The body of Santhan, alias T. Suthenthirarajah, a released convict in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case was flown to Colombo on Friday morning from Chennai. Santhan, 55, died on Wednesday morning at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai due to cryptogenic cirrhosis with liver failure. He was lodged in the special camp in Tiruchi central jail …
Collector M. Pradeep Kumar, accompanied by Superintendent of Police Sujith Kumar, carried out surprise inspections at homes for the mentally ill and mentally retarded at Mannachanallur in Tiruchi district on Tuesday. The Collector checked the authenticity of health, medicine, reunion, death, injury, escape, menu and diet registers in the homes. S. Chandramohan, District Disabled Rehabilitation Officer, said the inspection was …
Medical practitioners in Tiruchi and neighbouring districts participated in a nationwide strike organised by the Indian Medical Association to protest the death by suicide of a doctor in Rajasthan, by suspending outpatient clinics and routine work from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday. The IMA action was spurred by the death of Archana Sharma, a gynaecologist from Dausa in …
Prasar Bharati’s decision to convert four primary radio channels in Tamil Nadu and Puduchery radio station into relay stations of AIR, Chennai, is causing disquiet among the staff. Sources said, AIR Madurai, Tiruchi, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli and Puducherry will relay programmes produced majorly by the Chennai station from next week. Radio listeners, speakers, writers, teachers, students, scientists and social activists have …