MADURAI: With the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance promising to expand its flagship programmes, implementation of projects such as National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is expected to get a fillip.
Safai Karamchari Aandolan study in 8 districts shows practice continues; to knock court doors on Tuesday
DESPITE the Madras High Court order on November 20, 2008 which called for the prohibition of entry of sanitary workers into the sewerage system, manual cleaners are being made to enter the septic tanks in different town municipalities in TN districts.
Five hundred and twenty trained bulls from Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Puthukottai and Tiruchy participated after being certified by a veterinarian
FIFTY one people were injured in a jallikattu conducted during the Muppuli Ayyanarkoil temple festival at Sakkudi village in Madurai district on Sunday.
The hilltop village has long been denied basic infrastructure like proper roads, provision stores or a post office UNHE A RD VOI C ES
THE villagers of Malaiyur in Dindigul district are prepared to cast negative votes in the coming elections over the government
Field studies on floristic composition and ethnobotanical practices of the sacred groves of in and around Pallapatty village, Madurai district of Tamil Nadu were undertaken. A total of 133 plant species belonging to 113 genera distributed among 51 families were recorded. The mode of mythical and therapeutic uses and conservation practices of these plants by the local people has been discussed.
A GROUP of researchers at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) here are trying to come up with a unique index that will help gauge economic governance at the district level. The Economic Governance Index (EGI) will be initially formulated for Tamil Nadu and later extended to other states.
AROUND 200 adolescent girls employed in a textile mill in the suburbs of Madurai are down with diarrhoea and vomiting on March 8 and many of them are still undergoing treatment in hospital.
G P Sunitha| Madurai
THE bio-diesel plant in Virudhunagar which has a capacity of producing two tonnes per day is all set to start its productiom from the first week of April, said Kanagaraj, managing director of All Human Integrated Meritorious Social Awareness (AHIMSA), an NGO, here on Monday .
MADURAI: Huge mounds of garbage piled up in street corners have become an ubiquitous sight across the city, creating not just a sore sight but also a health hazard for people. Besides putting off foreign tourists, the piles of garbage have become a transit point for diseases from animals to men, according to health experts.
MADURAI: Awards for drivers of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Madurai division) for their contribution to fuel conservation were presented by Police Commissioner K. Nandabalan at the valedictory function of Road Safety Week celebration at K. Pudur on Wednesday.
