MADURAI
- Hyderabad
Trainee IAS officer booked for raping a woman
Hyderabad: A case has been registered against a trainee IAS officer here for allegedly cheating and raping a woman after promising to marry her, the city police said on Thursday. The woman, in…
- Chennai
Rural Tamil Nadu sees a rise in new COVID-19 cases
Chennai:Even as metro cities of Tamil Nadu like Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai show a downward trend in fresh COVID-19 cases, the public health department of the state and the health ministry begin…
- Offbeat
TN couple gets hitched on rented flight; flouts COVID-19 rules
Madurai : A match made in heaven goes the adage and a Madurai couple decided to seal their special bond of love by getting married in the sky! The couple booked an…
- India
‘Don’t resort to provocative measures’: Madurai MP responds to Centre’s letter in Hindi
Madurai: Condemning the Hindi language imposition on south Indian states, Madurai’s member of parliament Su Venkatesan responded strongly to a letter addressed to him by the ministry of culture, that was entirely…
- Photos
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 tries to…
- India
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 Navabathkana area…
- India
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 pursuits they…
- 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 Tamil Nadu’s…
- India
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 last three…
- India
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 in Thiruparankundram,…
- India
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, Madurai West,…
- India
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 worrying, locals…
- India
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 people in…
- 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 house. Swathy…
- Crime and Accident
Man gets 27 years prison term for raping minor
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India]: A local court on Friday sentenced a man to 27 years in prison and fined him Rs 12,000 for raping a minor girl in Nedumkulam area near Silaiman…
- India
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 to untouchability…
- 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. Forest officials…
- 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 this stifling…
- 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 booked under…
