Dream come true for robotic arms' rescue team
Monday was the happiest day of their lives for the four-member team from Madurai, which rescued Darshan, who fell into a borewell near Sankarankovil in Tirunvelveli district.
View ArticleWhy PMANE chose to take the plunge and join electoral politics
Inspired by the ideals of German Greens and their leader Petra Kelly, Udayakumar launched a Green Party in the early 2000s.But, it didn't take off.
View ArticleRescued bison chases fire service personnel, unhurt
A bison that fell into a dry well near Palamedu in Madurai on Monday, created a flutter when it chased fire service personnel who were in the rescue team.
View ArticleFisher folk return home for Holy Week
Fishermen from the coastal villages of Kanykumari district have returned to the shore to attend church services coinciding with the Holy Week.
View ArticleFree legal aid clinic benefits many, enters fifth year
It was started to sensitise not only the families of those with mental disabilities but also the judicial officers and lawyers about the problems faced by the parents.
View ArticleMadurai division records growth in overall earnings
The Madurai railway division has bagged the inter-divisional overall efficiency - Best Division - award for its performance and earnings in the last financial year.
View ArticleIt's an Alagiri show as DMK wins city for the first time
The 2009 general election in Madurai was all along a DMK show as party strongman and son of the then Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi, M K Alagiri, romped home.
View ArticleEntrance exams send parents into a tizzy
M Shanthi, a resident of Anna Nagar has already spent two sleepless nights as her son M Rajesh was to face a written examination for school admission in a government-aided school on Wednesday.
View ArticleLockout called off temporarily
After a period of 10 days that brought Sivakasi to a standstill, firework manufacturers on Wednesday withdrew their lockout and decided to open their units from Thursday.
View Article'Congress has to be defeated but not by supporting BJP'
Though PMANE projects a collective leadership, the face of the anti-nuclear protest has been S P Udayakumar, a soft-spoken, US-trained academician from Nagercoil who calls himself a Red-Green activist.
View ArticleFive acquitted in murder case seek Rs 50 crore relief
The petition was filed by one Rangiyah, the bank officer and the remaining four were acquitted by the trial court in the murder of a train passenger, with the observation that they were not real accused.
View ArticlePlea seeks narco analysis test on police officials
The petition was filed by the Social Democratic Party of India advocates wing's district president A Syed Abdul Kathar.
View ArticleStolen idols produced at the Madras high court
Seven antique idols and concerned albums were displayed to the Madras high court Madurai bench on Tuesday during the hearing of an appeal against the acquittal of nine idol thieves.
View ArticleMadurai man's indigenous borewell robot saves 3-year-old boy
It was "borewell robot", an indigenous device developed by a Madurai-based social worker, that saved a 3-year old boy who fell into an abandoned borewell in a village in Tirunelveli in southern Tamil...
View ArticleCentre, Tamil Nadu failed to protect fishers: Modi
Addressing a public meeting on Thursday at Kumaran Kundram, exactly where Sonia had addressed a rally a day before, Modi did not spare chief minister J Jayalalithaa also.
View ArticlePlea seeks judgments in Tamil in lower courts
One Solai Subramanian had challenged the circular in 2010 on the ground that no timeframe was mentioned in the circular.
View ArticleLack of office assistants force teachers to do menial jobs
In the absence of office assistants in government schools in Madurai district, teachers and headmasters are forced to carryout the menial jobs.
View Article6 students held for assaulting and abetting lecturer's suicide
Six polytechnic students have been arrested by the police in Tirunelveli on Thursday for allegedly assaulting their lecturer and forcing him to commit suicide by hanging.
View ArticleBlaring loudspeakers irks public in Kodai; ruin peace and tranquility in...
The list of problems plaguing the Princess of Hills - Kodaikanal is going up endlessly, with the recent one coming in the form of loudspeakers, which are making a dent in the image of the otherwise...
View ArticleFather suspects foul play in cop's death, approaches HC
The woman's father, P Sikkandar of Kottaiyur in Natham village in Dindigul district has also filed a petition seeking a CBI probe into it.
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