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Tiruchuli police station closed as five police personnel test positive Special Correspondent

The station will remain closed for a week for disinfection

Coronavirus | 10,000-mark reached in Madurai

Coronavirus | 301 test positive in Madurai

Coronavirus | Madurai’s tally of positive cases cross 9,000 mark

Despite living on alms, old man continues to be a COVID-19 warrior

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Fire destroys huge stock of matches stored in lorry shed near Sattur

‘Clean and maintain canal, temple land’

HC seeks status report on sand quarrying

Fresh cases drop to 26 in Tirunelveli

HC grants anticipatory bail to youth

RTE Act admissions in schools hazy

MLA alleges deliberate suppression of COVID-19 data

Reiterating his allegation of deliberate suppression of COVID-19 data, DMK MLA P.T.R. Palanivel Thiagarajan said district-wise data on number of

1.18 lakh beds ready to treat COVID-19 patients: Health Secretary

The number of beds in government hospitals and government medical college hospitals in the State had been increased to 1.18 lakh for treating COVID-19

₹75-lakh fine collected

A sum of ₹75 lakh has been collected from 48,000 persons in Madurai district for not wearing a mask since the lockdown started, Collector T. G. Vinay

Bid to steal sheep; youth murdered

A youth was murdered and his associate sustained grievous injuries when they, along with four others, tried to steal sheep from a flock formed in a

Ganesh Kumar Baskar, TN's topper in UPSC, wants to join IFS

Ganesh Kumar Baskar secures seventh rank in Civil Services Examination

Visually impaired Madurai woman cracks the exam

M. Puranasunthari, the 25-year-old from Maninagaram, secured the 286th rank

Fresh cases drop in Madurai, spike in Virudhunagar

For the first time in 41 days, less than 100 fresh COVID-19 cases were recorded in Madurai district on Tuesday. With 40 patients testing positive, the

Form panel to monitor treatment: PIL

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre and the State to file a counter affidavit in a public interest litigation

Tasmac workers demand protective gear

Madurai District Tasmac Workers Association, affiliated to Centre of Indian Trade Unions, staged a demonstration here on Tuesday, demanding better

Seven fishermen missing

Seven fishermen from Rameswaram, who ventured into the sea on Monday morning in a mechanised boat failed to return to the shore on Tuesday.According

Status reports submitted

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to file an affidavit regarding the procedures for disposal of used

Poor storage level in dams upsets farmers

Bleak prospects for ‘kar’ paddy season

Madurai city police raise ₹2.25 lakh for SSI’s medical treatment

Madurai City Police have raised ₹2.25 lakh towards the medical treatment of a Special Sub-Inspector of Police. N. Nagendran, an SSI attached to

Tiruppur police constable dies at Madurai GRH

An Armed Reserve police constable attached to Tiruppur City police who was under treatment at Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai died on Tuesday.

Deadline for renovation of Nayak Mahal extended

Labour shortage, difficulty in transporting material cited as factors

This Madurai boy is shaking up the techno pop game with his customisable pocket synthesisers

Rohith G, a 23-year-old music producer from Madurai, discusses his cost-effective pocket synthesisers and MIDI controllers, and why it could be a blessing for budding artistes

Tamirabharani water, sand sent to Ayodhya

Water and sand from the Tamirabharani has been dispatched from here for a special puja to be performed during the ground-breaking ceremony for

‘Extend permission to sell loose oil by one year’

Madurai Oil and Oilseeds Association has urged the Chief Minister to extend permission to sell loose cooking oil till August 31, 2021.In a press

‘Stop cattle grazing in Megamalai forests’

An advocate has moved the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Central and State governments to ban cattle grazing in

Traders smarting over delay in completion of road work

Pedestrians suffer the most as there are no alternative arrangements

HC directs CBI to file counter

MADURAIThe Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a counter affidavit on the bail

Lockdown blues: T.N. government and the citizens

In their petition, the cab drivers said the e-pass system, which was introduced after the pandemic outbreak to curb unnecessary movement, had sounded their death knell.

AIDWA’s charge against micro-finance firms

Members of All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) has alleged that self-help groups and micro-finance companies were pressurising poor women

Engaging tribal students during lockdown

Teachers of a middle school travel to remote villages to conduct classes

‘Sarabanga Lift Irrigation Project will not affect Delta region’

The diversion scheme is not for developing new ayacut, govt. tells HC

Reopen inter-district borders: van operators

A section of tourist van operators from across the district petitioned Collector T.G. Vinay here on Monday seeking reopening of inter-district borders

Virudhunagar reports single-day toll of nine, yet again

Thoothukudi, Kanniyakumari districts add 215 fresh cases each

MP enquires about status of report on IIT admissions and recruitment

Su. Venkatesan, MP, has written a letter to the Union Minister for Human Resource Development enquiring about the status of an order issued in April

Woman robbed of her 15-sovereign chain

A woman, S. Pandiammal, 30, was robbed of her 15-sovereign chain in Nagamalai Pudukottai on Monday afternoon. A man had knocked at the door of her

Bid to sacrifice child to retrieve treasure

Kalakkad police have nabbed three persons, including a tantrik (black magician), for allegedly attempting to offer human sacrifice to retrieve buried

Two hero stones found at foothills of Pottamalai

The stones could be around 500 years old, says Gandhirajan, an art historian

Nellai Collector hears people’s grievances online

Forwards them to departments concerned for further action

Fresh cases unabated in Virudhunagar district

Thoothukudi reports 278 cases; Kanniyakumari’s tally up by 201

Webinar

A five-day webinar on ‘Reanimating skills to the new normal’ was organised by Fatima College in Madurai recently. There were discussions on topics

Two robbed at knifepoint

A woman and her brother were robbed at knifepoint on Pulloothu Road on Saturday evening. The woman, riding pillion on a motorbike, was returning home

Beedi rollers rendered jobless

Closure of three private beedi rolling units indefinitely has rendered about 2000 daily wage earners jobless here, said CITU district secretary

Madurai-based doctor cheated of ₹ 3.15 crore

A doctor, D. Chandramohan, 41, has complained that he has been cheated of ₹3.15 crore by two companies on the promise of supplying him N95 masks. Dr.

School toppers honoured

The Class 12 school topper of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tirupparankundram, Yuvashree and Abhinaya, were honoured by Parimala Jayapandian, a member of the

Virudhunagar’s discharge figure hits four-digit mark

MADURAIMadurai district recorded 166 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the total cases so far to 11,175. As many as 208 persons were discharged,

Distribution of textbooks bags from Monday

Distribution of textbooks and school bags for primary and secondary government school students would begin in the district from Monday by adopting all

HC judge refuses to recuse from hearing petitions pertaining to granite firm

Justice B. Pugalendhi of the Madras High Court has refused to recuse himself from hearing a batch of petitions pertaining to PRP Granite Exports. A

Case against 8 policemen for assaulting advocate

The CB-CID’s Organised Crime Prevention Unit has registered case against eight policemen including a Deputy Superintendent of Police for allegedly

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