Tiruvarur

Type: City
Name: Tiruvarur
First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 reports

Train runs over three persons sleeping on railway track in TN

TIRUVARUR, TAMIL NADU: Three persons were on Monday run over by a train when they were sleeping on a railway track at an unmanned crossing gate near here, police said.The tragedy took place when the Nagore-Bangalore train was passing through Tiruvarur-Mayiladuthurai-Nagapattinam ... [Published Kaumudi - 21 hours ago]
Entities: Tiruvarur, Police
First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

AIR Tiruchi poised for digitisation by August-September

All India Radio Tiruchirapalli, credited by Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) as a vital link with farmers in central districts of Tamil Nadu for their socio-economic progress through its primary channel, is poised to deliver improved ... [Published The Hindu - 21 hours ago]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Karunanidhi pained by internal bickering in DMK

Chennai: Pained by continuing internal bickering in his party, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday made a fervent appeal for unity, saying he was grieved over the fact that there was enough squabbling in the ranks that would harm the party more than any ... [Published zeenews.com - May 19 2013]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Tech snag derails CUCET, leaves candidates stumped

Outstation candidates who had reached here to appear for the Universities Common Entrance Test 2013 to be held on May 18 and 19 for admission to under-graduate and integrated programmes in Central University of Tamil Nadu in Tiruvarur were in for a shock ... [Published New Indian Express - May 19 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Near-empty Mettur dam rules out kuruvai cultivation

With Mettur dam almost empty as on Saturday, there may not be any cultivation of kuruvai $ short-term paddy crop $ this year in canal-irrigated areas in the Cauvery delta districts of Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam.Last year, too, there was no ... [Published The Hindu - May 18 2013]
First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

For an eventful holiday

The cultural programmes organised by the at the temporarily set up Summer Beach on the dry banks of the Cauvery in Tiruchi city, was enthralling. The programmes are organised on the weekends and on holidays to make the day eventful for those who throng ... [Published The Hindu - May 16 2013]
Entities: Tiruvarur, Peacock
First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Tiruvarur-Mayiladuthurai train service commences

Thanjavur (TN): Passenger train services in Mayiladuthurai-Tiruvarur Broad Gauge section was inaugurated on Sunday, as per the assurance made in the Railway budget.Two services -- one in the morning and one in the evening -- would be operated in the section ... [Published zeenews.com - May 12 2013]
First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Many questions remain on methane, say farmers

Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, affiliated to the CPI (M) and the Tamil Nadu Science Forum, will jointly organise agitations in front of the district collector's office at Thanjavur and Tiruvarur on June 4 to protest against the project to extract methane ... [Published The Hindu - May 11 2013]
First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Sale of MBBS applications on at Thanjavur Medical College

Sale of MBBS applications commenced at Thanjavur Medical College here on Thursday.K. Mahadevan, Dean, Thanjavur Medical College, inaugurated the sale by handing over the first application to Santhoshini Ravichandran from Thanjavur.Students queued up before ... [Published The Hindu - May 10 2013]
First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Variety fare

The recently organised cultural programmes at the temporarily set up Summer Beach on the dry bank of the Cauvery in Tiruchi city.The Nattiya Kalalaya Sujatha troupe from Karur presented a variety of entertaining programmes. The troupe began with 'Ganapati ... [Published The Hindu - May 09 2013]
Entities: Tiruvarur
First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Drought impact severe, sanction relief quickly, farmers tell team

Farmers representatives sought to impress upon the Central team that toured the delta districts on Tuesday the need for sanctioning relief quickly to all farmers as the drought has had a severe impact.Several farmers also insisted that the Centre sanction ... [Published The Hindu - May 08 2013]
First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 2 reports

TN hotels remain shut on Service Tax

Chennai, Apr 29 : Over 15,000 AC and non-AC hotels, restaurants and eateries in Tamil Nadu, including 7,000 in Chennai, today downed their shutters as part of the nation wide bandh call given by the All India Hotelier Federation, demanding withdrawal ... [Published Chennai Online - Apr 29 2013]

Quotes

Some in-fighting in his native Tiruvarur district had pained him and "there can be no bigger insult to me than this" he rued while asking his supporters to stand united to face the challenge by AIADMK
...The impact of the Farm and Home ( "Pannai Illam') Unit, AIR Tiruchi, established during 1966 to provide purposeful and effective information to the farming community was such that ADT 27 variety paddy released during that time was popularly called 'Radio Rice' by the agricultural community. During the silver jubilee celebrations of 'Pannai Illam', 30,000 farmers took part in a function spread over two days."
"If the project was implemented, two lakh acres of cultivable land would be affected. People have lot of doubts and apprehensions about the project. They do not know what the MoU contains. The government and the company should clear the doubts in the minds of the people. Only after removing the groundwater can methane be extracted from the earth. If that was so, where would the water go and what would happen to the groundwater?" , asked Mr. Shanmugham
...At 74, Sali's mind often turns to religion. "People refer to us in our village in Tamil Nadu as 'the ones who came to Islam.' I only know the past three generations of my family. I strongly feel I am a Tamil first. Other things come later!" proclaims Sali

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Train runs over three persons sleeping on railw... [Published Kaumudi - 21 hours ago]
AIR Tiruchi poised for digitisation by August-S... [Published The Hindu - 21 hours ago]
Three persons run over by train [Published Press Trust of India - 21 hours ago]
Karunanidhi pained by internal bickering in DMK [Published zeenews.com - May 19 2013]
Karunanidhi pained by internal bickering in DMK... [Published DNA India - May 19 2013]
Tech snag derails CUCET, leaves candidates stumped [Published New Indian Express - May 19 2013]
Near-empty Mettur dam rules out kuruvai cultiva... [Published The Hindu - May 18 2013]
For an eventful holiday [Published The Hindu - May 16 2013]
AIR Tiruchi promises more as it steps into its ... [Published The Hindu - May 15 2013]
Tiruvarur-Mayiladuthurai train service commences [Published zeenews.com - May 12 2013]
Many questions remain on methane, say farmers [Published The Hindu - May 11 2013]
Sale of MBBS applications on at Thanjavur Medic... [Published The Hindu - May 10 2013]
A success story [Published The Hindu - May 09 2013]
Variety fare [Published The Hindu - May 09 2013]
Biometric attendance for teachers, students of ... [Published The Hindu - May 09 2013]
Drought impact severe, sanction relief quickly,... [Published The Hindu - May 08 2013]
Hope Centre will not fail us like water: Farmers [Published New Indian Express - May 08 2013]
Prisoner dies in hospital after chest pain [Published NewKerala.com - May 07 2013]
A murder in the name of honour in Vedaranyam [Published The Hindu - May 07 2013]
For Dalit students, it’s a nightmarish leap fro... [Published The Hindu - May 05 2013]
State to set up more wildlife sanctuaries [Published Oman Tribune - May 04 2013]
Tamil Nadu to get four more wildlife sanctuaries [Published New Indian Express - May 03 2013]
Kendriya Vidyalaya on NIT campus may be opened ... [Published The Hindu - May 01 2013]
13 new family courts to be set up in districts [Published New Indian Express - May 01 2013]
TN hotels remain shut on Service Tax [Published Chennai Online - Apr 29 2013]
AC, non-AC hotels, restaurants remain closed in... [Published NetIndia123.com - Apr 29 2013]
Small onions in big demand [Published The Hindu - Apr 25 2013]
Chatterati: Cauvery Delta: Time to think out of... [Published InToday - Apr 22 2013]
70-year-old woman run over by fire tender dies [Published The Hindu - Apr 21 2013]
State strategy on Cauvery issue has paid off: M... [Published The Hindu - Apr 19 2013]
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On January 03, 2013 Times of India reported that police arrested an employee of a private bank on Wednesday for allegedly raping and murdering a young woman before throwing her body on a railway track near Nannilam in Tiruvarur district. B Murali, 33, ...
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