Sand sculptures on Cauvery bed attract eyeballs
Giant tortoises and castles sculpted in sand on Cauvery river bed by more than 150 students of architecture from several colleges attracted many eyeballs.
View ArticleTraffic island proposed to decongest Cantonment near MGR statue
A traffic island near MGR statue to decongest traffic around the Cantonment areas and facilitate traffic movement from Anna Nagar to Collector Office Road has been proposed.
View ArticleLand grab complaint against minister
A land grab complaint has been lodged with the district collector against minister for khadi and village industries T P Poonatchi by his brother T P Ganesan here on Tuesday.
View ArticleCorporation removes encroachments by shops in Woraiyur
More than 100 makeshift roof extensions put up by shops on two main roads at Woraiyur were removed by corporation officials with police security on Tuesday.
View ArticleWork to enhance power supply begins
In order to enhance power supply to Srirangam, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) has started replacing conductors on the Srirangam-Samayapuram stretch from Tuesday.
View ArticleLicence applicants will be tested on computerised tracks
In a bid to reduce the manual driving test procedure for candidates seeking four-wheeler licence, a computerized driving testing track for the city will soon be introduced at a cost of Rs 30 lakh in...
View ArticleTechies demand daily train service from city to Bangalore
Techies from the city who are working in Bangalore, an IT hub, have a grouse.
View ArticleRoof of Trichy school collapses, student injured
The ceiling of a middle school in Thiruverumbur came down on Wednesday and injured a Class 7 student.
View ArticleMembers of Naam Tamilar party arrested for ransacking Tasmac outlet
Police arrested six members of Naam Tamilar Katchi for ransacking a Tasmac outlet near Chatram bus stand here on Wednesday.
View ArticleSubway on NH-45 fails to materialise as railways hesitate to give up land
Lack of coordination between the railways and the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has prevented the construction of a subway under the widened National Highway-45 (Chennai Bypass), turning...
View ArticleTrichy corporation installs napkin vending machines at Central Bus Stand
The city corporation has installed napkin vending machines inside the newly-constructed women toilet at the Central Bus Stand in the city.
View Article40-year-old bus driver found murdered
A government bus driver was on Wednesday morning found murdered on Thuraiyur Link Road near the Ganesha temple in the city.
View ArticleWildlife census to begin next week
The annual wildlife census in areas falling under the Trichy Forest Division is all set to begin from next week.
View Article11 years on, parents of Kumbakonam fire victims still await compensation
An 11-year-old horror of 94 children being charred to death and 18 children injured at Krishna English Medium School in Kumbakonam was mourned by the people of the temple town on Thursday.
View ArticleFarmers protest ONGC unit, smash shed in Thiruvarur district
An ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) exploration steel-roofed shed being constructed in a paddy field was smashed by a mob of angry farmers from Mannargudi in Thiruvarur district.
View ArticleResidents warned against letting sewage into canal
Though the state government has allotted crores of rupees to clean up the Uyyakondan canal in the region, the district authorities are concerned that as long as people do not co-operate, maintaining a...
View ArticleOverloaded bus topples, 40 schoolchildren injured
An overloaded bus transporting schoolchildren toppled near the Collectorate Office Road here on Thursday morning, injuring at least 40 children, of which three sustained grievous injuries.
View ArticleConfusion over missing baggage
Confusion prevailed at the Trichy International Airport on Wednesday night after a group of 11 passengers who had arrived from Kuala Lumpur by a Malindo Air aircraft on Monday and complained that one...
View ArticleIn the line of fire from public, crematorium locked down
The gassifier crematorium in Karumandapam in the city was locked down on Thursday after a controversy created by the alleged attempt of the staff to hand over the ashes of the wrong body to the relatives.
View ArticleFarmers protest against dyeing unit, attempt to drink affluent
Chaos prevailed at the farmers' grievance meeting in Karur collectorate as farmers attempted suicide by drinking effluents reportedly discharged by dyeing units into the Amaravathi River in the region,...
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