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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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‘Extend permission to sell loose oil by one year’

‘Stop cattle grazing in Megamalai forests’

Traders smarting over delay in completion of road work

HC directs CBI to file counter

Plea to scrap e-pass system for travel

AIDWA’s charge against micro-finance firms

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

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

Drop in patients receiving cancer care

Most of them are referrals from other departments of the hospital

Plea to trace missing fisherman

Federation of fishermen’s associations moved the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday seeking a direction to the Centre and the State to

Madurai’s tally crosses 11,000 mark

With 173 people testing positive for COVID-19 in Madurai district on Friday, the number of affected patients since the start of the pandemic has the

Relief materials distributed

Madurai City Traffic Police on Friday distributed free dry rations to needy autorickshaw drivers and street vendors so that they can tide over the

Lift complete lockdown tomorrow

The complete lockdown planned for August 2, when Aadi Perukku will be celebrated, should be revoked, said Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Plea to save dugongs in Palk Bay

Pointing out to the decline in the population of dugong, a nature lover from Madurai has moved the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday

Plus One results: Virudhunagar stands second in the State

Madurai district recorded a pass percentage of 96.54% in Class 11 State Board examinations, the results of which were announced on Friday. This shows

Teen falls into septic tank, dies

A teenage lorry cleaner met a watery grave on Friday as a concrete slab covering a sceptic tank collapsed while he was standing on it. Police said M.

Water level

The water level in Periyar dam on Friday stood at 115.10 feet (permissible level is 142 ft.), with an inflow of 527 cusecs and a discharge of 125

Two robbed

Two cases of robbery have been reported from rural areas of Madurai since Thursday evening. In the first incident, K. Sakthivel, 65, of Tiruppalai,

Ganesha idols wait for non-existent customers

Extension of COVID-19 induced lockdown has dashed hopes of doll makers

CM to visit Madurai on August 6

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami will inspect various COVID-19 treatment facilities in Madurai district on August 6 as part of an extensive

Deceased farmer’s family receives body after 8 days

Eight days after the death of the farmer from Vaagaikulam near Kadayam in Tenkasi district, the family of the deceased received his body on Friday

MADITSSIA flays extension of lockdown

The Madurai District Tiny and Small Scale Industries Association (MADITSSIA) has raised objections to the extension of the lockdown by another

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Former Union Minister Manish Tewari

78K | Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sachin Pilot were the ‘princelings’ of Congress, says Manish Tewari

The trio said the contempt law in question was unconstitutional, rooted in colonialism and produced a chilling effect on free speech and expression.

70K | N. Ram, Arun Shourie and Prashant Bhushan move Supreme Court against Contempt of Court Act

A pilot with IndiGo airlines was killed and the driver seriously injured when the car they were travelling in rammed a container truck on the Nehru Outer Ring Road at Himayat Sagar.

37K | IndiGo pilot killed in car crash near Hyderabad airport

Union Home Minister Amit Shah attends an event in New Delhi on August 1, 2020. Mr. Shah said on August 2, 2020 said he had tested positive for COVID-19.

27K | Coronavirus | Amit Shah tests positive, admitted to hospital

A passenger shows her ticket and identity card to a security person at the airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. File (representational image)

22K | Coronavirus | India eases quarantine rules for international travellers

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Police personnel fine motorists who came out without reason on the complete lock down day, at Goripalayam in Madurai on August 2, 2020

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Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. File

13K | Coronavirus| Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa tests positive for COVID-19