Madurai

Decode Politics: Why a temple-dargah dispute in Madurai reignited over a lamp-lighting ritual, set off a political storm

December 05, 2025 9:11 am

Dispute at Thirupparankundram Hill over a century old; DMK accuses BJP of attempting to stoke tensions before Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, AIADMK slams detention of state BJP president at the site

The ‘rediscovery’ of Sangam literature and how it became a source of Tamil history and archaeology

February 21, 2025 11:34 am

Though Sangam literature is deeply intertwined with Tamil consciousness, it was only in the late 19th or early 20th centuries that the texts were ‘rediscovered’.

Four arrested after NTK functionary hacked to death in Madurai

July 16, 2024 10:39 pm

Police say preliminary probe suggests there was no political motive behind the killing of 48-year-old C Balasubramanian

M K Stalin inaugurates Jallikattu arena in Madurai, takes a dig at Centre for not fulfilling AIIMS promise

January 29, 2024 9:03 am

The Jallikattu arena at the Keelakarai village has been built on 66 acres at Rs 44 crore.

Caste atrocity: Minor among 5 attacked in TN’s Madurai district with swords; 4 held

November 30, 2023 8:54 am

The incident also led to a protest in the village. The cadres of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) demanded immediate arrest of the accused

TN police arrests five catering workers in Madurai train fire case

August 29, 2023 8:20 am

The workers travelled in the train together with a group of pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh and they were arrested following questioning by the Government Railway Police for over a day.

Madurai train fire: Railway safety commissioner rules out conspiracy, interacts with injured victims

August 28, 2023 2:14 pm

A M Chowdhary said it would take a month to fully analyse and submit a report on the accident which killed nine people at the Madurai railway station.

9 from UP killed as gas cylinder triggers fire in stationary train coach in Madurai

August 27, 2023 2:58 am

Tamil Nadu announces an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh for the families of the deceased, in addition to Rs 10 lakh that the Railways had already declared.

Katrina Kaif sent Vicky Kaushal videos of school kids saying, 'All the best, Vicky uncle', because he was nervous about performing on stage

August 05, 2023 11:46 am

Vicky Kaushal shared that Katrina Kaif sent him videos of kids saying, "All the best, Vicky uncle," when he was nervous before performing at an award function in 2020.

DPR for Madurai Metro Rail to be submitted soon: Metro Director

June 29, 2023 8:40 pm

The metro rail in the temple city would be 32 kilometres, which includes an elevated structure for 27 kilometres and underground structure for 5 kilometres.

South India celebrates Pongal with great fervour

January 14, 2016 12:48 pm

Madurai, Chennai, Jan 14 (ANI): Tamil Nadu celebrated the harvest festival of Pongal with great zeal and fervor on Thursday. People worshipped local Gods and offered sugarcane and observed fast among other forms of celebrations like cooking mush, porridge, curd rice, poli, payasam etc. Educational institutions in the state held special programmes on the occasion. Dressed in traditional wear, college students in Madurai city prepared beautiful patterns with powdered colours, apart from cooking porridge and other delicacies on the festival. Meanwhile, sugarcane markets remained abuzz in capital Chennai city as people thronged the markets to buy the festival essential.

Witness In The Alleged Human Sacrifice Case At PRP Granites Mines

September 17, 2015 3:42 pm