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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

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Visually impaired Madurai woman cracks the exam

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Proud moment: Ganesh Kumar Baskar is offered sweets by his mother at his residence in Nagercoil.

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

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Tirunelveli District Collector Shilpa Prabhakar Satish conducting public redressal meeting through video conference on Monday. Photo : A. SHAIKMOHIDEEN

Nellai Collector hears people’s grievances online

A woman walking with caution over a makeshift bridge across a trench dug up for the ‘smart road’ on East Masi Street in Madurai.

Traders smarting over delay in completion of road work

Tourist van operators pleading with police personnel to let their representatives submit their petition to Collector T. G. Vinay at the Madurai Collectorate on Monday.

Reopen inter-district borders: van operators

Tribal students of Pitchandi Middle School studying in open space at Siraikadu in Theni district.

Engaging tribal students during lockdown

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

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

Visually impaired Madurai woman cracks the exam

Fresh cases drop in Madurai, spike in Virudhunagar

Form panel to monitor treatment: PIL

Tasmac workers demand protective gear

Seven fishermen missing

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

Plea to scrap e-pass system for travel

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

Sattankulam accused moves High Court seeking bail

Suspended Head Constable Murugan, an accused in the Sattankulam custodial deaths case of trader P. Jayaraj and his son J. Benicks, has filed a

MKU’s M. Phil, Ph. D common entrance test likely in September

Students applying for M. Phil. and Ph. D. courses at Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) will be writing their common entrance test in September. The

MP sponsors computer radiography machine

Madurai MP Su. Venkatesan has sponsored a computer radiography machine along with mobile X-ray unit for the COVID speciality ward of Government Rajaji

Woman murders husband

The Ambasamudram police arrested a woman for allegedly murdering her husband who, after consuming alcohol, tortured her and the children and

Coronavirus | Body of COVID-19 victim taken in a push cart to burial ground in Tamil Nadu’s Gudalur

An ambulance failed to turn up even after 10 hours. Neighbours objected to the body being kept at home as they feared spread of the infection.

Jasmine price rises after four months

It is attributed to recent festivals and demand outstripping supply

Water level

The water level in Periyar dam on Saturday stood at 114.90 feet (permissible level is 142 ft.), with an inflow of 513 cusecs and a discharge of 125

CB-CID begins probe into multi-crore fraud

The Organised Crime Unit of Crime Branch – Criminal Investigation Department has begun investigation into a multi-crore fraud of an online multi-level

‘Give compensation to healthcare workers’

The Indian Medical Association, Madurai, has demanded a compensation of ₹50 lakh for healthcare workers who lost their lives to COVID-19.Its president

Chief Minister to visit Tirunelveli on August 7

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami will visit Tirunelveli on August 7 to review the anti-COVID-19 operations in the four southern districts

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