e-service centres to accept power bills
Consumers can henceforth pay their bi-monthly power consumption charges at the e-service centres run by the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation at the taluk offices in the district. The facility to...
View ArticleNABARD aid sought in building nine landing centres in Pudukottai district
The district administration has planned to build landing centres at nine select places in the coastal villages in the district under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) of the National...
View ArticleOff-season rain makes delta farmers jittery
Standing crops from summer paddy to rainfed gingelly in Tiruvarur district could face danger if the rain continues over the next couple of days. While cotton crop is already under threat, any more...
View Article88 cases of violations in Tiruvarur district
All efforts will be taken to ensure free and fair elections. Besides, stern action will be taken against those who violate the model code of conduct, Collector M. Mathivanan told the representatives of...
View ArticlePass percentage drops in Tiruvarur
Tiruvarur district schools registered a drop in overall pass percentage despite sterling performance by some students in the SSLC examinations this year. The district pass percentage of 83.78 was a tad...
View ArticleOfficial machinery geared up for election work
Sealing of the MLA offices, constitution of teams for keeping a close vigil against poll-related violations and white-washing of wall writings and clearing of hoardings set up by various political...
View ArticleNilavembu decoction distributed
Nilavembu decoction was provided in all Indian medical system wings of the public health delivery institutions such as government hospitals across this district to...
View ArticleSet up more colleges: CPI(M)
The district unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has urged the state government to take steps for inter-linking the Cauvery, the Vaigai and the Kundaru so as to provide assured irrigation...
View ArticleRain in delta districts
Sporadic and scattered rainfall marked traces of the effect of northeast monsoon on parts of the delta districts...
View ArticleFarmers court arrest
About 5,700 persons belonging to farmers’ outfits and opposition parties courted arrest in many parts of central districts on Tuesday after conducting road and rail rokos urging Karnataka to release...
View ArticleGood turnout in delta segments
Braving incessant rains and power outage in some polling stations, people in the delta districts came out to vote in large numbers in the Assembly elections on Monday. While Thanjavur district, except...
View ArticleAcute scarcity of hay in Pudukottai
Acute scarcity of hay has been posing a great hardship to the livestock owners in parts of the district and there has been a panic buying of hay from fields where ‘samba’ crop has been harvested last...
View Article31 DPCs opened in Pudukottai
Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) has opened 31 Direct Purchase Centres (DPCs) in Pudukottai district and till January 29, has procured 720 tonnes of paddy from farmers. DPCs are...
View ArticleLast day rush at RO offices
A large number of nominations were filed at the offices of the Returning Officer for the Assembly Constituencies on Friday, the last day for filing of nominations. THANJAVUR: As many as 174 candidates...
View ArticleTHANJAVUR
As many as 146 candidates are in the fray for the nine assembly constituencies in Tiruchi district, after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended on Monday. Six candidates withdrew their...
View ArticleWater released from Grand Anicut
Water was released from the Grand Anicut for samba cultivation in the Cauvery delta districts on Thursday. As shutters were lifted by Ministers and the Collectors, water gushed out of the sluices of...
View ArticleTight security in place for Sub-Inspector examination
Police have made arrangements at all the 16 centres across the central zone ahead of the written examination for the recruitment of Police Sub Inspectors to be conducted by the Tamil Nadu Uniformed...
View ArticleTwo die as crackers go off
Two persons were killed on the spot when country-made crackers which they were transporting on a two-wheeler exploded at Nallur village...
View ArticleHeavy rainfall in Nagapattinam
Several parts of Nagapattinam district received heavy rainfall on Wednesday as the monsoon turned active. Nagapattinam recorded the maximum of 13.7 centimetres of rain during the 24-hour period ending...
View ArticleOld woman injured in house collapse
Monsoon rain, induced by the yet another depression over the Bay of Bengal, returned to lash several parts of the delta districts on Saturday. Sky remained cloudy and overcast conditions prevailed for...
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