Ceremonial torches brought to city to mark 'Maamadurai Potruvom'
Setting the tone for the three-day "Maamadurai Potruvom" festival, a torch was brought from Kidaripatti village near Alagarkoil, where the oldest inscription referring to Madurai dating back to 400 BC...
View ArticleVishwaroopam opens to full house
The much-awaited magnum opus of Kamal Haasan, 'Vishwaroopam' hit the screens in Madurai on Thursday as eager fans vied with each other to watch the movie in its first screening.
View ArticleTeso conclave to address Tamil issue to be held soon
Cleared/415 Words DMK leader Karunandhi on Thursday hinted that the second Teso conclave would be held sooner than later, to protect the interests of the Sri Lankan Tamils.
View ArticleKarunanidhi downplays reports on Rahul issue
DMK chief M Karunanidhi, whose party is a key UPA ally, on Thursday sought to downplay reports that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had not acknowledged his congratulatory message on his recent...
View ArticleRagging, a thing of past in Madurai colleges
Edited/ The incident of ragging has become a thing of the past in colleges in Madurai due to the combined efforts of the college administration and the police.
View ArticleTwo polytechnic students killed in accident
Cleared/215 Words In a tragic accident, two students, studying in a private polytechnic college were killed near Radhapuram in Tirunelveli on Friday.
View ArticleRickshaws pedal down to oblivion
Cycle rickshaws that once ruled the streets of the Temple City is disappearing, giving way mainly due to the popularity of share auto rickshaws.
View ArticleMan's suicide bid at RDO office foiled
Following a series of self-immolation bid by the petitioners in Trichy collectorate in the past few months, a 50-year-old man attempted to commit suicide on Friday in front of the office of the...
View ArticlePhotography expo casts light on Madurai nuggets
N Rajkumar, a resident of Ponmeni, would have crossed the collector office road in Madurai several times all these years.
View ArticleMaamadurai Potruvom begins, brings old and young generations together
The much anticipated 'Maamadurai Potruvom' festival, kicked-off in a grand manner on Friday amidst hundreds of jubilant students and public at the Tamukkam grounds.
View ArticleRickshaw pullers demand help from tourism department
Cycle-rickshaw pullers, who face an existential crisis, want the tourism department to extend a helping hand to them so that they remain in the transport trade in Madurai.
View ArticlePalani temple employees suspended for filching funds
Eight employees of the Dhandayudhapani temple in Palani who had misappropriated funds from the temple guest houses were placed under suspension on Friday.
View ArticleMan kidnapped in Madurai rescued within hours in Sivaganga
A 40-year-old man, who was kidnapped from Madurai was rescued by police in less than two hours on Friday in Sivaganga district.
View ArticleTrichy's handloom sector on its last legs
The traditional crafts of weaving handloom 'Woraiyur saris' and 'Thathaingarpettai dhoties' in Trichy district have fallen on bad times as there are no takers for these trades, besides short supply.
View ArticlePower crisis returns to haunt Madurai
Even as the Tamil Nadu government has announced that the state would be free of electricity cuts by the end of 2013, power shutdowns have returned to haunt the people of Madurai and the southern...
View ArticleKidnap exposes fake currency racket
Even as a police team launched a hunt for the mastermind in the kidnap of a clerk in a cooperative society in Madurai, inquiries revealed that the four kidnappers nabbed by the police, as well as the...
View ArticlePolice to tighten grip on cattle movement
Police have decided to tighten the grip on traders from Madurai transporting animals in inhumane conditions in vehicles, to adjoining states.
View ArticlePirated CDs of Vishwaroopam seized
Two days after police raided VCD shops in Tuticorin and seized electronic items and pirated CDs of latest Tamil films, a man was held for selling pirated CDs of kamal Haasan's latest controversial...
View ArticlePolice arrest Notorious ganja peddler arrested, seize smuggled panchaloha idol
Police have arrested a 50-year-old woman and seized a two-feet tall smuggled panchaloha idol from her in Madurai on Saturday.
View ArticleHC nod to fell roadside trees in Karaikudi
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court gave nod to cut roadside trees while considering a public interest litigation (PIL) filed against the decision of Karaikudi municipality to fell them.
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