Probe ordered over missing mark sheets
A man filed a petition at the Madurai bench of Madras high court stating that a few pages of his son’s mathematics answer sheets of Class 12 examinations were missing.
View ArticleIllegal cracker units thrive in Virudhunagar
Police booked cases on three men on Saturday, including the AIADMK councilor of a panchayat union in Virudhunagar district, who owned the illegal cracker fuse making unit where a mishap took the life...
View ArticleBitten by rat, passenger bleeds for hours on train
In an incident that exposes the condition of our trains, a 62-year-old passenger in a second class coach of Nellai Express was bitten by a rat in the early hours of Saturday.
View ArticleSivakasi wig manufacturing unit fire death toll rises to six
Durairaj (35) and Sankaralingam (42), who suffered 100% burn of injuries, succumbed to their injuries after midnight, hospital sources said.
View ArticleInitiative to bring back disappearing bird starts showing signs of success
In a promising sign for nature lovers, a pair of sparrows started nesting in an artificial nest placed in a house at Sangeeth Nagar near Kudal Nagar on the outskirts of the city.
View ArticleSchool to help poor students meet their dreams
A school in Keelakarai in Ramanthapuram district has decided to implement 'scheme 100' for meritorious students launched by the ministry for minority affairs for the first time in the state.
View ArticleHerbivores in wild thrive without predators
Farmers who own land bordering the forest are in deep trouble as their crops are often raided by wild animals.
View ArticleThree held for smuggling brown sugar
Three people who attempted to smuggle Rs 1 crore-worth brown sugar were arrested near Kanyakumari on Saturday.
View ArticleMadurai villager loses son in Chennai building collapse
The entire village has gathered in front of the house of P Maruthupandian, the 25-year-old construction worker from Madurai who died in a building collapse in Chennai.
View ArticleThe blind turn navigators in car rally in Madurai
Excitement was palpable in P Sakthivel as he deftly passed his fingers over the route map and kept directing the gentleman behind the wheels of a car during a rally.
View ArticlePrepaid auto system at Mattuthavani falls flat
The prepaid autorickshaw bay system, which was inaugurated a last year at the Mattuthavani Integrated Bus Terminal, has failed to elicit any response from passengers and auto drivers.
View ArticleGive affiliation to Dhaya College: HC
The Madras high court Madurai bench on Tuesday passed orders directing the Anna University, Chennai to give provisional affiliation to Dhaya College of Engineering, owned by the trust of former Union...
View ArticlePWD means business, begins cleaning of water bodies ahead of monsoon
While the district administration is going full throttle to promote rainwater harvesting (RWH), the public works department (PWD) in Madurai on its part has embarked on a mission to improve the ground...
View ArticleCity school students earn global pat for cutting down food waste on campus
Cutting down food waste is one of the major global challenges, especially in many developed and developing nations.
View ArticleTwo injured as villagers hurl country bombs on each other
The coastal fishing village of Kuthankuli in Tirunelveli, about six km from Kudankulam nuclear plant, turned a battlefront of sorts on Tuesday when two groups of villagers hurled country bombs on each...
View ArticleConstitute convener panel, urge MKU academics
CC is constituted to carry out regular administrative works in the absence of the head.It is usually constituted with three senior members of the syndicate.The committee is an essential one in the...
View ArticleVakkampatti villagers charge panchayat president of bias
About 300 men and women gathered in front of the panchayat office and later lodged a complaint against Matilda at the Dindigul taluk police station as there was no one in the office to listen to their...
View ArticleStudents suffer as Madurai Kamaraj University postpones classes at last min
The classes for second year students of Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) have been postponed to July 9 as confusion prevails over the varsity functioning without a head.
View ArticleResidents lay siege to Madurai Corporation building
The residents, majority of them women, gathered at the office in the morning carrying the sewage mixed water supplied to them.
View ArticleAll lower court orders must only be in Tamil: HC
In a landmark judgment on Tuesday, the Madras high court set aside a two decade-old circular that permitted subordinate judicial officers to write judgments and orders either in Tamil or English.
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