Charge sheet filed against Trichy(W) MLA
Nearly four years after the case was registered against him, Srirangam police on Thursday submitted a charge sheet against Trichy-West constituency MLA M Paranjothi at a court here in a case filed by a...
View ArticleUniversity building collapse: Suspects grilled
A three-member team from the regional office of central public works department (CPWD) who are holding an inquiry in connection with the building collapse incident at the Thiruvarur Central University...
View ArticleFormer Dy Mayor put through DNA test
Former deputy mayor of Trichy Mariam Asik Meera of the AIADMK underwent a DNA test at the government medical college hospital in the city on Thursday following a court order to determine whether he was...
View ArticlePoor drainage: Advocates float paper boats on Trichy district court premises
Irked by the stagnation of rainwater in the district court premises, advocates floated paper boats on the rainwater pools in front of the main building of the court here on Friday, as a mark of protest...
View ArticleLack of signals may turn link road to killer stretch
The incomplete Anna Nagar-Cantonment Link Road is inviting trouble. Lack of sign boards and traffic signals is testing the driving skills of commuters on the stretch.
View ArticleNIT-T, Sonata Software to boost entrepreneurship
National Institute of Technology (NIT) Trichy and Sonata Software – a Bangalore-based software services company – have entered into a partnership to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship.
View ArticleKidney donor alleges cheating
A contract labourer alleged that the 75-year-old father of an AIADMK councillor of the city corporation coerced him into donating one of his kidneys in return for Rs 20 lakh but later refused to give...
View ArticleSuspect in explosives case caught at airport
Immigration authorities on Sunday night caught an accused in the 2008 Ariyalur explosive dealing case at the international airport here.
View ArticleDistrict team visits proposed AIIMS site at Thanjavur
Times News NetworkEd.District collector N Subbaiyan on Monday inspected the proposed land at Sengipatti to set up an All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) institute in the state.
View ArticleKidney donor alleges father of councillor cheated him
A contract labourer alleged that the 75-year-old father of an AIADMK councillor of the city corporation coerced him into donating one of his kidneys in return for Rs 20 lakh but later refused to give...
View ArticleCouples waiting to adopt children kept waiting as agency yet to receive...
Three childless couples have been waiting for nearly two years to adopt children, as the adoption agency is yet to receive a free-for-adoption certificate from the child welfare committee (CWC).
View ArticleSuspect in explosives case caught at the airport
Times News NetworkEd.Immigration authorities on Sunday night caught an accused in the 2008 Ariyalur explosive dealing case at the international airport here.
View ArticleDIG sends police force to church
It was not an attack on a church, but it certainly stunned the gathering there. A senior IPS officer sent police personnel to St Joseph’s church in Thanjavur district after the loud choir allegedly...
View ArticleHis fight against girl child discrimination won him award
A doctor turned IAS officer, Perambalur district collector Darez Ahmed made the backward district attain national prominence by carrying out several developmental works.
View ArticleVision case: Prime accused was honoured by ex-CM in ‘13
The prime accused in the blinding of patients, Dr C A Nelson Jesudasan, director of Joseph Eye Hospital in Trichy, was honoured with ‘best private player’ award by former chief minister J Jayalalithaa...
View ArticleSubway becomes breeding ground for mosquitoes
An under-construction subway at Edamalaipattipudhur has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes, thanks to the recent spell of rain and railways’ apathy.
View ArticleAngels network launched to nurture entrepreneurs
A group of industrialists here have tied up with Native Angels Network, which aims at nurturing budding entrepreneurs in tier II and tier III cities. The network will act as a bridge between investors...
View Article‘108’ ambulance is no more a poor man’s vehicle
Upper middle class people once considered government-run ambulances to be trifled with. Going by the number of users of GVK-EMRI 108 ambulances in the past one-and-a-half years, the trend has changed...
View Article30 sovereigns, 4.5L cash stolen
Burglars decamped with 30 sovereigns of gold ornaments and cash to the tune of Rs 4.5 lakh from a residence located on the premises of a rice mill in Manapparai on the outskirts of Trichy on Wednesday...
View ArticleGovt school teachers protest seeking to fill vacancies
Government teachers involved in evaluation of Class 10 public examination answer sheets staged a protest here on Thursday urging the state to allow them to take summer holidays by filling up vacancies...
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