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TVK chief Vijay to contest from Perambur, Tiruchi East constituencies making electoral debut in T.N. Assembly election

TVK chief Vijay to contest from Perambur, Tiruchi East constituencies making electoral debut in T.N. Assembly election

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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president and actor C. Joseph Vijay and other leaders during the announcement of TVK candidate list in Chennai on March 29, 2026. Photo: Special Arrangement Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and actor C. Joseph Vijay, on Sunday (March 29, 2026), announced his party’s candidates for the ensuing Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. Mr. Vijay is set to make his electoral debut from two constituencies – Perambur in Chennai and Tiruchi East. The DMK has fielded incumbent MLA R.D. Shekar from Perambur, while in the AIADMK front, the constituency has been allocated to the PMK led by Anbumani. At Tiruchi East, the DMK has fielded incumbent MLA Inigo Irudayaraj, while the AIADMK has fielded K. Rajasekaran. Bussy Anand, Aadhav Arjuna and others TVK general secretary ‘Bussy’ N. Anand will contest from T. Nagar in Chennai, while K.A. Sengottaiyan, a nine-time former AIADMK MLA, who joined TVK a few months ago, will test the waters from his home turf, Gobichettipalayam and his supporter former Tiruppur MP V. Sathyabama is contesting from Tiruppur North. Former …

SASTRA team wins National Tamil Trial Advocacy competition

SASTRA team wins National Tamil Trial Advocacy competition

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SASTRA Deemed University students S. Santhameena, R. Sanchay, and S. Aboorva won the fourth annual edition of the National Tamil Trial Advocacy competition hosted by Tamil Nadu National Law University in Tiruchi this week while Theni Government Law College team members M. Bhavadharani, M. Mohamed Asmath, and N. Subha secured the second place. K. Praveen of Government Law College, Dharmapuri, and D. Vigneshwaran of School of Excellence in Law, Chennai, won the Best Advocate prizes. According to an official press release on Monday, the competition was held under the auspices of TNNLU’s Trial Advocacy Committee and is aimed at strengthening the practical dimensions of legal education. The competition, which witnessed the participation of 22 teams from various law colleges, was inaugurated on Saturday by advocates Nagapriya and Karthik Kanna. Two preliminary rounds were conducted to ensure a comprehensive evaluation of all participating teams. Special emphasis was on the participants’ knowledge and practical application of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The top eight teams were selected for the quarter-finals. The final round …

Sanitation workers search and recover gold jewellery from garbage dump in Tiruchi

Sanitation workers search and recover gold jewellery from garbage dump in Tiruchi

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Recovered gold jewellery from Ariyamangalam dump. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tiruchi Corporation’s sanitation workers have earned praise for their diligence after they recovered and returned three sovereigns of gold jewellery mistakenly discarded in a garbage bag in Ambikapuram, Kalkandar Kottai Road, under Ward 36 of Tiruchi Corporation. N.S. Suresh Kasi Raj, 56, a senior electrical engineer at Ponmalai Railway Workshop, routinely removes his gold chain and rings before sleeping. On March 6, he had placed them near banana peels. The next morning, his family unknowingly discarded the jewellery with the waste, which was collected by sanitation workers. Mr. Suresh, who realised this later, rushed to the waste segregation centre, where workers informed him that the waste had been transported to the Ariyamangalam dump. Mr. Suresh reached the dump yard and sought help from van driver P. Arunagiri who regularly picks up waste from his area and sanitation workers A. Pandi Selvi and R. Seetha who were in the dump. Without hesitation, Ms. Selvi and Ms. Seetha sifted through the garbage, eventually recovering the jewellery …

SASTRA team wins National Tamil Trial Advocacy competition

Power shutdown in several areas of Tiruchi on January 22 and 23

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Power supply will be suspended from 9.45 a.m. to 4 p.m. on January 22 in the following areas of the city as Tangedco has planned to take up maintenance work at the Thennur and Varaganeri sub-stations: Thillai Nagar East and West Extension, Gandhipuram, Annamalai Nagar, Karur Bypass, Thevar Colony, Thennur High Road, Anna Nagar East and West, Pudu Mariamman Temple Street, Shastri Road, Rahmaniapuram, Seshapuram, Ramarayar Agraharam, Vadavur, Vinayagapuram, Vamadam, Jeeva Nagar, Madurai Road, Kalyanasundarapuram, Valluvar Nagar, Nathersha Pallivasal, Old Goodshed Road, West Boulevard Road, Jalal Pakkiri Street, Jalal Kuthiri Street, Kuppankulam, Jaffersha Street, Big Bazaar Road, Super Bazaar, Singarathope, Babu Road, Madhuram Grounds, Bharathiar Street, Sunnambukara Street, Santhukadai, Kallatheru, Allimal Street, Khiledhar Street, Sub Jail Road, Bharathi Nagar, Hidayath Nagar, Quaid-e-Milleth Road, Periya Chetti Street, Chinna Chetti Street, Periya Kammala Street, Chinna Kammala Street, Marakkadai, Old Passport Office area, Vellamandi, Gandhi Market, Thanjavur Road, Kal Mandhai and Cooni Bazaar; Mahalakshmi Nagar, Dhanarathinam Nagar, Welders Nagar, Tharanallur, A.P. Nagar, Viswas Nagar, Vasantha Nagar, Alanganathapuram, Veerama Nagaram, Pookollai, Kamarajar Nagar, Chekkadi Bazaar, Bharathi Nagar, Kalaignar Nagar, …

SASTRA team wins National Tamil Trial Advocacy competition

District Central Library in Tiruchi to hold TNPSC Group II-A, IV model tests

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The District Central Library will be conducting model tests on Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) Group II-A Mains and Group IV competitive exams on its West Boulevard Road premises on January 20 from 10 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. According to a release, the free tests will be held in association with N.R. I.A.S Academy and Rotary Phoenix Club. Portions covered for the Group IV model test will be Unit III Indian History and Culture and Indian National Movement, Unit III Writing skills, October 2024 Current Affairs and problems Simple Interest in Mathematics. Students will be required to answer questions through the Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) method. Published – January 18, 2025 07:02 pm IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

New Air Traffic Control tower at Tiruchi airport likely to be commissioned before this year end

New Air Traffic Control tower at Tiruchi airport likely to be commissioned before this year end

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A view of the new Air Traffic Control Tower-cum-Technical Block at the Tiruchi international airport. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The new Air Traffic Control Tower-cum-Technical Block under construction at the Tiruchi international airport. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The new multi-storeyed Air Traffic Control Tower-cum-Technical Block coming up at the Tiruchi International Airport is expected to be commissioned before this year end.  The project is part of the upgrade of the non-metro Tiruchi airport which has more overseas flight services than domestic services.  The construction of the Air Traffic Tower control-cum-Technical Block commenced in July 2023 with civil work under way at the project site. The construction of the multi-storeyed buildings to house the tower and the technical block separately are proceeding briskly with over 60% of civil work having been completed. The plan is to complete the civil work in three to four months, said airport authorities. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is implementing the project at a cost of ₹60.75 crore which includes electrical works in the upcoming new structures. The new …

Durai Vaiko meets Ashwini Vaishnaw, submits a list of demands for Tiruchi region

Durai Vaiko meets Ashwini Vaishnaw, submits a list of demands for Tiruchi region

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Tiruchi MP Durai Vaiko and MDMK leader and Rajya Sabha member Vaiko holding a discussion with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at New Delhi recently. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Durai Vaiko, MP, has placed a few demands to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw pertaining to Tiruchi Lok Sabha constituency. MDMK leader Vaiko accompanied the MP when called on the Railway Minister in New Delhi recently and submitted memorandums. One of the demands was to provide a stop at Tiruverumbur railway station for the Cholan Superfast Express, Rameswaram Express, Tiruchendur Superfast Express and Ernakulam-Karaikal Express. Several important organisations such as the BHEL, OFT, and HAPP as well as educational institutions, including the National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi, Government ITI and Government Polytechnic, are located in and around Tiruverumbur.  People residing in the area had to travel 20 km to Budalur or Tiruchi Junction to board an express train, Mr. Durai Vaiko said in the memorandum. Another memorandum sought a stop for the Mayiladuthurai-Sengottai Express and Dindigul-Villupuram Intercity Express at Samuthiram railway station. This would benefit farmers in …

SASTRA team wins National Tamil Trial Advocacy competition

Govt. hospital doctors in Tiruchi remove anklet screw from toddler’s lung

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Doctors at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) in Tiruchi saved the life of a three-year-old boy by removing the screw of an anklet that he had accidentally swallowed. According to an official statement, the toddler from a village in Perambalur district had swallowed the screw while playing on December 13 and was immediately taken to a hospital in Iluppur. When X-ray images revealed that the screw was lodged in the patient’s bronchus (large airway that leads from the windpipe to a lung), he was referred to the Emergency Room of MGMGH. Under the guidance of S. Kumaravel, Dean, KAP Viswanatham Government Medical College, attached to MGMGH, a team of doctors, led by Radhakrishnan, head, Department of Ear Nose Throat (ENT) Surgery, removed the foreign object with the help of a rigid bronchoscope. The patient had recovered from the procedure, said the statement. Doctors advised parents to keep small objects and other potentially hazardous material away from the reach of children. Published – December 19, 2024 05:24 pm IST Disclaimer: We do not own …

Two Tamil inscriptions from Alathudaiyanpatti temple in Tiruchi district deciphered

Two Tamil inscriptions from Alathudaiyanpatti temple in Tiruchi district deciphered

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The inscription copied on maplitho papers by ASI experts from Arulmigu Somanathar Temple at Alathudaiyanpatti in Tiruchi district | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Epigraphy Division of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has recently deciphered two inscriptions copied from Arulmigu Somanathar Temple at Alathudaiyanpatti near Thuraiyur in Tiruchi district. The inscriptions dated back to the Chola period. B. Charumathi, Assistant Epigraphist, ASI, who copied the two inscriptions on maplitho papers from the walls of the temple in September said the two inscriptions written in Tamil were deciphered by the experts recently and found to be dating back to 13th century. One inscription has information about giving orders to Thirugnanasammandha Pandidhar for a specific period to carry out thirupani in the temple. It dates back to the period of Chola King Rajaraja – III. Another inscription records an order of the Nattars Valluvappadi (Nattolai) to Devarkanmi and accountant of the Azhagiya Someswaramudiya Nayanar Temple at Periyanavalur covenying the grant of dry and wet lands, which was leased at an amount of 30,000 kasu of per …

Thuraiyur tanks – The Hindu

Thuraiyur tanks – The Hindu

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Surplus waters flowing from the Thuraiyur Big Tank in Tiruchi. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Some of the major irrigation tanks in Thuraiyur sub-division in Tiruchi district have filled up, thanks to copious inflow from Kolli Hills and the Pachamalai, bringing cheer to local farmers. Thirteen out of the 51 rainfed tanks in the sub-division have filled up so far. These include the Jamberi, Alathudayanpatti Periya Eri, Alathudayanpatti Chinna Eri, and Sirunavalur Eri, sources in the Water Resources Department told The Hindu. Jamberi is one of the biggest irrigation tanks in the district and is situated in a fertile belt in Uppilliyapuram area where the famous seeraga samba rice is grown. The tank in Vairichettipalayam village has an ayacut area of about 1,020 acres and has a capacity to hold 72.34 million cubic feet (mcft) of water. The tank mainly gets runoff rainwater flow from the Kolli Hills. The Alathudayapatti Periya Eri, with a storage capacity of 47.43 mcft, irrigates over 325 acres. Overflows from the tank runs into the Alathudayanpatti Chinna Eri, which can …