Month: August 2022

 A 12-year-old boy died after a mini freight carrier rammed the two-wheeler on which he was travelling on the Madurai – Tiruchi national highway at Viralur near Viralimalai in the district on Tuesday. The accident occurred in the morning when the boy, K. Kanagaraj, a class VI student, was proceeding to school on a two-wheeler which […]

By Express News Service TIRUCHY: The corporation held a special grievance session, ‘Makkalai Thedi Managaratchi’ (corporation reaching out to residents) at Palakkarai for residents of Ariyamangalam zone on Tuesday. The meeting was aimed at addressing grievances of residents in a fast-track manner. Mayor Mu Anbalagan and senior corporation officials attended the meeting and received petitions. […]

Express News Service TIRUCHY: Answering a questionnaire at a competition laid the foundation for two woman engineering students here to develop a smart wheelchair for people afflicted with mobility disabilities from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The idea fetched them the Best Women-Led Entrepreneurship Idea Award at smartIDEAthon2022, a national-level competition organised recently by a private […]

Express News Service TIRUCHY: A video clip of CPM functionaries chipping off a recently blacktopped road in the city went viral on social media, triggering a volley of comments. The clip, which alleged lack of quality in the work carried out at Ranjithapuram (Ward 48) in the city, led to a lot of people questioning how […]

A training in ‘mob control’ operations was conducted for the Armed Reserve personnel here on Sunday. The exercise, supervised by the Superintendent of Police, Raveli Priya Gandhapuneni, was held at the AR Parade Ground on Court Road where the personnel were trained again in controlling the mob with minimum force and handling the situation when […]

A book fair would be held at the St.John’s Vestry Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School grounds in the city from September 16 to 26. The book fair would feature over 200 stalls with the participation of over 150 publishers, Collector M.Pradeep Kumar said. The fair would feature exclusive stalls highlighting the role of Tamil Nadu’s […]

Loading of industrial salt resumed recently in Tiruchi Railway Division after 20 years. The first loading of industrial salt after a long gap took place at Nagapattinam station. The rake transporting the consignment was booked for Veldurti station in Hyderabad Division for industrial use by TGV SRAAC Limited, Hyderabad.  Industrial salt was transported by 58 […]

The Miyawaki model forest patches raised at two locations on the premises of National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi have drawn the attention of schools. During this month, students of three schools – the campus school, Chellammal Vidyalaya and Tiruchi Public School – were shown the dense greenery. Santhanam Vidyalaya has also evinced interest in […]

Express News Service TIRUCHY: Mounting garbage piles at micro-compost centres in the city are likely to disappear within the next six months, as the corporation has recently taken steps to improve waste management. Last month, the civic body finished the installation of CCTV cameras at all the 38 micro-compost centres in the city. Senior officials, including […]