Dalits accept bodies after cheque payout
A likely volatile situation was averted as the administration agreed to hand over Rs 3.75 lakh each to the next of kin of two dalits who were killed in Poompuhar village in Nagapattinam district on...
View ArticleBurglars scoot with gold, silver from Trichy house
Unknown people looted the house of a retired college employee, and decamped with ornaments and other items worth Rs 7 lakh Rail Nagar in Ariyamangalam, Trichy.
View ArticlePower outages force Madurai plastic goods manufacturers to shift to trading
Till a few years back, Madurai was the hub of plastic industries in the region with hundreds of small and medium units operating from here catering to markets in Tamil Nadu and other states.
View Article​Woman president empowers this Madurai panchayat
Residents of Thirali, a panchayat of 5,400 people in Madurai district, were unaware all these years that a three-acre agricultural plot in the possession of a villager was once a water tank.
View ArticleAttack on BJP leader sparks protest
A state-level functionary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tamil Nadu was on Sunday injured after he was hacked allegedly by a four-member gang here, sparking protests by the party workers who...
View ArticleRoyals clueless about value of lost articles
Mystery shrouds the loss of antique collections from the Serfoji Memorial Hall on the premises of Thanjavur Palace.
View ArticleState under-7 chess meet begins
The 26th Tamil Nadu under-7 chess championships for boys and girls commenced in Trichy on Sunday with more than 100 players vying for the honours.
View ArticleFather, son killed in neighbourhood quarrel; 7 held
A father and son who were grievously injured after a gang-attack led by a neighbour in a village near Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district on Saturday night, succumbed at the Thanjavur Medical College...
View ArticleHighway robberies on the rise
The highways in the outskirts of Madurai appear to have turned happy hunting grounds for highway robbers.
View ArticleVillagers struggle to retrieve land adjoining Vaigai river
At a time when Vaigai river’s width is shortening in many areas due to encroachments on either side of the bank, villagers of Nelmudikarai near Thirupuvanam in Sivaganga district are struggling to...
View ArticleTraffic diversions in Madurai city from today for Chithirai festival
The city police have effected an elaborate traffic diversion plan in view of Goddess Meenakshi’s celestial wedding as part of Chithirai festival in the city.
View ArticleMan hacked to death in Madurai
A temporary worker of the city corporation was hacked to death on Saturday night.
View Article3 women buy baby for Rs 50K, sell him for Rs 2.5 lakh, held
The racket in trafficking of babies in south and west Tamil Nadu is thriving, with the authorities failing to do enough to break up what appears to be an entrenched criminal network.
View ArticleVaigai water reaches Madurai
Water from Vaigai dam released on April 20 had reached Madurai on Monday.
View ArticleTwo labourers die in sand slide
In a tragic incident, two labourers including a woman were killed and one more woman sustained grievous injury when mud and bricks fell on them at a construction site in Madurai on Monday.
View ArticlePart-time teachers demand salaries for May
Teachers recruited on a part-time basis in government schools in the district have demanded payment of salary for the month of May also.
View ArticlePolice adopt drip irrigation method to increase green cover
As the water scarcity looms large in Madurai, superintendent of police V Balakrishnan has initiated a cost-effective way of drip irrigation for watering plants in gardens.
View ArticleBJP bandh turns violent as mobs pelt stones on buses
The bandh in Kanyakumari turned violent as mobs pelted stones on government buses across the district on Monday.
View ArticleSrirangam villagers oppose paper factory fearing land acquisition
Tamil Nadu government's move to set up a factory of Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited on contiguous lands in a few villages in Srirangam constituency in Trichy have met with stiff opposition from...
View ArticleButterfly park takes wings
One of India's biggest butterfly parks is coming up at Upper Anaicut Reserve Forest in Srirangam.
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