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Time of India
21-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Govt buses operating from Panjapur revised ticket fare: CPI
Trichy: Communist Party of India (CPI) has alleged that Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation's mofussil and city buses operating from the Panjapur terminus have revised fares by Rs 5-10 per ticket without prior notice. "Economic air-conditioned buses operated from Trichy to Pudukkottai are collecting 70 instead of 60 per ticket. Similarly, the bypass rider buses have increased the ticket fare by 5. Both normal and express services have raised the fares," S Siva, CPI's Trichy urban district secretary, said. There is lack of clarity whether the distance commuted by TNSTC buses have increased or decreased after shifting to the Panjapur terminus on Trichy-Madurai NH. Municipal administration minister Nehru, while inaugurating the bus services from Panjapur on July 16, said a team headed by RTO would discuss the bus ticket fare revision, and until then same fares would be collected.
Time of India
11-07-2025
- Time of India
3 held in Karur for assaulting TV journalist
Trichy: Karur district police on Friday arrested three youths on charges of assaulting a television journalist in Kulithalai town. While the journalist was purportedly assaulted for reporting on illegal sales of ganja, police said it was the fallout of an altercation in a road rage incident. Police said the injured journalist, S Siva, 34, was riding his two-wheeler on Kulithalai bus stand road on Thursday afternoon. A youth identified as P Satheeswaran, 23, on a scooter almost dashed against his vehicle while taking a turn. As he questioned the rash driving, police said that Satheeswaran's friends, identified as R Nandakishore, P Kanagaraj, and J Ansari, arrived on a two-wheeler and assaulted the journalist. The trio also took away Rs1,000 cash from his pocket. Onlookers took pictures of the event, which went viral on social media platforms claiming that the journalist was assaulted for reporting illegal sales of ganja. Siva, who sustained injuries in the hand and head, was admitted to Kulithalai govt hospital. Police registered a case, arrested the trio and seized their two-wheeler. All three have been remanded in judicial custody.
Time of India
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
09TRY: Hundreds protest in Trichy against union govt in nation-wide strike
Trichy: The nation-wide strike called by the joint committee of trade union (JCTU) on Wednesday saw trade unions affiliated to political parties in India Bloc gathering in large numbers to conduct protest demonstrations, rallies, and rail roko in Trichy city. More than 2,000 protesters were detained by the police, and a section of employees in Bhel Trichy abstained from work. Public transportation including buses were operated as usual without any impact. The all-India strike was held to pressurize the union govt to withdraw four labour laws and condemn the same for failing to control inflation in prices of essential commodities and fuel. Protesters urged the BJP-led union govt not to privatize the public sector undertakings. Members of opposition trade unions such as AITUC, CITU, HMS, INTUC, LLF, LPF, and UTUC took out a protest rally from Thennur EB office to Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) near Kohinoor theatre junction in Trichy city. Tension prevailed for a while at the PSK campus, as CPI functionaries defying police protection trespassed into the campus. Protesters including CPI's district secretary S Siva and a few women were forcibly evicted. As the protesters were pushed out of the PSK's compound, an argument broke out between the CPI cadres and the city police. Around 1,500 protesters were detained by the police in five wedding halls in the city, they were released later. In Trichy railway junction, DYFI and CPM functionaries climbed a locomotive on platform one, they were arrested by the police. In Bhel Trichy, sources said that 60% of the employees reported for work. Reportedly, members attached to trade unions of INDIA bloc parties including LPF, CITU, and AITUC did not report for work. Altercations broke out between two sections of the trade union near the Bhel factory, one opposing the strike and other group supporting the strike. EOM
