Tuticorin, India News

TIRUNELVELI: A holiday was declared for all schools in the district on Saturday also as widespread intermittent drizzle continued here and the level in the major irrigation dams has been increasing steadily.

KRISHNAGIRI: As part of its platinum jubilee celebrations, the Reserve Bank has decided to launch 'Model Village Programme" in eight villages in the State.

Wet spell: Tuticorin experienced heavy rain on Wednesday. Tuticorin: The district experienced widespread rains on Tuesday night.

HEALTHCARE: A doctor screening a boy at Government Medical College Hospital in Tuticorin on Friday.

MADURAI: The trial in a criminal case relating to a clash involving a group of lawyers, policemen, tourists and a masseur at Courtallam falls on July 26, 2007, has been transferred from the Chief Judicial Magistrate court at Tirunelveli to Madurai.

NEW DELHI: The International Federation of Journalists has expressed "deep concern" over the denial of visas to journalists from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to participate in a workshop on environmental journalism in Tuticorin.

FATED: The school van and the private bus which were involved in an accident near Palayamkottai on Thursday.

Business as usual: Traders selling vegetables under the cover of umbrellas at a market in Tuticorin on Thursday.

Tuticorin: A preliminary meeting was convened at the Collectorate here on Tuesday ahead of Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin's visit to Tuticorin on November 19 for inauguration of various developmental projects and distribution of financial assistance to beneficiaries through welfare schemes.

Tuticorin: The next phase of the photographing exercise for the beneficiaries under Kalaignar Insurance Scheme will be held in the following places on Monday: Bharathi Primary School, Enam Maniyatchi; P U Primary School, Aaval Natham, Tamil Papthis Primary School, Elupaiyurani; Municipal Middle School, Gandhi Nagar, Arul Mariyal Nursery School, ...

A cut above the rest : Practice of wheelie, a favourite of college students, has become common on Beach Road in Tuticorin in the afternoons.

Tuticorin: Farmers attended a grievance day meeting here on Thursday. District Revenue Officer and Collector D. Ravichandran presided.

Staff Reporter Indian Foreign Ministry has declined to allow participation of foreign journalists in an Environmental Journalism Course - focusing on coastal management scheduled to be held in Tuticorin, India from October 26 to November 6 next.

First 1.5 MW plant is back on because of a power purchase agreement with PTC India offering a higher tariff rate.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Wednesday, October 21, 2009 -- The Chennai-based Clenergen India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Clenergen Corporation , a pioneer in clean energy generation, has announced it's plans for India in the area of setting up gasification technology based power plants.

The Indian arm of the US-based biomass power company Clenergen Corp will set up two wood-fired plants with a combined capacity of 71-MW in southern India, a top official said here Tuesday.

Sterlite Industries Limited Announces Copper Expansion Project with 160 MW CPP at Tuticorin, India Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Sterlite Industries Limited , a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources plc , the London-based FTSE 100 metals and mining group, announced a 400 ktpa brownfield copper smelter expansion project at Tuticorin in India, together with ...

CHENNAI: In a year's time, tourist-friendly autorickshaws would ply throughout the State, Tourism Secretary V. Irai Anbu said here on Tuesday.

Sterlite Industries Ltd, a unit of UK-based Vedanta Resources Plc, has raised another $500 million in convertible notes in the American market, which the company said, would be used to fund the expansion of its copper project in South India.

Tuticorin: Relief material were distributed by Sterlite Industries on Tuesday to the villagers of Milavittan and South Veerapandiapuram, who lost their houses in the fire that broke out last week.