Schools celebrate Vivekananda's birth anniversary with 'surya namaskar'
More than 700 students from seven schools in Srirangam gathered at the Srirangam Boys Higher Secondary School and performed 'surya namaskar' to mark the 150th birth anniversary of swami Vivekananda.
View ArticleWoman seeks help to secure husband's release
A 28-year-old woman from Trichy, on Monday demanded the district administration to help bring home her husband who is jailed in Colombo for allegedly possessing 'ganja'. However, she claimed that her...
View ArticleGolden Rock Sunday market needs a facelift
Every Sunday, it is a festive atmosphere in Ponmalai as locals and outsiders gather at the old weekly market, though the busy market has it set of infrastructure problems that the Trichy administration...
View ArticleHC ignores govt report into forced child begging, appoints advocate commissioner
Sidelining the status report filed by the government, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Monday passed orders appointing an advocate commissioner, to look into the issue of forced child...
View ArticleI-T raids in hotel in Madurai
Cleared A team of income tax (I-T) officials raided the Aarya Group of Hotels in Tirunelveli and Madurai on Monday.The hotel chain has many restaurants and hotels in the southern districts.
View ArticleFarmers upset with govt compensation
Farmers in Sithaiyankotti, which is known as the 'rice bowl' of Dindigul are lamenting that the government compensation of Rs 15,000 per acre for loss of paddy crop is inadequate, as they are facing...
View ArticleFarmer gets 10 years jail for trying to rape girl
A 40-year-old farmer was sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by Trichy district additional sessions court for attempting to rape an eight-year-old girl on the outskirts of Trichy.
View ArticlePolice unearth vital clues from conman's house
Fort police station has unearthed several vital clues from the residence of Sabari Ananadan, the conman, who worked for Aaraathana Trust and managed to obtain huge amounts of loan from a nationalised...
View ArticleBankers sensitised on solar energy schemes
With the intention of sensitising bankers in the district on financing various solar energy schemes, Canara Bank - the lead bank of the district here organised a one-day workshop for them.
View Article108 ambulance services a boon for us, say beneficiaries
S Sundari and her husband K Eswaran were shattered to hear that their just born son was not all right.
View ArticleGRH doctors luring patients to their clinics
The century-old Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH), considered the best in southern Tamil Nadu, is in the news again for bad reasons.
View ArticleBSNL targets customers of closed down telecom firms
BSNL, Madurai telecom district will launch a special mela from February 22 with an effort to woo customers of telecom companies, which have closed down due to the licence row.
View ArticlePrison official suspended for carrying a mobile phone into prison
A prison official was suspended for trying to sneak in a mobile phone inside prison premises on Tuesday.N Shanmugam is the prison warden of 4{+t}{+h} block where remand accused are locked up.
View ArticleMadurai RPO detects 104 applications with fake documents
Officials at the regional passport office (RPO) in Madurai are perplexed at the number of passport applications submitted with fake supporting documents.
View ArticleEncroachments removed along Madurai-Theni highway
Officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Madurai division carried out an encroachment eviction drive at two places along the Madurai - Theni national highway (NH) on Tuesday.
View Article53 women booked for selling free goats
Days after reports of the state government's free laptops to students surfaced, officials have found that women were selling goats given to them free of cost under another government scheme.
View ArticleNationwide strike has partial impact on Madurai
The nation-wide strike called by various trade unions supporting the demands to contain inflation and increase the employment generation hit the functioning of Central government offices in Madurai.
View ArticleSuspecting hubby murders wife, three children
A 53-year-old man murdered his wife, two children and his brother's daughter in Tuticorin on Tuesday night.
View ArticleThree senior railway officials arrested for fraud
Sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have arrested three senior railway engineers here on Wednesday for committing a fraud to the tune of Rs 80 lakh in connection with the broad gauge...
View ArticleThree pilgrims run over by truck in Tuticorin
Three pilgrims on a padayatra to Tiruchendur temple were killed when a truck ran over them in Tuticorin on Wednesday.
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