Parental care can redeem minor offenders
Parental care plays crucial role in moulding the future of the adolescent offenders once they are free from the clutches of law.
View ArticleWoman constable poisons daughter, kills self
A woman constable committed suicide by consuming poison after feeding it to her three-year-old daughter in Peraiyur on Monday night.
View ArticleCorporation to seek govt nod for Vaigai water
Bogged down by acute water shortage, the city corporation authorities have decided to seek the state government to allot 600 mcft from the Vaigai dam every year to meet the drinking water requirements...
View Article7.5 kg gold seized in Nagercoil, police rule out smuggling
Police have seized gold biscuits and jewels weighing 7.5 kg without proper documents from an apartment in Nagercoil on Wednesday.
View ArticleTwo held for duping 60 people
Two men, who duped about 60 people of about Rs 2 crore with promises of getting them foreign jobs, were arrested by the police near Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar district on Tuesday. Fifty-seven...
View ArticleFurore over missing maragatha lingam
The corporation council meeting convened on Wednesday turned into a commotion as the DMK councillors raised the issue of maragatha (emerald) lingam that allegedly went missing from the corporation...
View ArticlePESO implements safety recommendations in firework units
After Mudalipatti accident, the one man commission by IAS Chitanya Prasad presented its recommendations to overhaul firework manufacturing industries in Sivakasi at various fronts, including safety...
View ArticleAfter an year of Mudalipatti accident, Chennai is still learning
On this day last year, Sivakasi, the fireworks hub of the country, witnessed one of the worst accidents in its history that claimed 40 lives and injured more than 70.
View ArticleRupee crisis hits hard on foreign tour operators
The falling rupee has taken a heavy toll on the tourism industry in Madurai which organises foreign tours covering all the southern districts.
View ArticleReprimanded by parents over friendship, 6 boys attempt suicide
Six boys from Tuticorin, who allegedly attempted to commit suicide because their parents resented their friendship, were rescued by the police in Tiruchendur on Wednesday.
View ArticleIt's AIADMK vs AIADMK in the council
It appears that the frustration of the ruling AIADMK councillors against their zone chairmen is reaching threshold limit as they entered into verbal altercations in the council meeting on Wednesday.
View ArticleAdvocates boycott courts demanding Tamil as court language
Renewing the demand to make Tamil as the official language of the Madras high court, a majority of advocates practising at the bench here and the districts boycotted the courts on Wednesday. Besides,...
View ArticleStudents turn educators for a day
Students were given a chance to get a hands-on experience of being a teacher for a day at their school on the auspicious day of teachers' day celebration in Chinnalapatti in Dindigul district on Thursday.
View ArticleOfficers under radar in missing emerald lingam case
The probe into the missing maragatha lingam (emerald lingam) in Madurai by the six-member team has gained momentum with several serving and retired officers of the Madurai corporation coming under the...
View ArticleSightless angels who lit the lives of many
They might not have sight to see the world but they certainly have vision.
View Article50 workers to clean Madurai by night
The city corporation has decided to carry out night conservancy works in key areas of the city and a resolution for the same was passed during the corporation council meeting on Wednesday.
View ArticleLocomotive failures affecting train operations in Madurai division
The Madurai railway division of the Southern Railway is faced with a crisis of frequent locomotive failures, resulting in the railway unions charging that the administration is not taking adequate...
View ArticleSafety awareness week launched in Sivakasi
The massive Safety Awareness Week (SAW - 2013) commenced in Sivakasi, the fireworks hub, on Thursday.
View ArticleTrain services pattern altered
The Southern Railway has announced the change in pattern of few train services for a period of three days from September 6 (Friday) to September 8 (Sunday) due to line and power block on the...
View ArticleHC orders third increment for teachers with higher qualification
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court has once again reiterated the issue of entitlement for teachers for the third incentive increments, who have acquired higher qualifications such as MPhil and...
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