyor attached to the Trichy West taluk office was arrested by the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) while receiving bribe from a woman here on Friday.
View ArticleEight-member CBI team interrogates custom officials
An eight-member team of central bureau of investigation (CBI) carried out inquires with officials of the customs department at Trichy International Airport on Friday, following complaints of alleged...
View Article'Need to improve R&D spending in order not to be left behind'
A clarion call was made to give thrust to research and development in India at the 26th convocation of Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), Trichy held on Saturday.
View ArticleExpedite pending cases, CJ to judges
Pending cases stuck in the system must be resolved expeditiously, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Chief Justice of Madras high court has said.
View ArticleCBI arrests six including five customs officials on graft charges
Five customs officers and a passenger who were arrested by officials of the anti-corruption branch (ACB) of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Chennai at the Trichy International Airport following...
View ArticleFarmers seek relief for damaged crops
Farmers of hilly regions of Pachamalai and Thuraiyur are seeking adequate compensation from the state government for the loss they have incurred due to the damage to their crops by the recent...
View ArticleBanks to crack the whip on loan defaulters soon
Criminal action should be initiated against loan defaulters and they should be termed as willful defaulters as banks in the country are facing troubles in clearing debts, was the agenda of a meeting of...
View Article3 more H1N1 cases in Trichy district
Three people, including an 11-year-ld boy, have tested positive for H1N1 in the district on Sunday. With this, the number of H1N1 cases in the district has gone up to 13 in the district and 11 in the...
View ArticleOppn calls corpn budget an ‘eyewash’
The city corporation’s post-budget discussion on Monday witnessed heated arguments between the councilors over lack of major announcements on developing civic infrastructure. DMK councillors finally...
View ArticleWoman murdered, thrown into channel
Police and fire and rescue services personnel on Monday began a search for the missing body of a 55-year-old woman who was allegedly robbed and murdered before being thrown into a water channel. A...
View ArticleRelocate bus stand to nearby land: Parties
At a time when the city corporation is finding it difficult to construct an integrated bus complex, an all-party delegation from the nearby Manapparai taluk want the temporary bus stand in the taluk to...
View ArticleBullock cart owners make hay out of truckers' strike
The two-day strike by sand truckers has provided an opportunity for owners of bullock carts to make hay.
View ArticleGovt hospital staff go on flash strike
A flash strike announced by contract workers at the government hospital here affected medical services on Tuesday morning.
View ArticleLack of western toilets in Government Hospital inconveniences patients
While private hospitals are vying to provide state-of-the-art facilities to patients, government hospitals in the state still have a long way to go on this front.
View ArticleSchools begin admissions, flout state govt norms
Despite a state directive to begin admissions only during the summer break, several schools here have already completed their admissions with some of them even going for advertisements calling for...
View ArticleCouple found hanging inside hotel room
A couple was found hanging inside a room at a lodge in Srirangam on Wednesday.
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