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Visually impaired brothers find their forte in music

an hour ago

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R Renganathan and R Lakshminarayanan haven’t let visual impairment stop them from becoming professional accompanists and music teachers..

Rivers in spate across Theni

21 hours ago

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Notice boards erected as rain lashes the district on Wednesday night..

‘Child-friendly’ committee formed

22 hours ago

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Stakeholders from government departments and NGOs across the State took part in a district-level public dialogue on ‘Child trafficking free India’ at..

efunct borewell converted into RWH system

yesterday

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A defunct deep borewell at the Panchayat Union Primary School, Pulavarnatham in Ammapet Panchayat Union, has been converted into a rainwater harvestin..

Encouraging production of vegetables

yesterday

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Horticulture students of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute, Karaikal, have lent their support for implementation o..

‘Amend Contract Farming Act’

yesterday

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The Tamizhaga Cauvery Vivasayigal Sangam has urged the State government to make suitable amendments in the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Produce and Livesto..

‘Construction of regulator across Kollidam progressing well’

yesterday

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Estimates Committee of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly inspects the work..

Convicts hand over customer’s ‘cash-rich’ bag found at IOC outlet

2 days ago

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They are among 25 prisoners engaged as attendants..

Primacy of cooperatives in economic development stressed

3 days ago

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A special lecture, debate and elocution competition were conducted by the Department of Commerce and Financial Studies, Bharathidasan University, as p..

Transgenders seek job opportunity

3 days ago

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Three transgender women attempted to commit self-immolation at the District Collectorate campus on Monday demanding jobs, they claimed. Vinitha, Ajith..

JAAC to observe fast on November 22

3 days ago

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The Joint Advocates Associations Action Committee has called for a one-day fast on November 22 at the district court complexes urging the State govern..

Varsity encourages girl students to pursue Mechanical Engineering

3 days ago

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To attract girl students to pursue mechanical engineering in the backdrop of India’s emergence as major automobile manufacturing hub, the Centre for U..

Menstrual hygiene awareness for girls with special needs

3 days ago

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The Readers Club of District Central Library, Tiruchi, along with Rotary Club Phoenix organised a special training and awareness programme on menstrua..

Temple tanks, the best bet for rainwater harvesting

4 days ago

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Experts opine that sprawling waterbodies in Madurai, associated with major temples, can be better utilised to recharge groundwater..

Rail users call for early commencement of Karaikal-Peralam new line project

4 days ago

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Sanctioned by the Railway Board in January, it provides for a shorter route..

Gold plates seized from passenger at Tiruchi international airport

5 days ago

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The ‘C’ shaped gold plates of 24 carat purity weighed 349 g and was valued at ₹13.28 lakh..

Mini fishing harbour to come up in Nagapattinam

5 days ago

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Project sanctioned under self-sufficiency scheme..

Two bank staff booked for swindling money from dead customer’s

6 days ago

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A case was registered on Saturday against two employees of a nationalised bank here for allegedly swindling money to the tune of ₹25.8 lakh from the..

Gaja devastation still etched in farmers’ minds

6 days ago

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TIRUCHIA year has passed since the coastal district of Pudukottai witnessed massive devastation when cyclone Gaja unleashed its fury uprooting large n..

No water supply today

6 days ago

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TIRUCHIDrinking water supply will remain suspended to the following areas in the city on Saturday, owing to a power shut down announced by Tangedco fo..

Plea to exclude life insurance premium from service tax

6 days ago

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THANJAVUR The All India Insurance Employees’ Association has reiterated the demand to exempt life insurance premium payment from the service tax netwo..

In the footsteps of MKT

7 days ago

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The places in Tiruchi that shaped M K Thyagaraja Bhagavathar’s life and kept him rooted to his hometown..

Central fund for Tiruchi GH to maintain labour ward

7 days ago

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Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital will soon receive special funding from the National Health Mission to maintain the quality of services of..

16 satellite phones provided to deep sea fishermen

7 days ago

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The Fisheries Department has provided 16 satellite phones for the benefit of deep sea fishermen in Nagapattinam district.Two satellite phones have bee..

Plea for train stoppage at Papanasam

7 days ago

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The Papanasam Rail Passengers Association has called upon the Railway Board to provide a stoppage at Papanasam for the Antyodaya Express services oper..

RPSF gears up to train 300 women constables

7 days ago

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The Railway Protection Special Force V Battalion at Tiruchi is all set to impart eight-month long training to 300 woman constable recruits from Novemb..

Guidelines to restrict substance abuse

8 days ago

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The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is preparing guidelines to restrict substance abuse, especially among the youth, said A..

Painting competition

8 days ago

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Enthusiasm writ large on their faces, school students converged in large numbers at Geetha Mahal on Wednesday to prove their mettle in inter-school pa..

State Highways conducts major eviction drive on Pudukottai Road

9 days ago

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Move comes ahead of plan to relay 1.6-km stretch..

Steps being taken to implement river linking project, says Health Minister

9 days ago

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Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar on Tuesday said steps were being taken to implement the Cauvery-Gundar river link project. Speaking at an event to rec..

Leadership vaccum claim rejected by voters: Minister

9 days ago

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‘Demands of PDS shop employees being looked into by government’..

Annabishekam performed

9 days ago

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Annabishekam was performed to ‘Sivalingams’ on the occasion of Ippasi Pournami in Thanjavur district on Tuesday.The Sivalingams at Iravatheeswarar Tem..

Setback in IT sector temporary, says Infosys co-founder

10 days ago

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Terming the setback in the IT sector in India as a temporary phenomenon due to economic slowdown at global level, Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder of..

Aathupalayam dam opened for irrigation after 20 years

11 days ago

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was constructed to harness excess flood water flowing down from the Noyyal river and draining from the Lower Bhavani Project...

City engagements

11 days ago

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RELIGION Sri Kamalavalli Nachiyar Temple, Woraiyur: Unjal thirunal, Thayar purappadu from sanctum sanctorum, 6 p.m.; reaching Unjal mandapam, 6.15 p.m..

12 tanks renovated in Ariyalur district

12 days ago

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Kudimaramathu work sanctioned at a cost of ₹ 2.46 crore..

Short supply of urea causes concern in delta districts of Tamil Nadu

12 days ago

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‘November is crucial period for applying fertilizers, particularly urea’..

Heritage Park to come up in Tiruchi

13 days ago

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The corporation has started establishing a heritage park on Butterworth Road near Rockfort in the city. The park, to come up in an area of 1.27 acres,..

Barrage across Kollidam proposed

13 days ago

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Between Thoothur in Ariyalur district and Vazhkai in Thanjavur district..

Yi holds ‘Project Masoom’ in school

12 hours ago

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Members of Young Indians (Yi), a part of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), organised an awareness programme on understanding and preventing chil..

‘State will receive more investments’

21 hours ago

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“My official trip to America has been fruitful, as the State will receive more investments in the future,” said Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam..

Soon, link road to connect two national highways

yesterday

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The State Highways department on Thursday began laying of bituminous macadam on Vannankoil-Manikandam Road as part of development of the stretch as a..

Focus on protection of girls

yesterday

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The District Legal Services Authority in association with students of Kalai Kaviri College of Fine Arts presented a street play in the city on the occ..

SASTRA gets UGC nod to offer courses

yesterday

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Through open and distance learning mode..

Upgraded co-treatment facilities commissioned

yesterday

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The Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)-led City Wide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) Technical Support Unit team handed over upgraded co-treatm..

Case registered against Thirumavalavan

yesterday

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PERAMBALUR: The Perambalur police have registered a case against president of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Thol.Thirumavalavan based on a complaint..

IndiGo to launch fifth daily service on Tiruchi - Chennai sector

2 days ago

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Private carrier IndiGo has proposed to increase the frequency of its daily services on Tiruchi – Chennai – Tiruchi sector. The airline, which already..

‘Give us alternative site before commencing eviction drive’

3 days ago

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A group of residents living along Crawford Road on Monday petitioned the District Collector requesting alternative residential arrangements following..

10 rescued at Tiruchi rail junction

3 days ago

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A Tiruchi-based NGO helped the Railway Protection Force (RPF) rescue 10 homeless people from the Tiruchi railway junction on Monday. The organisation..

Sangabishegam performed

3 days ago

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Sangabishegam was performed to Sri Brahadeeswarar at the Big Temple here on Monday, the first ‘somavaram’ of the Tamil month ‘Karthigai’.Special pujas..

‘₹4,550 crore disbursed as crop loan so far’

3 days ago

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Over 6.31 lakh farmers in the State have so far been given ₹4,550 crore as crop loans during the current year, Sellur K.Raju, Minister for Cooperatio..

New Collector assumes charge

3 days ago

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M. Govinda Rao, a 2011 batch IAS officer, assumed charge as the Collector of Thanjavur district on Monday.The new Collector, a native of Vizianagram d..

Pugazhendhi sees scope for Sasikala’s ‘smooth re-entry’ into AIADMK

4 days ago

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‘Dhinakaran-led AMMK will be subsumed by ruling party’..

Waste dumping: civic body to monitor CCTV camera footage

4 days ago

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Access sought from residential, commercial complexes..

Civic body launches paid parking

5 days ago

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Pilot project to be operated through private contractors..

Panchami: Whose land is it anyway?

5 days ago

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Recent events in Tamil Nadu have turned the spotlight on panchami lands. A new Act to prevent the sale of such lands to non-Dalits is being considered by the State and the legislation might be able to prevent illegal sales in the future. However, efforts to retrieve the lands and restore ownership to Dalits are few and far between currently, Dennis S. Jesudasan reports..

BDU issues experience certificates to hourly-basis teachers in constituent colleges

6 days ago

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TIRUCHI Much to the relief of the section of faculty members in constituent colleges who receive remuneration on hourly basis, Bharathidasan Universit..

TNOU to begin induction sessions at regional centres

6 days ago

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TIRUCHI Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) will, for the first time, be conducting induction programmes for the nearly 12,500 students admitted for 201..

Tales of horror from Gaja night

6 days ago

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TIRUCHIThis week has been a bitter-sweet one for the Cauvery delta as recent rainy weather has reprised memories of last year’s 170–180 km/h Gaja cylo..

NGOs contribute to rehabilitation in Gaja-hit districts

6 days ago

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TIRUCHINGOs working with disaster relief and long-term rehabilitation in the six districts that cyclone Gaja wrecked havoc on the night of November 15..

Hindu Munnani lodges complaints in Ariyalur district against VCK leader Thol. Thirumavalavan

7 days ago

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The complaint has been lodged in different police stations for Mr. Thirumavalavan’s alleged remarks degrading Hindu deities..

Children’s Day celebrated

7 days ago

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Students of the Government Girls’ Higher Secondary School for Blind in Tiruchi celebrated Childrens’ Day on Thursday. The students showcased several s..

Five arrested under POCSO Act in Nagapattinam

7 days ago

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Five out of eight persons booked under POCSO Act for allegedly raping and impregnating a minor girl were arrested and remanded in judicial custody by..

Nursing students lend support for mass cleaning

7 days ago

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Nursing students and sanitary workers attached to the Thanjavur Medical College and Hospital took up mass cleaning of their campus on the World Qualit..

Murder mystery unravelled

8 days ago

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Four persons detained..

Pachamalai tribes shift focus on beehives

8 days ago

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Pachamalai tribals, shareholders of Pachamalai Farmers Producers Company, have raised a honey orchard so as to tap the high demand for hill honey. It..

Coastal belt still reels under Gaja impact

8 days ago

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Income-generation activities of residents in coastal belt and interior parts of Thanjavur district are yet to gain momentum even a year after the fury..

Activists call for revival of ‘historic’ canal by Perambalur district admistration

9 days ago

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‘Beginning of construction coincided with British monarch’s visit to India’..

Service road to Samayapuram temple is ready

9 days ago

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1.59-km stretch to provide direct access to popular shrine from highway..

Drop direct recruitment to TNCSC: AITUC

9 days ago

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The AITUC union of Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation on Tuesday urged the State government to drop the proposal to fill up 100 assistant posts in..

Traditional paddy research centre opened

9 days ago

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A traditional paddy research centre in the name of late ‘Nel’ Jayaraman was opened at Paruthiyur in Tiruvarur district on Tuesday.The research centre,..

Mock local body election held

10 days ago

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150 electronic voting machines used in the exercise..

CRA technique of raising trees explained

11 days ago

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Methods for better absorption of water through digging of pits, using pipes, and mixing vermi-compost, for efficiency in water use, taught..

Overhead electrification project on fast track

11 days ago

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Cuddalore to Tiruvarur stretch to be electrified by March..

Security strengthened in central districts of Tamil Nadu

12 days ago

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As many as 12,000 police personnel have been deployed in Karur, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and other districts..

‘Work on memorials will begin soon’

13 days ago

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Establishment of memorials for ‘Perarasar’ Perumbidugu Mutherayar, Sir A.T. Paneerselvam, considered a pillar of Justice Party, and M.K. Thyagaraja Bh..

Bright prospects for farmers

13 days ago

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Samba paddy has been raised so far on 1.10 lakh hectares..

Amazon Bestseller: The Little Book of Value Investing - Christopher H. Browne

2 years ago

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Rail users plea for stoppages of two express trains at Papanasam station

12 hours ago

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They also want Southern Railway to upgrade facilities at the station..

Grocery traders resent surprise raids by GST intelligence wing

22 hours ago

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Grocery traders in the region have resented surprise raids being conducted by the GST Intelligence Wing to detect sale of unbranded rice, dhal and oth..

Amazon Bestseller: The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment - Guy Spier

2 years ago

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What happens when a young Wall Street investment banker spends a small fortune to have lunch with Warren Buffett? He becomes a real value investor. In this fascinating inside story, Guy Spier details his career from Harvard MBA to hedge fund manager. But the path was not so straightforward. Spier reveals his transformation from a Gordon Gekko wannabe, driven by greed, to a sophisticated investor who enjoys success without selling his soul to the highest bidder. Spier's journey is similar to the thousands that flock to Wall Street every year with their shiny new diplomas, aiming to be King of Wall Street. Yet what Guy realized just in the nick of time was that the King really lived 1,500 miles away in Omaha, Nebraska. Spier determinedly set out to create a new career in his own way. Along the way he learned some powerful lessons which include: why the right mentors and partners are critical to long term success on Wall Street; why a topnotch education can sometimes get in the way of you..

Railway constable run over by train near Mayiladuthurai

yesterday

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The constable was on track patrol duty when the incident occurred..

Amazon Bestseller: The Snowball Warren Buffett and the Business of Life - Alice Schroeder

2 years ago

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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and The Business of Life by Alice Schroeder was written after several biographers, journalists and publishers approached Warren Buffett and were turned down by him to write an account of his life. Schroeder quit her six years job as a wall street analyst to work full time on the book The Snowball: Warren Buffett and The Business of Life and interviewed his associates, friends and family. Warren advised her to always choose the less flattering account if she were ever faced with a dilemma that presented two accounts of the same situation. Schroeder quit her job in Morgan Stanley in 2003 to work full time on Buffett's biography and travelled to Omaha to live there and do the same. She spent over 200 hours poring over Buffett's personal files, documents, accounts, diaries, etc. It was selected as Amazon.com's most interesting business and investing book in 2008. Buffett has been known to live a life of frugal means despite amassing enormous wealth and firmly b..

Girl fatally knocked down

yesterday

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D. Keerthika, 21, a college student, died here on Wednesday after a sports utility vehicle (SUV) dashed against her two-wheeler on Monday. The girl wa..

Amazon Bestseller: The Warren Buffett Way - Robert Hagstrom

2 years ago

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Borrowing a leaf from an accomplished life is enough to decode success, says Robert G. Hagstrom in his book, The Warren Buffett Way, +Website. The author goes on to analyze various moves and decisions made by Warren E. Buffett. This books explores the forethought of a man who commenced his entrepreneurial ambitions with a mere 100 dollars in his pocket and ended up building a $20 billion empire. The author has observed Buffett's numerous pathbreaking ventures over a period of ten years. During his research, the author made sure to include even minor aspects related to the entrepreneur. Being a philanthropist and the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren E. Buffett was born in 1930. From selling chewing gum and Coca-Cola to his neighbors to becoming the wealthiest man in the world, this book gives new perspectives to prospective entrepreneurs. This book traces an inspirational career with precision and justifies it with the help of adept examples that are used throughout. The author also gi..

Rise in research scholarship

yesterday

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Twenty per cent revision in the amount given as national fellowship for SCs, national fellowship for OBCs and Maulana Azad national fellowship would h..

New machine to clean bus stand

yesterday

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NIT-T students have developed a street vacuum cleaner..

Tiruchi Rural Police, NGO join hands to trace kin of mentally ill destitutes

2 days ago

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A novel initiative to trace close relatives of 51 destitute and mentally ill persons, who were rescued and subsequently accommodated in the home run b..

Highways dept. evicts encroachments at Crawford

2 days ago

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Close on the heels of removing encroachments along Pudukottai Road in the city, the Highways department on Tuesday launched an eviction drive to remov..

Consumers demand withdrawal of paid parking system

3 days ago

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The Federation of Consumer and Service Organisations has sought the intervention of the District Collector to withdraw the Tiruchi Corporation move t..

BDU revives calendar year admissions through CDE

3 days ago

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Earlier this year, the varsity was awarded A+ rating by NAAC and gained eligibility for conduct of distance education programmes..

IT search continues at mosquito net manufacturing unit in Karur

3 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Tiruchirapalli

The Income Tax department conducted its searches on the premises of Shobikaa Impex, a mosquito net manufacturing unit, for the fourth day on Monday.Ba..

Area under paddy cultivation all set to go up

3 days ago

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Thanks to widespread rainfall and water flow in Cauvery Mettur Project (CMP) canal..