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Gang murdered Dalit youth for questioning it: fact-finding team

Expressing concern over easy access to ganja, a fact-finding team from Evidence, an NGO in Madurai, appealed to police to deal with the issue with an iron hand.

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From the Archives (February 24, 1972): Plan for exotic vegetables cultivation

Madras, Feb. 23: A programme for large scale cultivation of exotic vegetables for export to Madras will be taken up in the Nilgiris under the Indo-German Nilgiris Development Project. Two cold storage units will be provided, one in Madras and the other at Ooty to store the produce when it…

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Voters give a thumbs down to polarization bids

CHENNAI: The BJP’s attempts to polarise votes on communal lines hasn’t paid off everywhere. In ward 8 of Melur municipality in Madurai district, where a BJP booth agent objected to women voters wearing the hijab, the party’s candidate got only 10 votes. The DMK nominee won easily.

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Tamil Nadu: Four die, 10 injured as 2 cars collide near Andipatti

THENI: Four people were killed and 10 others were injured after a speeding car collided head-on with another car and then crashed into a van on the Madurai-Theni highway on Monday evening.

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8 new Covid cases in Madurai, 19 in Trichy

MADURAI/TRICHY: New Covid-19 cases in Madurai dropped further to just eight cases on Tuesday - the lowest since the third wave began. The trend was similar in south Tamil Nadu as well as only 50 new cases and two 19 deaths were reported. Meanwhile, the southern region recorded 267 recoveries…

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From the Archives (February 23, 1972): Police facsimile network

Tiruchi, Feb, 22: The Tamil Nadu Police will install very soon a facsimile equipment linking Vellore, Madras and Madurai for quick transmission of fingerprints, photos and important documents. Mr. F.V. Arul, Inspector-General of Police, said in an interview here to-day that V.H.F. (very high frequency) channel would be used for…

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Three from Madurai killed in a road accident near Andipatti; 10 others injured

Traffic hit on Madurai-Theni road

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T.N. Civic Polls Live Updates | Chennai Corporation registers 32.09% polling as of 3 p.m.

More than 2.79 crore residents, including 1.42 crore women, 1.37 crore men and over 4,300 from the third gender, are eligible to vote.

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All arrangements in place for polling in Madurai: Collector

Ahead of polling for urban local bodies in the district on February 19, election staff have distributed 32% of booth slips and the remaining will be issued in the next two to three days, according to Collector and District Election Officer Aneesh Shekhar.

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Diploma course in Urdu

The National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, is offering a one-year Urdu language diploma course for starters. The correspondence course offered through English or Hindi medium will be conducted by Madurai-based Gausiya Foundation.

The Hindu

Woman forester found dead in her house; man surrenders in Madurai

He claims to have murdered her after a quarrel

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Tamil Nadu: Ramanathapuram schools closed due to heavy rainfall

MADURAI: Heavy rain lashed Ramanathapuram and surrounding areas on Friday night and Saturday morning forcing the district administration to declare a holiday for schools in the district.

The Times of India

EPS accepts Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin's challenge for open debate on NEET

MADURAI: Former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday accepted CM M K Stalin's challenge on Thursday for a debate on NEET. "Announce a common place. Let journalists be invited. Both of us will discuss at length about NEET. Let people be the judge and deliver the verdict," EPS said…

The Times of India

AIADMK accepts TN CM’s challenge of public debate over NEET

“Let the people be judges, deliver the judgement,” AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami said during an election meeting in Madurai

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Madurai records 50 new Covid cases, least in last 37 days

MADURAI/TRICHY: Fresh Covid-19 cases recorded in Madurai district dropped to 50 on Thursday, which is the least in a day in the last 37 days. The district had 289 recoveries, as the number of active cases dropped to 1,174.

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BJP fields 3 Muslim candidates in Madurai, 2 of them women

MADURAI: The BJP, which has declared that Madurai’s next mayor will be a Muslim woman, has fielded three Muslim candidates in the city for the local body elections, two of them women.

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HC quashes case against YouTuber Maridhas

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday quashed a private complaint against YouTuber Maridhas that was filed after he had uploaded a video pertaining to the anti-CAA ‘kolam’ protest. Ju

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New CII office-bearers appointed

A.P.J. Jaisinh Vaerkar has been appointed as chairman of CII Madurai Zone for 2022-23. According to a press release, Mr. Vaerkar has been involved with the spice industry for 25 years. P.G.S. Dinesh D

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Madurai HC Bench quashes case against YouTuber Maridhas

Case pertains to anti-CAA ‘kolam’ protest

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2 held under Explosives Act acquitted

CHENNAI: A special court to deal with Explosives Act cases has acquitted two accused from Madurai who were arrested by the Q branch police after explosives were seized from Piranmalai hills in Sivaganga in 2015.

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Voting for DMK will bring growth and development in Madurai, says Palanivel Thiaga Rajan

Addressing people, ahead of the urban local bodies polls, he said wherever women were given opportunities, the society had benefitted in many spheres

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Centre to reconstitute panel to study origin, evolution of Indian culture

Madurai MP Su. Venkatesan welcomes the move

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Madras HC tells state to pay Rs 2 lakh relief to ex-serviceman’s kin

MADURAI: The Madras high court has directed the state government to pay Rs 2 lakh compensation to the family of an ex-servicemen who was subjected to custodial torture 40 years ago in Madurai district.

The Times of India

Man killed as bus skids on highway in Trichy

TRICHY: One passenger was killed and 23 others were injured after a private bus in which they were travelling met with an accident on the Madurai - Trichy highway near Panjappur in Trichy in the early hours of Friday.

The Times of India

Madras high court stays amendment to rules on temple staff

MADURAI: The Madras high court on Friday granted stay on the amendment made to Rule 17 of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious Institutions Employees (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2020, pertaining to the transfer of temple employees.

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