Court says no sufficient proof against Akshaya trust, closes PIL
At the same time, the court has directed the state's commissioner for differently abled persons to monitor the activities of the trust periodically as per the legal procedures.
View ArticleKumbakonam school fire: Govt files appeal against verdict
Forty days after the trial court acquitted 11 people accused in the Kumbakonam school fire accident case, the state government has now filed an appeal against the acquittals before the Madras high...
View Article20 scales, unstamped weights seized
Officials from the labour department seized 20 scales and unstamped weights from various shops near Periyar bus stand here on Saturday.
View Article125 litres of acid seized during raids
A day after two college girls were attcked with acid, the district administration seized 125 litres of acid stocked illegally in a house nearby Thirumangalam on Saturday.
View ArticleSix killed as car rams truck in Tamil Nadu
Six people, including an 11-year-old boy, were killed when a car in which they were travelling rammed a stationary truck near Vadamadurai in Dindigul district on Sunday morning.
View Article6 die as speeding car rams stationary truck
Six people, including an 11-year-old boy, died when the car in which they were travelling rammed a stationary truck near Vadamadurai in Dindigul district on Sunday morning.
View ArticleEngineering colleges brace up for recruitment season
It is a window of professional opportunities for engineering college students in Madurai as the much awaited campus recruitment has just started.
View ArticleVaigai water flows into parched tank
The release of water from the Vaigai dam for irrigation has brought respite to the people living on the northern side of Madurai city as well.
View ArticleExplosives found on busy road in Tirunelveli
Police said the explosives might have fallen from a vehicle while they were being transported for quarrying activities.
View ArticleTamil Nadu school headmaster arrested for sexual abuse of minor girl
Police said the headmaster had been sexually exploiting the girl for a long time.Â
View ArticleTamil Nadu govt restrained from paying salaries to director of technical...
Justice K K Sasidharan observed that directorate of technical education and the college principal had failed to obey the court’s order even after many adjournments and passed an interim order...
View ArticleTen more cases filed in granite scambefore JM court
With these, about 100 cases with regard to the granite scam and its related issues have been filed before the judicial magistrate court in Melur by the police as well as the Madurai district collector.
View ArticleHome secretary chided for not responding to court, warned
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Monday chided the state's home secretary for not responding to the court in a case pertaining to making protection of witnesses, statutory.
View ArticleRowdy sweet talked into peace talks, murdered
A 22-year-old rowdy was allegedly murdered by his opponents at a secluded area near Vandiyur in Madurai on the midnight of Sunday.
View Article14-yr-old kidnapped by gang, escapes
Residents of Tirunagar in Madurai district rescued a 14-year-old boy who was allegedly kidnapped by an unidentified gang from Kadayanallur in Tirunelveli district.
View ArticleFive students booked for ragging
The district police on Tuesday registered a case against five students based on a complaint from a student, alleging ragging in the college campus. However, the complaint was found to be false after a...
View ArticleObservatory in Theni to benefit physics researchers
The Neutrino Observatory, India's biggest basic science research centre, that is coming up in Theni district would help research scholars in physics discipline.
View ArticleNeed for international cargo facility at Madurai airport stressed
The need to introduce international cargo handling facilities at the Madurai airport, which would enhance the development of the southern districts, has been stressed by the Madurai Travel Club.
View ArticleTemple diverts dhotis offered by devotees to poor patients
Dhotis offered by devotees at the Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple are making their way to the Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) in the city to be distributed among the patients.
View ArticleIllegal appointments in Madurai schools: Clean chit for politicians
Senior IAS officer C V Sankar, who was last year directed by the Madurai bench of the Madras high court to hold a detailed inquiry into the reported appointments in Madurai schools that were done based...
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