Bail to US ship crew cancelled by sessions court
The principal sessions court on Tuesday cancelled the conditional bail granted to the crew of Seaman Guard Ohio, the US-based ship held on charges of entering into Indian territorial waters with...
View ArticleCampus drive on track at top colleges, slump in middlings
Top engineering colleges heaved a sigh of relief as the ongoing campus recruitment drive is at satisfactory levels.Most of them have already achieved the target which was as many placements as achieved...
View ArticleHC orders release of 285mcft for Melur farmers
After a 13-day legal battle, farmers in Melur taluk of the district will receive Vaigai water to protect their dying crops, which are standing in about 80,000 acres in and around Melur.
View ArticleThoppur hospital gets a makeover
It is good tidings for the healthcare sector in the southern region as the Thoppur Government Hospital has undergone a makeover.
View ArticleMKU students literally take their protest to heights
Making matters worse for the protesting students, it started drizzling soon after they scaled the hillock.However, the students refused to come down despite incessant drizzles the whole day.
View Article5,000 stray dogs to be vaccinated to prevent spread of rabies
Concerned over the increasing incidents of rabies, the district administration has decided to begin a vaccination drive for stray dogs in Madurai city and rural areas starting in February as part of a...
View ArticleHC allows bullock cart and pony races
The Madras high court Madurai bench has given the nod for bullock cart and pony racing events in Thanjavur during the Pongal festivities, albeit with conditions.
View ArticleTwo die as car plunges into pit
Two people from Madurai died in a road accident after their car plunged into a roadside pit near Thirumangalam in the early hours of Thursday.
View ArticleOutsourced in Madurai: Drawing kolams
Young women transforming small dots into beautiful 'kolams' was a common sight early in the morning, especially during 'Margazhi', till a few years back.Not any more.
View ArticleBuilding bed dam on Vaigai challenged in high court
Construction of a bed dam across river Vaigai in Maanamadurai taluk has been challenged at the Madras high court's bench here.
View ArticleDMK suspends five Alagiri loyalists in Madurai
The DMK on Thursday suspended five loyalists of former Union minister M K Alagiri for violating party discipline.
View ArticleAttempt to attach tahsildar's office property creates chaos
Six acres of land belonging to Sathyamoorthy of Ganapathy Nagar in Palani was taken over by the government in 1997 for the establishment of the Adi Dravidar colony.
View ArticleYouth on bail hacked to death due to enmity
A 19-year-old youth, who came out of the prison on bail, was hacked to death in Madurai on Wednesday night.
View ArticleSuspension jolts Alagiri's supporters jolts party men
The suspension of five diehard supporters of south zone organising secretary M K Alagiri from Madurai has another jolt to the rank and file of the party in the temple city.
View ArticleMelur farmers urge speedy release of water from Vaigai
For the past few days, the southern districts like Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli and Tuticorin have been receiving copious rainfall.
View ArticleMKU Students call off hilltop protest, vow to continue in campus
The students of Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) continued their protest on top of a hillock for the second consecutive day on Thursday.They spent the whole night under open sky and withdrew in the...
View ArticleCorporation to patrol river bank to stop dumping of waste
The city corporation has planned patrolling of the Vaigai river banks to prevent deliberate dumping of solid and sewage waste in the river.
View ArticleStudents assault assistant HM in Sivaganga
A group of Plus 2 students from a government school in Sivaganga assaulted their assistant head master (AHM) on Thursday.
View ArticleVasan underplays meeting between Karunanidhi, Azad
Union shipping minister G K Vasan sought to underplay the meeting between DMK chief M Karunanidhi and Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
View ArticleCourt orders handing over of seized cattle to owners
Revenue staff in Theni district were assigned a new job about a week ago to look after a herd of 132 cattle which were seized from their owners following allegations of ill-treatment from activists in...
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