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Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam is not a benefit, but a right that recognises historically unpaid women’s labour: T.N. CM Stalin

CM M.K. Stalin launched Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam in Dharmapuri, providing women heads of families with a monthly financial assistance of ₹1,000. The scheme is part of the 'Dravidian Model' of Periyar, Anna and Kalaignar, which began in 1929 with a resolution for equal property rights for women. 35,923 camps…

The Hindu · Jul 24, 2023

Truck driver mowed to death in hit and run accident

Truck driver Doreswamy, 39, from Dharmapuri, TN, was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Devanahalli, Karnataka. He had come from Jammu & Kashmir to Chikkaballapur to transport potatoes. Another speeding truck mowed him down while he was trying to cross the road. Police are trying to identify the vehicle involved.

The Hindu · Jul 22, 2023

Governor being at loggerheads with CM is detrimental to people’s welfare: CPI(M)

A Governor of a State acting in a manner that is deliberately at in loggerheads with an elected Chief Minister is detrimental to the people’s welfare, said CPI(M) State secretary K. Balakrishnan on Monday, in Dharmapuri. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has every right to call him (T.N. Governor…

The Hindu · Jul 10, 2023

Man in Dharmapuri, allegedly drunk, booked for provoking elephant

A man, allegedly drunk, who was caught on camera staggering towards a tusker and bowing before it in veneration, was booked by the Forest Department in Dharmapuri.

The Hindu · May 12, 2023

Orphaned tribal girl fights odds for higher education

Aarthi Velmurugan, an orphaned tribal girl from Sittilingi in Dharmapuri district, has qualified in the Joint Entrance Examination (Mains) and has applied for JEE (Advanced), fighting all odds.

The Hindu · May 7, 2023

T.N. government aims to distribute all millet varieties in all districts through PDS outlets: Food Secretary

Ragi distribution is to be launched in two districts this week, Dharmapuri and Nilgiris; the varieties of millet to be distributed will be increased, and they will be made available across PDS outlets in all districts in a phased manner, J. Radhakrishnan said

The Hindu · May 2, 2023

Tamil Nadu: Two killed, one injured in blast at fire cracker godown in Dharmapuri

Two women were killed and one person injured after a fire broke out in the godown of a private cracker company near Nagarasampatti in Pennagaram of Dharmapuri on Thursday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Mar 16, 2023

Tamil Nadu: Five killed, 7 injured in tractor-bus collision in Chennai

Five people were killed and seven others seriously wounded in a collision between a tractor and an omni bus at Kaverippatinam in Dharmapuri. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Feb 23, 2023

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin gives Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal a tour of Anna Centenary Library

“Both the Chief Ministers interacted with students from model schools in Ariyalur, Chennai, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Kallakurichi, Krishagiri, Perambalur, Salem, Tiruchi, Tiruvannamalai and Villupuram districts,” an official release said.

The Hindu · Sep 5, 2022

Prashanth Reddy reviews situation at Nizamabad, Kamareddy

Eshwar visits Dharmapuri, monitors the situation

The Hindu · Jul 13, 2022