V Srivatsal

Reporting for TOI from Trichy on education, health, Tasmac and central govt bodies. Covering two other districts that include Karur and Pudukkottai. Consumed by news more often than not; and when not lost in the world of cinema.

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Trichy power demand spikes 40% as heatwave strains grid

Villagers boycott poll in Pudukottai, Nanguneri

Tamil Nadu elections: Regupathy walks a tight rope in Thirumayam as slim margins haunt him

TNNLU students protest VC’s ‘girls should avoid shorts’ remark; VC defends it as ‘fatherly advice’

Six months after stampede, Karur still awaits Vijay’s visit

Tamil Nadu elections: Grief lingers in memory, not in ballot in Karur

Govt schoolteacher faces heat after dancing at AIADMK event

Tamil Nadu polls: Candidates turn to family members to strike a chord

'Where were you for five years?': Tamil Nadu MLAs face voters they 'ignored' for 5 yrs

Tamil Nadu polls: DMK and BJP plotted to delay ‘Jananayagan’ release, says Vijay

Tamil Nadu polls 2026: Both Karur and Coimbatore are like my two eyes, says former minister V Senthilbalaji

Tamil Nadu polls: BJP seeks seat swaps with AIADMK

DMK pushes for Aranthangi seat, Congress hopes to hold ground

24 students injured as goods train rams college bus near Karur in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu wants a government for every family, not for just one family, says PM Modi

LPG shortage: We’ll navigate the situation, PM Modi says

Poor facilities plague Cantonment registration office

Tamil varsity VC search panel to hold interview soon

Tamil Nadu Leads India in Deceased Organ Donation: Transtan's Success Story

83 girls moved out of home after charges of physical abuse in Trichy

BDU forms new panel after guv’s syndicate nominee walks out

VC search panels likely to hand over names to govt by month-end

JDHS asked to explain ‘incomplete’ probe in kidney racket

Kidney racket: Panel holds probe with suspect

Dream to make Udhaya CM will never come true: Shah

Despite HC stay on Acts, govt tells VC search panels to get on with work

Thefts continue at MGMGH as man steals batteries critical for oxygen plant

186 trained through ‘Vetri Nichyam’ scheme get jobs in Trichy district

MLAs step up public outreach as elections approach

BDU plans convocation this month

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