Jallikattu 2024: 12,000+ bulls, 4,500 bull tamers enlist to compete at 3-day mega festival in Tamil NaduJallikattu 2024: Madurai is abuzz as Jallikattu, the traditional bull-taming spectacle, approaches amid Pongal festivities. State Minister ...
12 Jan, 2024, 12.47 PM IST
Tamil Nadu: Schools in Madurai to remain closed today due to heavy rainfallMadurai District Collector Sangeetha has declared a holiday for schools in the district on Thursday due to heavy rainfall.
09 Nov, 2023, 08.43 AM IST
Tamil Nadu: 'Jallikattu 2023' event beings in Madurai's AvaniyapuramPongal's main custom 'Jallikattu event' also known as 'Eru Thazhuvuthal' and 'Mancuvirattu' started in full swing in three villages of Tami...
15 Jan, 2023, 10.07 AM IST
Madurai bull tamers get Rs 2 lakh insurance cover at Rs 12 premiumIn what seems to be a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Madurai district administration on Sunday announced a compulsory insurance scheme f...
14 Jan, 2019, 11.41 AM IST
Ready to hold jallikattu at Alanganallur: OfficialsDistrict Collector K Veera Raghava Rao said everything is ready and they are waiting for the green signal from the government.
21 Jan, 2017, 05.15 PM IST
- Madurai administration to weed out juliflora from all water bodies
The district administration has assured that it will remove all prosopis juliflora (wild babul) trees from the water bodies and decided to ...
29 Aug, 2015, 02.40 AM IST
'Baahubali' lands in legal tangle over 'casteist' dialogueThree people, including state organizing secretary of Tamil Puligal C Perarivalan, filed petitions against the movie.
18 Aug, 2015, 11.47 AM IST
Court moved for auctioning illegally mined granite blocksSo far, totally 133 petitions seeking to auction illegally mined stones had been filed and the court was yet to pass any order.
27 Mar, 2015, 04.45 PM IST
Complaints in mining case to be collected at Chennai, MaduraiThose who wish to submit petitions in this regard could do so at the commission's office at Chennai or the 'Old Ramanathapuram' Collector's...
09 Dec, 2014, 11.57 PM IST
- Madurai offers 'Sahayam' to protect officer
Sahayam’s brief stint as district collector in Madurai in 2012 had made him popular among locals for taking on a granite mafia in the distr...
03 Dec, 2014, 06.47 AM IST
Sagayam to probe illegal granite mining in Madurai only: High CourtThe order had not mentioned whether the term mining would mean all forms of sand and granite mining and whether it was for the entire state.
25 Nov, 2014, 03.58 PM IST
Appeal on granite probe was to prevent delay: PanneerselvamTN govt went on appeal against the Madras High Court order, appointing Sagayam as legal commissioner as the probe to bring out the scam was...
02 Nov, 2014, 04.28 PM IST
Madras High Court issues notice to district administration, Muthoot FincorpThe petitioner contended that the firm had violated the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Pawn Brokers Act, 1943 by demanding exorbitant interes...
24 Apr, 2013, 06.18 PM IST
- Airport expansion:Land owners want higher quantum of compensation
A majority of land owners have sought higher compensation for their land to be acquired for the Madurai airport's expansion.
18 Apr, 2013, 10.39 PM IST
Tamil Nadu wakes up to granite plunderAs the sun beats down, the terrain in Keelayur near Madurai reveals a series of such excavations carried out across a once lush green lands...
01 Oct, 2012, 11.11 AM IST
MK Alagiri son's bail plea rejected in illegal granite quarrying caseMadras HC has rejected anticipatory bail plea of MK Alagiri's son, Durai Dayanidhi, in the multi-crore illegal granite quarrying case.
25 Sep, 2012, 02.46 PM IST
- Tiny, Small industries form rubber park
Members of the Madurai District Tiny and Small Scale Industries Association have pooled their resources and formed a 'Rubber Park'.
07 Feb, 2008, 03.23 PM IST