Four of family drown in Cauvery river
It was a tragedy waiting to happen. Four people, including two children were killed as they all slipped into a water pond and drowned in the Cauvery river at Perugamani village in Anthanallur taluk of...
View ArticleNH 208 users charged toll violating HC order
The commuters of national highway 208 are being fleeced at the Kappalur toll plaza despite a recent high court staying collection of toll fee.
View ArticleFreedom fighter and Gandhian passes away in Madurai
Freedom fighter M Mariappan, secretary of Gandhi Museum in Madurai passed away at his house in Anna Nagar in the city on Sunday morning in the age of 75.
View ArticleFour killed in Sivakasi blast, fourth accident in a month
A blast outside a fireworks unit in Naranapuram near Sivakasi, left four persons dead and eight others injured on Sunday. Three people died on the spot, while one other worker succumbed to injuries in...
View Article'Dancers, teachers should come together for betterment of art'
Dancers and dancer teachers should come together to work for the betterment of the art, Chitra Visweshwaran, Bharatanatyam exponent and Padma Shri award winner, said here on Sunday.
View ArticleWomen bring water protest to collectorate
Edited/315 A few hundred women came with empty pots to the Trichy district collector's office here on Monday demanding water, leading to chaos at the collectorate for a while.
View ArticleSpecial SHGs demand training and assistance
The members of the newly-started special self-help groups (SHG) in Madurai district are demanding training and financial assistance from the district administration.
View ArticleToll rises as Sivakasi takes a fancy to flashy crackers
The reason behind most of the recent accidents at firework units in Sivakasi is due to the handling of 'manimarunthu' - a mixture of chemicals used in fancy fireworks. After fancy fireworks started...
View ArticleSHGs with a difference prove successful in Madurai
Edited/383 When M Kamatchi, a differently-abled athlete from Madurai, searched for a job eight years ago, no one came forward to offer her one.
View ArticleMadurai residents find malls a cool place to chill out
As summer heat gets intense, shopping malls and department stores in the temple city are witnessing a rise in the number of footfalls, but the retailers here have no reason to cheer.
View ArticleSivakasi fire: One more person succumbs
The death toll in the fireworks accident in Naranapuram near Sivakasi has gone up, with one more person succumbing to injuries at the Madurai Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) on Tuesday morning.
View ArticleVillagers divided over land for Sipcot
A public hearing meeting called by the district administration to get the opinion of farmers from two villages - Swamymallampatti, Karisalkalanpatti - near Thirumangalam for the proposed industrial...
View ArticleRelook case against Electricity Board official, says HC
Madras High Court (Madurai bench) has quashed the proceedings of the vigilance and anti-corruption bureau (VAC), Nagercoil, against an engineer of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB).
View ArticleNotices to banks for delay in disbursing housing loan to urban poor
Notices will be issued to the district collector, corporation commissioner and banks after hundreds of families who were dispossessed of their houses by Madurai Municipal Corporation (MMC) are facing...
View ArticleMadurai Kamaraj University to start exclusive centre for nano sciences
The Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) is all set to create an exclusive 'Centre for Nano Sciences' with the objective of increasing research activities in the area.
View Article14 accused in Pottu Suresh murder case get bail
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court passed orders on Tuesday granting bail to 14 accused in the 'Pottu' Suresh murder case with condition, while adjourning the bail petition of 'Attack' Pandi to...
View ArticleCops take a month to intimate parents that son was dead
Officials at Vadipatti police station sat on information from Punjab police for a month that a minor boy who hailed from the district had died in Punjab before letting his parents in Madurai know, that...
View ArticleWater charges hiked for Trichy residents
At a time when water scarcity looms larges, residents in the city will have to shell out more for getting water from the Trichy corporation.
View ArticleDementia can be controlled if detected early
The next time your elderly grandparents or parents forget your name or even fail to recognise you, it could be a sign of dementia or Alzheimer's, both of which can affect the quality of life of the...
View Article19-year-old held for sending obscene messages
A 19-year-old polytechnic college student was arrested by the police on Tuesday for sending pornographic, obscene messages to a 35-year-old woman president on the outskirts of Trichy.
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