
Nagapattinam: A couple lost all their three chilren in the 2004 tsunami. But in sorrow the couple, Parmeshwaran and Chudamani, found a new reason to live when they reached out to the many children who were orphaned by the same tsunami in Nagappatinam. Today 26 children can dream of a future because of the couple. As the tsunami swept through the coasts of Nagapattinam in 2004, Parmeshwaran and Chudamani lost...

09:10 AM, Mar 13, 2012

Nagapattinam: CPI-M's Tamil Nadu unit on Friday said it would support the DMDK in the March 18 Assembly by-election to the Sankarankoil constituency. The party had decided to support the DMDK since the AIADMK government has not measured up to the expectations of the people, CPI-M state secretary G Ramakrishnan said after the third day deliberations of the party state conference in Nagapattinam. "Particularly, the steep hike in the price...

11:31 PM, Feb 24, 2012

Nagapattinam: CPI-M's Tamil Nadu unit on Friday said it would support the DMDK in the March 18 Assembly by-election to the Sankarankoil constituency. The party had decided to support the DMDK since the AIADMK government has not measured up to the expectations of the people, CPI-M state secretary G Ramakrishnan said after the third day deliberations of the party state conference in Nagapattinam. "Particularly, the steep hike in the price...

11:31 PM, Feb 24, 2012

Nagapattinam: The Sri Lankan Navy on Wednesday released 42 fishermen arrested by it for allegedly violating the International Maritime Boundary Line, a senior Fisheries Department official said in Nagapattinam. The fishermen from Keechankuppam and Arucottuthurai hamlets in the district who ventured into the sea on Sunday, were arrested off the coast of Pulmoddai last night on charges of violating the IMBL and taken to Trincomalee. All the fishermen were released...

07:28 PM, Jan 25, 2012

New Delhi: At least 42 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam were captured by the Sri Lankan Navy on Tuesday. The Sri Lankan Navy also seized 6 boats. The fishermen had allegedly strayed into the Sri Lankan waters. The Navy spokesperson Kosala Warnakulasuriya said some 42 fishermen on board six trawlers were arrested last night off the coast of Pulmoddai in the east. They are currently being taken to the...

04:56 PM, Jan 25, 2012

Winds speed may reach 55-65 kmph along the coast in the next 48 hours. ...

11:48 AM, Dec 13, 2009

10 people drowned to death when the van fell in a pond in Nagapattinam. ...

11:59 AM, Dec 03, 2009