Three suffocate to death in unused well
Three people, including a father and son suffocated to death when they entered an abandoned well to desilt it in Tuticorin on Friday.
View ArticleAlliances forged for the first time in Tamil Nadu in 1967
They were two bitter critics - C Rajagopalachari and C N Annadurai.The former criticised Annadurai for his separate statehood demand for Tamil Nadu while Anna riled Rajaji as an Aryan.
View ArticleWomen only voter awareness teams formed in Ramanad
Women only awareness groups have been formed in Ramanathapuram for creating voter awareness in regions where the turnout was found to be less than 50% during the last Lok Sabha election.
View ArticleDenied booze, biryani, party workers feel EC squeeze
Candidates are dour-faced about the Election Commission's tough restrictions on campaign spending, but it's the infantry canvassing in the summer heat that is really feeling the squeeze.
View ArticlePower cuts back to haunt region
Though chief minister J Jayalalithaa has claimed that the state gets uninterrupted power supply, unannounced power cuts are becoming the norm in many southern districts.
View ArticleIt's Congress vs Congress and the Left take a back seat
Prior to the 1971 Lok Sabha elections, Congress and Communist parties sparred from Madurai constituency.
View ArticleOld political nerve centre goes dormant
Till 2000, the lanes in Maina Teppakulam, near the East Gate, witnessed intense political activity ahead of election.
View ArticleIlayaraja wows Madurai
It was an evening when elections took a back seat. People gathered at Tamukkam Grounds in Madurai on Saturday evening for one of the best music programmes that the city has ever seen.
View ArticleJethmalani vouches for Vaiko's secular credentials
Ram Jethmalani, senior lawyer and Rajya Sabha MP, targeted Congress during his visit to Madurai on Saturday.
View ArticleHeat saps passion for campaigning
Poll heat has soared, but the hot weather has discouraged many to keep off from campaigning in support of their party and candidates.
View ArticleCongress rides high on MGR aura
It was the general election after the Emergency (1975-77), but Congress came out with flying colours in Madurai as well as in the state, though the party had to face the wrath of voters elsewhere.
View ArticleLockout issue taken up by parties
The lockout at the fireworks units has become a key element in the election campaign in Virudhunagar constituency.
View ArticleFishers relieved after Lanka win World Cup
Sri Lanka's win over India in the ICC T20 World Cup Final between India and Sri Lanka on Sunday has come as a relief for the fisher folk in Rameswaram.
View ArticleTax officer quits job, enters poll fray
When mainstream political parties are refusing to field women candidates, here's a woman who has decided to take the plunge as an independent candidate so that she could intervene more effectively in...
View ArticleGirl dies after 19-hour ordeal in borewell
A three-year-old girl, who fell into a 500-foot open borewell and rescued after 19 hours in a severely asphyxiated condition, died at a government hospital in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu on...
View ArticleTwo pots of water a day for residents
Residents of Parasurampatti within the municipal limits are facing severe water crisis.
View ArticleUpcoming hockey turf to benefit budding players
A synthetic hockey turf has been set up in the Madurai Race Course Stadium for the benefit of budding hockey players from Madurai and its neighbouring districts.
View ArticleNow, AIADMK complains against DMK of initimidation
An array of AIADMK functionaries led by state minister for cooperation Sellur K Raju petitioned the election observer (general) Rani Kumuthini alleging that rowdy elements from the DMK are unbridled at...
View ArticleLok Sabha polls: It has been an easy outing for Congress in Madurai
Lok Sabha election was held in 1984, a year ahead of its schedule, in the wake of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination.Congress swept the election and won by a landslide majority.
View ArticleJail organizes career guidance for inmates' children
Many plus two students who took the recent board examination are charting future career path with the guidance of parents or teachers.Such timely guidance is difficult when one of parents, especially...
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