Tuticorin News

Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways T.R. Baalu has approved the construction of a new berth at North breakwater at th...

The Directorate of Employment and Training has urged the private establishments in the district to file the employment returns (ER) in the p...

Indira Gandhi National Open University is organising an induction programme for the new students taking German language course. The event wi...

The Tuticorin Port Trust conducted an elocution competition on Thursday (November 15) for college students as part of the Vigilance Awarenes...

The Tamil Nadu Government on Monday announced a new industrial policy seeking to double exports from the state to 30 billion dollars by 2011...

The Proposed Office for Sterlite Industries Tuticorin Recently Sterlite Industries changed their registered office from Maharashtra to Tutic...

Minister for Animal Husbandry P. Geetha Jeevan conducted an inspection at the V.O.C. Market here on Monday to review the progress of renovat...

The Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited has opened its 195th and 196th branches recently. A release from TMBL head office here said that the Mi...

A ‘Research Club’ established by Annammal College of Education for Women was inaugurated by D. Kumaran, Head, Department of Education, Madra...

The long awaited dream of residents here to have their town attaining the status of Corporation is likely to be materialised as the municipa...

The Tamil Nadu Government has been requested to share 50 per cent of the cost of the project for doubling and electrification of the railway...

More number of container freight stations (CFS) should be established to commensurate the exponential growth in containerised cargo movement...

The Tuticorin Port has seen a rise in traffic volume after it announced changes through “Trade Notice” to handle deep draught vessels at anc...

A talent search examination jointly organised by State Bank of India and Sakthi Vinayakar Hindu Vidyalaya was held on the school premises in...

A 12-day ‘Orissa Art and Craft Fair’ organized by Utkal Hastasilpa Society, Bhubaneswar, got off to a colourful start at Ramaiah Mahal on 27...

Heavy rain is continuing in various parts of Tuticorin. A house collapsed and one goat was killed at Aadinathapuram village under Tiruchendu...

The Bank of Baroda organised an exporters’ meet in Tuticorin on 26th October evening to elucidate salient features of various export- friend...

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has introduced a series of special offers for its customers in Tuticorin, in connection with the Nav...

Members of Tuticorin Chemists and Druggists Association observed a fast in Tuticorin on 23rd October, to press their charter of demands. Acc...

The carcass of a turtle spotted by scientists of the Fisheries College and Research Institute at the Valinokkam coast near Tuticorin a few d...

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Madurai Zone, conducted a workshop on ‘Managing customer service and relations’ in Tuticorin Cit...

The Tuticorin district administration has invited applications from Self-Help Groups and Panchayat Level Federations in the district for Man...

The police beefed up security in Tuticorin City and other parts of the district, on 12th October following the bomb blast at the dargah of S...

The State general body meeting of Central Organisation of Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage Board Employees was held here on 13th October. The m...

Power generation has come down by 1,000 MW in Tamil Nadu due to the technical faults at the thermal plants at Neyveli, Tuticorin and North C...

The shooting for Sarath Kumar starrer '1977' commenced at Tuticorin. The movie stars Sarath and Namitha together again after films l...

Forest Week celebrations, organised by the Department of Forests, concluded with a glittering closing ceremony here on 12th October. Rampati...

Tuticorin-based Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) has entered into an agreement with Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) to become its clearing bank...

The municipal administration here has come out with an ‘interim detailed project report’ to revive the glory of historic Buckle canal passin...

Precision farming, a relatively new ‘agriculture management philosophy’, will be introduced in the Tuticorin district by the Department of H...

The telecom employees affiliated to Joint Forum of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Unions/Associations staged a demonstration in front of their...

Pursuant to the decision of Central Board of Excise and Customs to introduce the ‘Risk Management System’ in major customs locations, where ...

Collector R. Palaniyandi has said that the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) would execute 7,308 infrastructure development works on ...

The Tuticorin Based Sterlite Industries Limited has bagged ‘Qual Tech Prize-2007’ instituted by Qimpro College Mumbai recently. The award wa...

The Fisheries College and Research Institute (FCRI) in association with the National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune, will carry out a three-...

A 13-day training programme organised to enhance the skill of women members of self-help groups under Micro Enterprise Development Programme...

An Electronic Data Interface (EDI) would become operational in the Tuticorin port soon, enabling speedy use of port services. The EDI system...

The municipal administration conducted an eviction drive in various parts of the town for the second consecutive day on 5th october. A total...

The Tuticorin Port Trust has handled 10.032 million tonnes of cargo during the first half of the current financial year. A. Subbiah, deputy ...

An evening court was introduced in the Thoothukudi district on 3rd October. The court will function at the District Court Complex in Tuticor...

A skill development training on different trades organised by the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve Trust and Government Polytechnic College,...

Sun TV Network Ltd has announced the launch of FM radio stations at Madurai and Tuticorin under the Suryan FM brand from October 5 through i...

Collector R. Palaniyandi inaugurated the Deepavali discount sale of khadi products sold by Tamil Nadu Khadi and Village Industries Board (TN...

The Tuticorin city is set to have its first modern slaughterhouse soon. The facility being built by the municipal administration here on an ...

The 55th district-level review meeting for bankers convened by the Lead Bank (State Bank of India) here on Wednesday evening, evaluated the ...

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, on 29th September, conducted a public hearing on the two 500 MW power plants to be established by th...

The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) cadres staged a demonstration in Tuticorin on 24th september, to protest the recent shifting...

Southern Railway will operate special trains between Chennai Egmore and Tuticorin during October to clear the extra rush of passengers for R...

Inmates at the student’s hostel established by the Adi Dravidar Welfare Department near New Bus Stand on Tuticorin-Ettayapuram highway for S...

A technology developed by the Directorate of Fisheries Extension, Tuticorin for mass production of artemia, a live food for ornamental fish,...

The Department of Tourism in association with the V.O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin, conducted inter-collegiate cultural competitions in T...

A three-day training programme on ‘CEO summit’ organised by Pearl City Academy for Leadership and Management Skills, concluded in Tuticorin ...

Minister for Animal Husbandry P. Geetha Jeevan on Saturday commissioned three infiltration wells and a submersible pump established by the T...

The Department of Agriculture has introduced video conferencing in the district linking the office of the Joint Director in Tuticorin with t...

A mega ‘Kissan mela’ organised by Agricultural Technology Management Agency was held in Tuticorin on 22nd Saturday. Official sources said th...

Minister for Animal Husbandry P. Geetha Jeevan flagged off additional bus services in different stretches across the district here on 22nd S...

The Collector, R. Palaniyandi, held talks with a team of top railway officials from the Madurai Division of Southern Railways in Tuticorin o...

Municipal Chairperson R. Kasturi Thangam has said that the administration will take up works on an outlay of Rs.6 crore during the current f...

Speaker R. Avudaiappan inaugurated new memorials for freedom fighters Vellaiya Thevan and Veeran Sundaralinga Devendran at Vallanad and Gove...

P. Jyothimani, the Judge of the Madras High Court, conducted an inspection at the Tuticorin District court complex on 21st September. He rev...

Minister for Animal Husbandry P. Geetha Jeevan inaugurated a three-day mega industrial exhibition jointly organised by the Micro, Small and ...

Tuticorin district is home to several historically important places. Among them, the heritage towns of Kulasekarapattinam and Ettayapuram wi...

The former Deputy Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Lal Krishna Advani, was accorded a warm reception by the party cadres at...

A high-level team of Railway officials, led by the Chief Safety Officer of Southern Railway, M.C. Murali, conducted an audit on Tuticorin-Ma...

The Collector, R Palaniyandi, released the ‘final photo electoral rolls-2007’ for six of the seven Assembly constituencies in the Tuticorin ...

Tuticorin Port plans a major expansion involving investments of around Rs 5,310 crore to create additional capacity and infrastructure on th...

Tuticorin Port in India is reportedly planning a major expansion to create significant additional capacity and infrastructure on the back of...

The port town of Tuticorin, located in one of the less-developed regions of Tamil Nadu, is set to see significant economic growth on the bac...

The Tamil Nadu Government has approved the setting up of four merchant power plants with a total generating capacity of 6,000 MW. These plan...

Consolidated Construction Consortium plans to raise Rs 188 crore in their IPO with a price band offer of Rs 460-510. S Sivaramakrishnan, MD,...

The Indian port of Tuticorin has announced a $1.3 billion building project to help it meet an expected growth in traffic. Tuticorin Port Tru...

Traditional dance performances and folk arts of Kerala, comedy skits, a sumptuous ‘Onasadhya’ (feast), dazzles of ‘kasavu mundu’ and ‘kasavu...

National Cadet Corps officers and cadets took out a rally in the city on 9th September, to create awareness among the public on the ill effe...

The Coast Guard on 8th Sept. arrested four Sri Lankans who were fishing in the Indian waters without proper documents. The Coast Guard sourc...

A workshop on ‘ecological sanitation for Tuticorin’ organised by Eco Solutions, a non-governmental organisation based at Thiruvananthapuram ...

Inaugurating ‘Explore Export-2007,’ a conference organised in Tuticorin, by the Confederation of Indian Industry’s Madurai Zone to promote T...

On 8th September, Mr. M. S. Srinivasan, Secretary, Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, inaugurated the Tuticorin office of the CII ...

Minister for Animal Husbandry P. Geetha Jeevan on Saturday inspected the site proposed for the establishment of a boat club by the municipal...

Authorities of the Tuticorin Port Trust have suggested that the railways create a ‘backbone freight corridor’ connecting Erode with Nagpur, ...

A. Subbiah, Deputy Chairman of Tuticorin Port Trust, said that installation of an Integrated Security Management System (ISMS) proposed at t...

Two sets of hydraulic grabs and specially-designed loaders have been commissioned at the Tuticorin port to handle logs, for the first time. ...