Northeast monsoon drenches delta districts
Heavy and widespread rain continued to drench several parts of the Cauvery delta districts on Sunday as the northeast monsoon accompanied by the low pressure depression in the Bay of Bengal...
View Article‘Amma Unavagams’ declared open
Amma Unavagams have at last arrived in Thanjavur and Tiruvarur districts. Within a day of her resuming office as Chief Minister Jayalalithaa launched yet another batch of Amma Unavagams on Sunday, an...
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...
View ArticleRain drenches delta districts
Bringing cheer to anxious farmers who had raised samba paddy crop in the delta region, moderate to widespread rains lashed several parts of Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts on Sunday....
View Article3,600 tonnes of rice arrives in Pudukottai
A total of 3,600 tonnes of rice, meant for the public distribution system in Pudukottai district, arrived...
View ArticleSpecial meetings for PDS consumers
Special meetings to redress grievances of consumers regarding the public distribution system (PDS) will be held at...
View ArticleGroundnut yield hit
Disease in groundnut has been affecting the yield. Agriculture Department officials and scientists from Krishi Vigyan Kendra visited various fields where the crop had been hit and ascertained the...
View ArticleCounting centres inspected
Collector S. Ganesh on Wednesday inspected the arrangements for the filing of nominations at the panchayat union offices in...
View ArticleRain soaks Thanjavur, Tiruvarur districts
The current wet spell in Thanjavur and Tiruvarur districts of the Cauvery delta extended through Tuesday with the strong possibility of more rains in the next couple of days bringing cheers to a...
View Articlee-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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
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