DRI officials seize 8kg of gold bars
Directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI) arrested three people, who were in possession of around 8kg of gold bars, during a vehicle check near Muthupettai in Tiruvarur district in the early hours of...
View ArticleMinors rescued from marriages to be empowered
A project to empower girls rescued from child marriages is on the cards here, with the department of social welfare planning to provide them financial assistance and vocational training.
View ArticleLittering, anti-social activities brought down in forest with help of locals
Preventing unauthorised entry of people who claim to be on pilgrimage or pleasure trips has always been a tough task for wildlife officials at Grizzled Squirrel Sanctuary in Srivilliputhur.
View ArticleDuo in fake certificate case fall ‘sick’
Two people, who were arrested on charges of forging fake death certificates, were admitted to the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) here on Wednesday night after they reportedly...
View ArticleSeparate structure for cargo at airport
To protect and stock the goods meant for export, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has began construction of a huge canopy in front of the cargo complex at the Trichy International Airport.
View ArticleDespite nod, AI Express fails to operate flights to Abu Dhabi
The number of people travelling from the central districts to the Middle East is increasing but Air India Express has not operated flights to Abu Dhabi from the international airport here for the past...
View ArticleBandh peaceful, hits trade, transport
With traders associations in the region declaring their support to the state-wide bandh called by farmers organisations, most shops in the delta region remained closed on Saturday.
View ArticleFive killed, 16 injured as building collapses in Thiruvarur
At least five workers were killed and 16 injured, with five of them in serious condition, after the ceiling and pergola of an under-construction building on the Central University campus at Nagakudi...
View ArticleSaline water used for construction in Trichy: Activist
The collapse of a building at the central university at Thiruvarur, in which five people were killed, has raised doubts about the quality of construction in the region which has high salinity in ground...
View ArticleTwo women held for cheating woman with promise of job
Fort police on Monday arrested two women in the city for allegedly forcing a 41-year-old woman to join prostitution in Malaysia on the promise of getting her a job there.
View ArticleTrichy's open wells pose danger to travellers
None of the wells on Mannachanallur-Edhumalai road have walls around them.
View ArticleDalits allege discrimination in Trichy's temple fest
Dalit families from a village in the district alleged they were being kept out of a temple festival on caste grounds, and threatened to stage a temple entry protest if they were not allowed to take...
View ArticleTrichy's farmers barred from boarding train, protest
Stating that police had prevented them from going to Chennai for a second time to carry out a protest demanding the waiver of agricultural loans, farmers here took out a demonstration on Monday.
View ArticleTrichy residents up their ante against land acquisition plan
Residents of Nathamadipatti village have upped their ante against the acquisition of their land for Trichy airport expansion project.
View Article3 engineering students, lab technician die in road accident
Cleared/ Three engineering college students and a lab technician were killed and 16 others injured when the college van they were travelling in collided with a truck near Poigaiputhur in Karur on Tuesday.
View Article31-03-TRI-Uppar reservoir seems doomed
The Uppar reservoir spread over 287 acres in rain-fed Mannachanallur Taluk on the outskirts of Trichy district remains unutilized thanks to the failure of monsoon and the lack of planning by the...
View ArticleWork on road over bridge will come up soon, minister says
An overbridge will be built to reduce accidents on the Chennai bypass stretch along the Thiruvanaikovil- Kallanai Junction near the number one toll gate, assured the minister of state for road...
View Article10 houses demolished by TNSCB at Trichy's Pallakarrai
After grappling with slum dwellers for more than two hours, officials from the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) along with police demolished 10 houses at Pallakarrai here on Wednesday.
View ArticleCBI team conducts probe at building collapse site in Trichy's Thiruvarur
A CBI team from Chennai on Tuesday carried out an investigation at the site of a building collapse on the Central University of Tamil Nadu premises in Thiruvarur that killed five construction workers...
View ArticleGovt's move worries MGNREGS workers
The latest notification from the central government mandating Aadhaar card for employees under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) triggered panic among the...
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