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People flouting safety norms, say doctors.

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Shoppers give the go-by to COVID-19 norms

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DMDK wants AIADMK to start seat-sharing talks immediately

T.N. had best govt. transport facilities, says Minister

AIADMK has pledged rights of Tamils, says Kanimozhi

‘Ask officials about cancellation of DISHA meeting’

60 sovereigns stolen from house

Pension benefits given to 80 TNSTC retired workers

Do not hero-worship Rajiv case convicts: Karti Chidambaram

KARAIKUDIWhen the courts had found them guilty of having assassinated the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and awarded punishment as per the laws of

OPS orders repairs to roads

AIADMK has been serving the poor since its inspection, he said.

Three killed in road accident near Chatrakudi

RAMANATHAPURAMIn a tragic incident, three people including an aged woman died in a road accident when the vehicle in which they were travelling,

Union Minister inspects fish farm near Kavanur

Giriraj Singh enquires about possibility of replicating such projects in other areas

Justice Krishna Iyer Award presented

Quoting Tamil poet Kaniyan Poongundranar’s verse ‘Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir’ (all places are our own, everyone is our kin), Justice R. Mahadevan of

High Court allows 15-year-old Virudhunagar girl to terminate pregnancy

An unborn child is also a person... if a choice is given to the foetus, it would definitely proclaim that it does not wish to be born, observes the judge

BJP should be defeated, says Chidambaram

The BJP should be defeated in the ensuing Kerala and Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, said former Union Minister and senior Congress leader P.

855 candidates offered job at fair

Cooperation Minister Sellur K. Raju distributed work orders for a few candidates

DMK’s promises are made only to be broken: Minister

‘The people are clear and the wave is in favour of the AIADMK ‘

Boy, with symptoms of dengue, dies

MaduraiA seven-year-old boy, who had symptoms of dengue fever, died due to viral haemorrhagic fever at a private hospital here on Thursday. However,

Two held for clubbing dog to death

Two persons, including the manager of a cooking gas cylinder distribution unit, were arrested on charges of brutally clubbing a stray dog to death in

Three youths held for robbery

MaduraiThe police have arrested three youths, all aged 18 years, on charge of assaulting a motorist and robbing a mobile phone from him near

DISHA meeting cancelled

Ruling party leaders could have forced Collector: MP

Robber attacks man with sword

MaduraiPrakash, 29, sustained bleeding injuries, when an unidentified robber hit him on his head with a sword after breaking open their house in Lake

Treat disputed period as duty, says HC

Petition was filed by a teacher who was working in an aided school

Drunken brawl leads to murder

MaduraiP. Alagumalai, 56, cleanliness worker of TANGEDCO, was found murdered with head injuries in its sub-station at Avaniyapuram on Friday night.

Tense moments at Thangachimadam

Even as the villagers were unable to accept that their loved ones were no more after the Sri Lankan navy personnel allegedly killed four of the

₹3.52 lakh recovered; trickster held

DindigulPrakash, 33, son of Somasundaram of Nadar Mettu Street, Erode district, was arrested by a special team of police in Coimbatore and produced

Centre is keen to promote deep sea fishing: Union Minister

The Centre was keen to encourage deep sea fishing and had given a number of subsidies to fishermen, said Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for Fishing and

NDMA holds training programme for volunteers

Ramesh Kumar Ganda, Joint Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), launched ‘Aapda Mitra,’ a concept of roping in community

Postmortem of four fishermen should be done by our doctors, says Kanimozhi

Though the Sri Lankan government had conducted the postmortem on the four bodies and sent it to Ramanathapuram, the fishermen here have insisted that

Pension benefits handed over

Adi Dravida Welfare Minister V. M. Rajalakshmi handed over pension benefits to 434 persons, who had successfully completed their service in the Tamil

Two arrested for clubbing dog to death in Madurai

A video clip of the brutal incident went viral on social media

Outfit puts forth demands

MaduraiThe Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Kootamaippu has passed a series of 14 resolutions and urged the Centre and the State government to implement the

WhatsApp message proves to be helpful for patient

MaduraiA message passed on Whatsapp helped to provide timely help for a patient who was admitted to Government Rajaji Nagar (GRH) on Friday.Kannan, a

Petition closed

MaduraiThe Madurai Bench of Madras High Court closed a petition that sought a direction to authorities to regulate the functioning of autorickshaws in

Flag hoisted at Palani temple for Thai Poosam

The celebrations, which would usually draw close to a million devotees from far and near and from overseas, witnessed less crowd due to COVID-19 restrictions

Guidelines sought to form special police teams

MaduraiThe Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Friday ordered notice in a public interest litigation petition that sought a direction to the State

Centre in touch with Sri Lanka: Union Minister

Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, who held discussions with Collector Dinesh Ponraj Oliver and other

Armed gang attacks mason, robs him

MaduraiA four-member gang robbed ₹ 700 from a mason after inflicting cut injury on his head at Vadipatti on Wednesday night. The police said M.

Fishermen strike work

Fishermen of Thoothukudi Fishing Harbour struck work on Friday in protest against allowing three mechanized boats to leave the harbour following

Two police stations get new buildings

Chief Minister opens them through videoconferencing

Appalling condition of roads

Many arterial stretches are riddled with potholes

SHRC directs State to give ₹5 lakh compensation for woman’s death during delivery at PHC

The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has directed the Tamil Nadu Government to give a compensation of ₹5 lakh to a man whose wife and her male

Transport officials take oath on road safety

MaduraiTransport Department officials organised an oath-taking event on road safety at Regional Transport Offices and Motor Vehicle Inspector Offices

₹1.08 crore compensation given to 953 farmers hit by Cyclone Burevi in Virudhunagar district

Compensation to the tune of ₹1.08 crore to 953 farmers whose crops were damaged on 548.043 hectares of land due to Cyclone Burevi has been disbursed

Sethu Samudram project will be revived, says Kanimozhi

DMK MP and senior leader M. K. Kanimozhi said that the Sethu Samudram project would be revived if the DMK came back to power.Speaking to reporters at

Assessment of crop damage in Ramanathapuram district under way

The district, which normally received 48.50 mm rainfall in January, had received 247.30 mm till January 20, said TN Agriculture Director V.

₹10 lakh each given to families of four fishermen from CM’s Public Relief Fund

Presenting a cheque of ₹10 lakh each issued from the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund to the families of four fishermen here on Friday, Collector

‘NDA will retain power in Tamil Nadu’

BJP national secretary in-charge of Tamil Nadu C.T. Ravi says that development works to the tune of ₹5.10 lakh crore were going on with the Central funding

Rainwater conservation stressed

MADURAINehru Yuva Kendra, which functions under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and the district administration jointly organised an

CII discusses Madurai airport expansion

MADURAI Sathish Devadoss, Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Madurai Zone, Poornima Venkatesh, Chair, and L. Sevugan, Co-Chair,

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