Crushing season begins amid high hopes
The annual season of crushing sugarcane for sugar production in Alanganallur national cooperative sugar mill commenced on Saturday. District collector L Subramanian, accompanied by local MLAs and...
View ArticleFollowing gauge conversion, trains running till Palani may be extended
Passenger train operations on the newly-inspected Palani-Pollachi section is likely to begin early next year with the Madurai railway division proposing to the railway board to extend three trains that...
View ArticleProduce more CAs, minister tells institute
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), which was zealously maintaining its quality by limiting the number of chartered accountants should try to increased its members as the nation...
View ArticleRoof top gardens coming to Madurai
Under the new 'urban horticulture development programme', the department of horticulture is planning to encourage city residents to set up vegetable gardens on their roofs.
View ArticleRage for luxury cars pick up in Madurai
Have you had a feeling that you have lately been spotting a lot many more Audis, BMWs and Mercedes Benzes on the streets of the city?
View ArticleVasan urges Centre to lift ban on jallikattu
Tamil Maanila Congress president G K Vasanon Sunday urged the central government to make a move to lift the ban on jallikattu, which was a traditional game of the Tamil people.
View ArticleYouth take to self-harm to cope with grief: Experts
Vinay*, 22, was at an interview and was confident of bagging the job. But he was not prepared when he became the object of scrutiny after the employer saw the scars on his outstretched hands and...
View ArticleRanji match in Dindigul receives huge response
A large number of people from Dindigul and neighbouring districts thronged to the NPR College ground here on Sunday for a rare Ranji match.
View ArticleSolar firms show interest to set up 2,500MW farms
Several power companies have evinced interest to set up solar farms with a total capacity to generate 2,500MW of power in Tamil Nadu.
View ArticleDevotees welcome high court order
Devotees welcomed the high court order signalling the authorities of Madurai Meenakshi temple permission to take over some of land in the heart of the city.
View ArticleMeenakshi Amman temple to get back 1.5 acres after 45 years
Sri Meenakshi Sundareshwarar temple will take possession of 1.5 acres of land on Therkuveli Street in six months with the Madurai bench of the Madras high court ruling in its favour in a more than...
View ArticleMadurai Corporation councillor stages sit-in strike at collectorate
Ward 57 councillor G Katharammal along with her husband Ganesan and few residents visited collectorate stating that they had been staging a hunger strike for the last five days demanding that the civic...
View ArticleMadurai mayor flags off sand vacuum cleaner truck
The Madurai City Corporation on Monday launched a sand vacuum cleaner truck, which was procured at a cost of Rs 52 lakh.
View ArticleEco-Awareness Week: Madurai college asks students to use public transport
Corporation Commissioner C Kathiravan inaugurated the five-day eco-awareness celebrations at Lady Doak College here on Monday.
View ArticleHonest Madurai cab driver honoured
A cab driver in Madurai, who returned the belongings of a French tourist, was honoured for his honesty on Monday.
View ArticleSagayam panel begins second round of probe into illegal granite quarrying in...
Sagayam, who started his investigation earlier this month, resumed the probe after a week’s break on Monday morning.
View ArticleUnlicensed gun, revolver seized from criminal in Madurai district
Police said they seized the unlicensed weapons during a search at the house of the criminal, identified as Saravanan, following his arrest in connection with a theft at a departmental store in the area.
View ArticleOver 250 noon meal workers detained, released in Madurai
More than 250 noon meal workers, mostly women, were detained by police after they resorted to a flash road picketing at Anna bus stand near the collectorate in Madurai on Monday.
View ArticleProbe into illegal granite quarrying scam: IAS officer Sagayam receives threat
IAS officer U Sagayam, who has been appointed by the Madras High court to conduct a probe into the multi-crore granite quarrying scam in Madurai district, has received a threat letter from a person who...
View ArticleUKG student drowns in pit at construction site near Tirunelveli
The boy, identified as Sakthivel, son of Murugan of Pazhavur near Suthamalli in Tirunelveli district, had been missing since Monday evening, and his body was recovered on Tuesday.
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