TNN | |DMK treasurer MK Stalin on Wednesday promised to ensure that his party MLAs visit people once in a fortnight if his party is voted to power in the state in the upcoming assembly elections.
TNN | |The introduction of grievance redress mechanism in schools for teachers under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act is a welcome move, say educationalists. The school management committee (SMC), functioning in government schools of the state, will now gradually be part of private and aided schools as well.
TNN | |While speaking to members of the farmers’ wing of the party at Kattur near here on Wednesday, Vasan said he had sought appointment from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hand over the signatures to him and to stress to take steps to implement total prohibition in Tamil Nadu.
K Sambath Kumar | |In a startling revelation, the Trichy division of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) said it spends a whopping Rs 2.5 crore a month on an average as compensation to the victims of accidents involving government buses.
TNN | |A 57-year-old man diagnosed with H1N1 is undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospitals in Trichy. Elderly patients with multiple ailments were advised to take utmost care as they are prone to the fever.
TNN | |In a gruesome road accident, two truck drivers were charred to death as their vehicles caught fire after they collided head-on at Manathattai intersection near Kulithalai on Trichy- Karur national highways in the wee hours of Wednesday.
TNN | |After the row over a crematorium in the city disrupted a corporation council meeting in August and two DMK councillors suspended as a result, the monthly meetings of the council seem to have taken a backseat.
TNN | |The burglars struck at an outlet on 10th Cross Street at Thillai Nagar, a posh locality in the city. The incident came to light when Jeevamani, the shop owner opened the showroom on Tuesday morning. The steel shutter of the shop was found broken. On entering the shop, the owner found that several high-end smart phones were stolen from the showcase.
TNN | |At a coordination meeting of the GRP, railway protection force (RPF) and railway officials called by DIG Baskaran at the Trichy divisional railway office in the city, the issue of attacks on TTEs was the primary agenda.