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In a first, six Andhra Pradesh students cross Palk Strait as team

MADURAI: Six young athletes from Andhra Pradesh, including two girls, swam the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka on Friday in nine hours and 27 minutes. This is the first time a team has crossed Palk Strait as previously it was individuals who did it.They covered 18 nautical miles…

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Madurai corporation calls workers' deaths in sewage tank 'isolated'; 2 arrested

MADURAI: A day after three conservancy workers died after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning a sewage tank at Nehru Nagar in Madurai city, SS Colony police booked three people including the contractor and arrested two of them.

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Madurai adds two new Covid cases

MADURAI/TRICHY: Madurai district added two new cases on Friday after recording zero cases over the last few days. The district had one recovery and the number of active cases climbed to six, which is the highest among the 10 southern districts of Tamil Nadu.

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Tamil Nadu: Vembakottai dig unearths Sangam-era artefacts

MADURAI: The archaeological excavation at Vijayakarisalkulam village near Vembakottai has started showing promising results with researchers finding a wide variety of artifacts. They include shell bangles, pot shreds, hopscotches, terracotta items and beads made of glass, shell and terracotta. Four trenches are being dug and are in various stages.

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Unscheduled power outages hit Madurai city and suburbs

MADURAI: Unscheduled power outages were reported across Madurai city and suburbs on Wednesday night and Thursday morning leaving the residents suffer in the sweltering heat.

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Boating in Madurai Vandiyur tank soon

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Little crisps of sunshine

In summer, the vadams are set out to dry. This year, we meet the makers: people painstakingly following traditional processes to make these crunchy treats using rice, millet, vegetables and even local greens

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Thousands take part in Chithirai car festival

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A tower that is emblematic of the State

Artist R. Krishna Rao designed the emblem, which includes a temple gopuram, two national flags, and the Lion Capital of Ashoka

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Madras HC dismisses plea for appointment

MADURAI: Dismissing a plea by a woman seeking compassionate appointment for her daughter, the Madras high court observed that the scheme of compassionate appointment is a concession and cannot be claimed as a matter of right.

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19 Sri Lankan refugees arrive in Rameswaram, total now 39

MADURAI: Fleeing an economic crisis that shows no signs of easing, 19 Sri Lankan refugees, in two batches, arrived at Rameswaram on Sunday, saying they had sold all their belongings to pay for their passage. They are in the Mandapam camp now. The number of Lankan refugees who have arrived…

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4,000 cops to keep watch as Madurai readies for key events of Chithirai fest

MADURAI: Elaborate security arrangements are in place in the city for the Chithirai festival during daily processions and planned for important events such as the celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswarar, temple car festival and Lord Kallazhagar’s entry into Vaigai river.

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Ex-Minister laments over ‘thermocol’ memes, jokes

Almost five years have passed ever since the infamous incident of Public Works Department officials attempting to float thermocol sheets on the water in Vaigai dam to prevent evaporation in April 2017. The then Minister and AIADMK sitting legislator Sellur K. Raju, who was the chief guest at the ‘experimental’…

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Classes for 1st batch begin at AIIMS Madurai

MADURAI: The classes for first year MBBS students at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here began on Monday at the temporary campus in Ramanathapuram Government Medical College Hospital.

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Two fresh Covid cases in southern Tamil Nadu

MADURAI/TRICHY: The ten southern districts of the state recorded two new cases, one case each in Tuticorin and Kanyakumari. The southern region reported three recoveries on Monday.

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AIIMS in Madurai to be ready in two years, says CEO

Classes for first batch of MBBS students begin in Ramanathapuram GMCH campus

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Waste collection drive improves in Madurai

MADURAI: The Madurai Corporation has said that it has increased the efficiency of its garbage collection in the past one year, which has led to the daily collection of garbage increasing from 550 tonnes to 810 tonnes. However, plastic waste floating on waterbodies and thrown around the dumper bins continues…

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Blast at fireworks unit: Madras HC grants bail to man

MADURAI: The Madras high court recently granted bail to a man who was arrested in a case pertaining to a blast at a fireworks unit in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district.

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Police arrest second individual associated with TNTJ in threats to judges case

Earlier, city police had arrested one Rehamatullah, whose speech threatening the judges of Karnataka High Court with dire consequences, was arrested from Madurai

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IRCTC to operate special tourist train ‘Akshaya Tritiya Special Ganga Snan’ from Madurai

The package cost for the 11 days tour from April 28 to May 8 is ₹19,900 per person

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TANSIM to create database ofstartups, working on a revised policy too

‘Regional Startup Hubs to come up in Erode, Madurai and Tirunelveli’

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Advocates’ Association urges CJI to take measures to protect judges

While condemning the life threat given by an organisation from Madurai in Tamil Nadu to the Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka on hijab verdict, the Advocates’ Association, Bengaluru, on Monday urged the Chief Justice of India to take appropriate measures to protect the judiciary, all the judges…

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Gokulraj murder case: Convicts file appeal before HC against trial court sentence

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday directed the CB-CID to file a counter affidavit on the appeals preferred by convict S. Yuvaraj and nine others against a trial court judgment that sentenced them to life imprisonment for the murder of V. Gokulraj, an engineering graduate belonging…

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SEB confiscates ₹75 lakh unaccounted cash in Kurnool

Money being taken to Madurai from Hyderabad in a private bus

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