8-year-old is the worst-affected in Thiruvathavur camp
Among the several kidney patients at the Thiruvathavur camp for Sri Lankan refugees, eight-year-old Joshwa is the youngest and the worst-affected.
View ArticleTest water for free at a civic office near you
Come Monday, the residents of Madurai city will get an opportunity to ascertain the quality of water supplied to them.
View ArticleWell, the Kinatru Theru is named after a potent deity
A couple of streets in Madurai are named after wells. Of these, Thottiyan Kinatru Theru has a few interesting tales behind its evolution.
View ArticleStudents urged to avail of entrepreneurship schemes
The Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI), Chennai, launched its cell at the Lady Doak College in the city on Saturday to nurture entrepreneurship skills among girl students.
View ArticleAccident relief enhanced for man in coma for 10 years
Mega lok adalat held here on Saturday awarded Rs 8 lakh as compensation to the family of a former estate supervisor who is in coma for the last 10 years after an accident.
View ArticleWidow's 13-year wait for accident relief
Procedural delays prevent victims of accidents from getting relief when they need money most.
View ArticleAge no bar for little acts of kindness
When 11-year-old N Archana was asked to help someone as part of her after-school activity, she chose to help Periyandi, an elderly woman neighbour.
View ArticleLow quality PDS rice distributed in Gandhigram
Daily wagers who depend on the government provided free rice are being given a raw deal through public distribution system (PDS) shops in Gandhigram.
View Article11-year-old honoured for helping an elderly woman neighbour
When 11-year-old N Archana was asked to help someone as part of her after-school activity, she chose to help Periyandi, an elderly woman neighbour.
View ArticleFarmlands cornered by real estate groups
Though, the state government has tightened rules for conversion of cultivable agricultural land for residential, industrial and infrastructural purposes, such lands are still used for non-agricultural...
View Article100-year-old Pamban bridge, the lifeline of its people
Hundred years ago, on this same day (February 24), the first train from Chennai (then Madras) travelled on the Pamban railway bridge – an engineering marvel – of Southern Railway which connects...
View ArticleTN told to consider plea of special BEd graduates
Even after the Madras high court bench ruled that special BEd courses are equal to a regular BEd course, the special BEd graduates are yet to be placed in the government and government aided schools.
View ArticleDrought forces village to call off annual bull-taming event
A village in Sivaganga district has decided to call off its annual 'manja virattu' bull-taming ceremony due to drought conditions and has announced its decision to the RDO of the district.
View ArticlePatrolling intensified along coast: ADGP
They have already intensified patrolling in Vedaranyam, Tuticorin and Rameswaram and it has yielded good results, he said.The patrolling will be further intensified to curb smuggling activities, Babu...
View ArticleRailways should setup coach maintenance unit at Golden Rock
Rail users' associations charge that usually the new coaches are first allotted to other zones in the country.After some years, those coaches are transferred here with wear and tear.
View ArticleTwo undertrials escape from jail, four prison staff suspended
Four prison staff were suspended in Tuticorin district on Sunday after two undertrials escaped from the sub-jail in Tiruchendur the previous day.
View ArticleSmuggling thrives in Palk Bay at the cost of local fishermen
The seizure of nearly 35 kg of gold by Coastal Security Group in Mandapam on Saturday has brought to light the thriving smuggling business in the Palk Bay.
View ArticleKodikulam tank may disappear soon
Water shortages are not new to Madurai and the problem worsens every summer.Enough civic initiatives and public efforts have been taken to sensitise people about the importance of water bodies.
View ArticleOnly domestic consumers to be hit during LPG strike
A whopping five lakh customers in Madurai district would be affected by the proposed nation-wide indefinite strike called by Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Distributors from Tuesday.
View ArticleTanks that lost to development
Madurai city limits and its adjoining areas have as many as 38 water bodies and they have been the primary water source for residents.Lacks of maintenance and public neglect have hastened their decline...
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