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Earthen lamp makers of Bethaniapuram in Madurai say COVID-19 pandemic has left people cash-strapped.

Prospects dim for earthen lamp makers this season

Restriction at temples leads to drop in sales ahead of Karthigai Deepam festival

Madurai records 20 new COVID-19 cases

Members of Aadhi Tamizhar Peravai stage a demonstration in front of Madurai Corporation office on Friday.

‘Give relief to injured worker’

Commissioner of Police Prem Anand Sinha says the teams have been assigned short stretches of routes in Madurai for effective patrolling.

14 armed two-wheeler patrol teams launched

Madurai Central MLA P.T.R.P. Thiagarajan inaugurates the solar-powered bus stop on North Veli Street in Madurai on Friday.

Now, a bus shelter with Wi-Fi facility

A stone sculpture of Mahavira that was found at Anandhur in Ramanathapuram district.

Stone inscription of Mahavira found

Cases on downtrend in southern districts

COVID-19

Palayamkottai Central Prison officials taking out a COVID-19 awareness rally on Wednesday.

Coronavirus | Slight spurt in cases in the recent days Special Correspondent

People flouting safety norms, say doctors.

Spike in number of daily cases in Kanniyakumari

Shoppers give the go-by to COVID-19 norms

Coronavirus | Madurai’s daily case count back in 30-40 band

Fewer theatres open in southern districts

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HC seeks State’s response on Bill’s status

14 armed two-wheeler patrol teams launched

Madurai MP moves HC for ‘English only’ communication between Centre and State

Stone inscription of Mahavira found

Man gets life sentence for murdering son

Man wanted for murdering father

Sudden rain hits paddy crop in two villages

Some farmers have insured their crop, while others were yet to pay the premium

‘Remove encroachments from water channels’

Giving an assurance to look into the grievances of farmers, Collector P. Madhusudhan Reddy said on Friday that the official machinery would redress

Now, a bus shelter with Wi-Fi facility

Songs will play from a speaker at the bus shelter which also has a mobile charging point.

Talk on women’s fight for rights and equality

MaduraiKalpana Kannabiran, professor and Director, Council for Social Development, Hyderabad, delivered Dr. Elizabeth George Memorial Endowment

HC dismisses advance bail plea of Pudukottai woman

Taking into account the fact that no First Information Report was registered against a woman from Pudukkottai district who apprehended arrest by the

‘Give relief to injured worker’

The protesters said the suffered injury on both his eyes after a disinfectant spray can accidentally exploded.

Prospects dim for earthen lamp makers this season

Restriction at temples leads to drop in sales ahead of Karthigai Deepam festival

Madurai records 20 new COVID-19 cases

Kanniyakumari’s overall tally touches 15,646, the highest among the four southern districts

Plea to reconsider move to let DBS Bank take over LVB

Reserve Bank of India must reconsider the move to let DBS Bank take over Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB), said H. Adi Seshan, State convenor of Swadeshi

Reserved special trains to be operated between Nagercoil – Mumbai CSMT from December

Reserved special trains will be operated between Nagercoil Junction and Mumbai CMST from December onwards.Train Number 06340 Nagercoil Junction –

Wholesale traders elated over getting back to business in Gandhi Market

Madurai Bench of Madras High Court vacates an interim order

EPFO hands over pension pay orders on retirement date

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation handed over pension pay orders to a few subscribers who will retire from service on November 30, 2020.The

Kerala’s proposal to build a dam raises the hackles of farmers

They plan to take out a relay yatra covering five districts from December 16

Farmers want a new uzhavar sandhai

Urging the government to establish an ‘uzhavar sandhai’ in Gudalur, farmers said it would encourage more people to grow vegetables and local people

IAF recruitment rally to be held in Puducherry

The Indian Air Force’s recruitment rally will be held in Puducherry from December 10 to 19.An official statement from District Employment Office said

Good news for hoteliers: unusable cooking oil can be sold for preparing biodiesel

This is good news for hoteliers, caterers and traders owning food / snack manufacturing units who are hitherto struggling to deal with the unusable

Woman Inspector held on graft charge in Madurai

She was reportedly caught red-handed while receiving a bribe for removing the names of two persons from a case

FIR against film producer stayed

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday granted a stay on the First Information Report registered by Ramanathapuram police against film

Protest staged against gas pipeline project

The villagers said they were opposed to laying underground gas pipeline in their farmlands.

Nivar brought mere drizzle in few pockets

There was no effect in the southern districts, including Rameswaram and Pamban, where the sea remained calm.

All Centre’s policies are against common man, says DMK

‘The nationwide strike is a reflection of the anger of people’

They live amidst stench and squalor

Residents of Malaichamipuram contend with stagnant sewage water near their homes

Strike hits work at VOC Port

Protests and road blockades were held in 13 places and about 900 men and women courted arrest across the district.

Form for deletion of names of dead voters not accepted: DMK

‘Officials insist that death certificate must to be attached to the form’

Farmers call for a better pest management plan

They raise the issue in the wake of fall armyworm attack on maize fields

Cases on downtrend in southern districts

Madurai recorded 33 new COVID-19 positive cases on Thursday, taking the total number in the district to 19,615.

Gandhi Market issue: HC directs all stakeholders to file response

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday vacated an interim order and allowed the Gandhi Market in Tiruchi to be opened for now. The

Trade unions condemn Centre’s ‘anti-labour’ policies

Hundreds of members affiliated to various trade unions held a procession and staged a road blockade in front of the railway station here on Thursday,

Farmers advised to protect their crop from rain, gale

Guidelines issued in anticipation of heavy rain, strong wind

Resume cane crushing, urge sugarcane farmers

Farmers affiliated to Tamil Nadu Sugarcane Farmers’ Association staged a road blockade in front of the District Collectorate here on Thursday

Mentally ill woman re-united with family in Odisha after two years

Officials of various departments, in a coordinated effort, traced the 31-year-old’s family and reunited her on Sunday

‘Hold judicial inquiry into woman’s death’

Political parties charge the police of high-handedness

Notice ordered

MaduraiThe Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has ordered notice to the Centre and the State in a public interest litigation petition that sought a

Contact programme with farmers gains momentum

The objective was to get closer to the farmers and know the crop pattern and familiarise with them right from the beginning stage of the farm activity.

Coronavirus | Slight spurt in cases in the recent days

People flouting safety norms, say doctors.

Sivaganga farmers reap benefits from farm ponds

Subsidy in the range of ₹60,000 to ₹1 lakh available for crreating pond

Illegal dumping yard sprouted along NH

It presents a sight of filth, stench and smoke behind Pandi Muneeswarar temple

HC seeks State government’s response

MaduraiThe Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered notice to the State in the petition filed by R.P. Ravichandran, a life convict in the

HC seeks response on setting up panel to address farmers’ issues

MaduraiThe Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has sought a response from the State government on setting up of a State-level commission to address

22 fresh COVID-19 cases reported in Madurai

It takes the tally to 19,587 with 40 discharges

HC takes serious view of obscene content on TV

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has expressed shock at the television content that is being telecast after 10 p.m., especially the medical

Plea for seat under 7.5 % quota dismissed

MaduraiThe Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has dismissed the petition filed by the father of a medical aspirant who sought his daughter to be

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