The Latest Breaking News from Madurai

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.

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.

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

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.

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…

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.

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’…

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.

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.