Madurai: A mysterious fever that broke out in Periyachittulottipatti village near Peraiyur taluk in the disrict has claimed four lives within a fortnight, Health Department officials said here on Thursday. A special team from healh department had been rushed there following reports that 200 persons were afflicted by the fever. Those affected with the fever were experiencing irritation in the eyes, head ache and body pain. Initial investigation revealed that...
01:02 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Madurai: The Rs 16,000 crore granite mining scam in Tamil Nadu is creating ripples among the high profile. Over 50 people have been arrested and the search is on for union minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi. Durai Dayanidhi is on the wanted list of the Tamil Nadu police for his alleged role in the illegal granite mining scam. A leaked report by the former Madurai collector blew the lid...
07:56 AM, Sep 17, 2012
Chennai: Believe it or not, a mongrel from Madurai could well be crowned the cutest Indian dog. Jack, an Indian breed dog (aka mongrel) who was rescued and raised by a student in the temple city, is one of the ten finalists of PETAs Cutest Indian Dog Alive Contest. Open only to rescued dogs, the criteria for selection was as simple as a photograph and a heart-warming story. Says Chani...
05:50 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Madurai: The deputy director of the Department of Geology and Mining, Kanyakumari was on Sunday arrested for his alleged role in illegal mining operations carried out by granite major Olympus in Melur. The arrest of J Rajaram came hours after three Tamil Nadu Minerals Limited (TAMIN) officials were picked up on similar charges. Dhayanidhi Alagiri was a partner of Olympus Granites Private Limited till 2010. Though Rajaram is not a...
12:34 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Madurai: In what came as a breakthrough in the illegal mining cases against PRP Exports, an underground facility that housed a server room was unearthed on the company premises on Friday. Computer hard disks with a total memory of over 2,000 GB " said to contain vital information pertaining to the firms operations " were seized from the underground server room. The firms staff and managers had already removed the...
11:51 AM, Sep 01, 2012
Madurai: A special police team along with bomb detection and disposal squad seized a huge cache of explosives from Sindu Granite in Thiruvadavur, which were hoarded without proper security and permission. The seized explosives includes ammonium nitrate 150 kg, cortex wire 250 meter, gun load 30 kg, gel 219 kg, 1800 ordinary detonator and 425 electric detonator. The Sindu granite has procured the explosives without getting permission from the police,...
12:11 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Madurai: Officials of the District Social Welfare Department stopped three minor marriages on Tuesday. Ironically, in two of the marriages, senior politicians holding ministerial positions agreed to preside over the function without knowing that the bride had not attained the legal age for marriage. However, when they learnt that the brides were minors, the politicians immediately asked the family members of the both the bride and the groom to cooperate...
12:55 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Madurai: Special teams formed by the district administration on Tuesday identified granite stones and marble worth a total of Rs 15,000 crore at a factory and quarries owned by PRP Exports in the district. As part of the crackdown on the granite mafia in the region, some of the 20 special teams formed by collector Anshul Mishra have been inspecting quarries in Melur taluk, while a few others have been...
12:28 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Chennai: Controversial godman Nithyananda does not have any legal entitlement to function as the head of Madurai Adheenam for the present, the HR&CE has said in its reply to a query from advocate R Krishnamurthy. Nithyananda could do so only if the office of the trustee of the Adheenam fell vacant, the reply added. On April 27 this year, Arunagirinathar, chief of the Adheenam, had announced that Nithyananda would be...
01:07 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Madurai: Spy cameras discreetly planted inside bedrooms and bathrooms of several homes by five perverted neighbourhood men has left an entire village near Samayanallur in Madurai district in shame and fear of a sex scandal waiting to explode. Two victims, both teenaged girls, have already attempted suicide over the loss of honour. The other women are living in fear that videos showing them in an explicit state would surface anytime...
07:11 PM, Aug 17, 2012
Madurai: In a first such crackdown on big sharks involved in illegal granite quarrying in the Southern region, the Madurai district administration on Thursday sealed the premises of granite major PRP Exports amidst protests from its 7,000-strong workforce. The move was aimed at preventing its promoters from destroying evidences of illegal mining and encroachment on Government land and water bodies. The sealing exercise, sparked by a whistle-blowing report on the...
12:31 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Madurai: Security has been stepped up in Madurai and parts of south Tamil Nadu following escalating tension sparked by the desecration of two statues of the Father of Indian Constitution B R Ambedkar and a statue of local Dalit hero Immanuel Sekaran in the temple town. Miscreants had vandalised the statue of Ambedkar placed near Madurai airport at Perungudi and statues of Immanuel Sekaran and Ambedkar statue at Chinna Udaippu...
12:24 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Madurai: Obesity has become a jumbo problem now. Its not just humans alone whose waistlines are bulging due to sedentary lifestyles, but elephants too. Administrators of the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in Madurai have begun to chant the fitness mantra for Parvathi, a 15-year old female elephant, and are said to have put her on a diet from Wednesday. On the prescription of a veterinarian, Parvathi is fed four kg boiled...
01:19 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Madurai: A doctor has been arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year old girl who had come for treatment at a private hospital in Madurai, police said on Tuesday. The doctor, Sankaranayaranan, had allegedly given her some drug when she visited the hospital on Monday and had raped her when she was semi-conscious, police said. When the girl told her relatives that she had been raped, locals surrounded the hospital. The...
10:37 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Madurai: A sick societys child. That is how one can describe the heartrending tale of Kannathal (name changed), a mentally-ill rape victim who gave birth to a boy 10 months ago. Not only does she fail to recognise the man who sexually assaulted her taking advantage of her unstable mind, but she also cannot recognise her child. While her case is pending in a trial court, she does not even...
12:28 PM, Jul 30, 2012
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