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Pongal: Avaniyapuram Jallikattu in Madurai
Madurai: Participants try to tame a bull during Avaniyapuram Jallikattu as the part of Pongal festival celebration, in Madurai, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar) Madurai: A participant…
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2 fire officers die in fire-fighting operation in Madurai
Madurai: At least two fire officers lost their lives in a fire fighting operations in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai district last night. A fire broke out at a shop in the…
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College student from Madurai creates handicraft items from waste
Madurai: The COVID-19 pandemic may have imposed several restrictions in normal day to day life, but it has also given people an opportunity to explore their hidden talents, and to tap into creative…
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Crime
CBI files charge sheet against 9 police officials in Thoothukudi death case
Madurai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet against nine then police officials in a Madurai court in connection with the custodial death of a father-son duo in…
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Madurai gears up for traditional ‘Jallikattu’ sport
Madurai: People of Madurai are gearing up to celebrate the traditional bull-taming sport — Jallikattu. A Class IX student Dasrshini believes in being a friend with the bull. For the…
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Voting underway for second phase of local body polls in Madurai
Madurai: Voting for the second phase of the local body polls at 1,093 polling stations in Madurai is underway and will continue till 5 pm. The voting is taking place…
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Local body polls: Voting underway at polling stations in Madurai
Madurai: Voting is underway at 939 polling booths in Madurai for the rural local body polls. The voting today is taking place for 1,356 posts in Melur, Kottampatti, Madurai East,…
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TN: Vaigai river in Madurai swells
Madurai: Rains in the catchment area, coupled with the recently released water from the Vaigai dam has led to heavy water flow in the Vaigai river here but instead of…
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Madurai: First transgender library opens in India
Madurai : For the first time in India, a transgender library has been opened as part of the transgender resource centre in Viswanathapuram, Madurai to increase awareness about the ambisexual…
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India
Despite giving dowry, in-laws, husband demand more, case filed
Madurai: A 27-year-old married woman registered a dowry case against her husband and her in-laws on Friday after she came open about the torture she is experiencing at her in-laws…
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Madurai :Amidst water crisis, Dalits restricted from using water from a public well
Madurai (Tamil Nadu): Amidst a grave water crisis, people belonging to Dalit Community have been restricted from drawing water from a public well located at foothills of Otthakadai Yanamalai due…
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Crime and Accident
Peacock hunter arrested in TN
Madurai: A peacock hunter, named Vijaykumar, was arrested by forest department officials in Velayuthampatti near Melur in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai district on Wednesday. A gun was also confiscated from him.…
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News
Villagers of Melur face acute water crisis
Melur (Madurai): Due to acute water shortage and non-availability of clean drinking water, people of Karungalakudi village in Madurai have to go through a mundane struggle to fetch water in…
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India
MDMK functionary arrested over defamatory post about PM Modi
Madurai: Sathiyaraj Balu, a functionary of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), has been arrested by police for uploading a defamatory post about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Balu has been…
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