Full-body scanner at Trichy railway station lies dormant
A full-body scanner at the Trichy railway station has not been put to use since it was procured a year ago. Set up at a cost of Rs 3.25 crore, the scanner is lying idle at the junction.
View ArticleTrichy farm women to lay their hands on business
The country’s only horticulture college and research institute for women is planning to set up a ‘centre of excellence for farm women’ knowledge centre on its campus in Navalur Kuttupattu in the...
View ArticleDalits protest construction of fence blocking path to their locality
About 70 dalit families of a village at S Usilampatti panchayat in Pudukottai district are forced to take a detour of 3.5km as a vacant land on the path to their locality has been fenced by the owner...
View ArticleJapanese organization likely to fund MGMGH for improving facilities
A three-member team of a voluntary organization from Japan visited the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) attached to KAP Viswanatham Government Medical College on Friday.
View ArticleCorporation blamed for poor maintenance of electric posts
Blaming the Trichy Corporation for poor maintenance of electric poles which claimed three lives last week, councillors on Friday demanded the civic body pay compensation to the families of the victims.
View ArticleCentral Bus Terminus to be renovated at a cost of Rs 70L
At a time when the city corporation is planning to renovate the Central Bus Terminus here at a cost of Rs 70 lakh, including replacement of its roof, the civic body was taken to task by a councillor...
View ArticleCorporation blamed for poor maintenance of electric posts
Blaming the Trichy Corporation for poor maintenance of electric poles which claimed three lives last week, councillors on Friday demanded the civic body pay compensation to the families of the victims.
View ArticleUK institute launches MBA, IT courses
The London School of Commerce (LSC) on Saturday launched a one-year MBA programme and also an information technology course in collaboration with St Joseph's Institute of Management (JIM) and Bishop...
View ArticleTrichy milk producers up in arms against Aavin officials
Much to the dismay of the onlookers, the city saw a unique protest on Saturday.
View ArticleKaalipatti villagers offer prayers, sacrifices for accident-free road
Villagers from a small hamlet in Trichy district have resorted to a unique way to stop accidents at a nearby road.
View ArticleActivists rescue 32 animals in Samayapuram, six traffickers arrested
Thirty-two animals, including 30 cows and two buffalos, were rescued by animal rights activists near Samayapuram in the early hours of Saturday.
View ArticleIAF’s air show keeps audience spellbound
It was a feast for the spectators at the Air Force Station in Thanjavur (Southern Strikers) as the Akash Ganga and the helicopter display team performed a breathtaking skydiving show.
View ArticleSmartphone users: Beware of muscle neck ailments
Your mobile phone may be smart, but you must be smarter (and cautious too) when using it, or you face the risk of calling for serious health problems.
View ArticleMan holds up traffic by erecting fence on road
Traffic came to a halt for more than one-and-a-half hours at Tiruvarur-Mayiladuthurai Ring Road on Sunday morning after a 59-year-old man put up a fence with stones and barbed wires across a portion of...
View ArticleBuses clash on Trichy-Thanjavur road, 24 injured
A negligent cycle rider caused two government buses to crash near Kattur on Trichy-Thanjavur Road on Sunday afternoon, leaving 24 people injured. The driver of one of the buses, who hit the second bus...
View ArticleCongress seeks removal of 3 BJP ministers
: Former Union minister and Congress leader V Narayanasamy said his party will bring the parliament proceedings to a grinding halt until the three alleged corrupt ministers in the BJP government resign...
View ArticleRunaway groom caught, marriage solemnised
A 25-year-old man, who impregnated his 20-year-old lover, tried to give the slip on the day of marriage with the girl, citing insufficient dowry from the bride’s family.
View ArticleRelease water from Mettur for kuruvai cultivation: PMK
Expressing hope that farmers would be able to go for all the three crop cultivations this year, PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss on Tuesday demanded immediate release of water from Mettur for kuruvai...
View ArticleEmployees protest privatisation, FDI in Indian Railways
Opposing privatisation and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the railways, hundreds of railway employees took to the roads and blocked the Trichy junction protesting against the central government.
View Article40% of seats under RTE quota lie vacant in schools
Vacancies under the Right To Education (RTE) Act quota remain in schools across the district, according to data released by directorate of matriculation schools.
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