18th May 2013

Tamil Nadu/ Karur: Seven-year-old Muthulakshmi who was rescued from a deep borewell after a near 15-hour-long intense rescue effort in Karur district in Tamil Nadu on Saturday night died in hospital where she was brought in an unconscious state.

Infant deaths in Coimbatore district have declined by 15.36 per cent during 2012-13 after having risen during the past two consecutive years. The total number of births in the district rose by 13.66 per cent during 2012-13. While last year, infant ...

Garbage strewn across many streets and dilapidated condition of the roads make life miserable for residents of Ammapet Zone in the city as they see no respite in the near future. Over a lakh people reside in the 16 wards in the zone that also houses ...

Gemini Ganesan, B. Saroja Devi, T.S. Balaiah, S.V. Subbaiah, Pasupuleti Kannamba, K. Malathi, G. Sakunthala, Kuladeivam Rajagopal, T.S. Muthaiah, P.U.C. Rajabahadur, T.P. Muthulakshmi, M.M.A. Chinnappa Thevar, Padmini Priyadarshini and Rita (dances)

The pass percentage in Coimbatore district in the Plus-Two Board examinations has improved marginally in 2013 compared with to the two preceding years. Of the 36,070 candidates from 308 schools who took the examination, 33,527 or 92.95 per cent ...

The Chief Ministersaid if the intention of the Centre was to introduce DBT for better delivery, the funds had to be routed through the State government, which was already progressively switching over to the bank mode of disbursement for all its ...

Chennai, Apr 27 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today took strong objections to the operationalisation of the second phase of the Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme (DBTS) from July 1 in which three districts of the state are to be included.

A 14-year-old boy in Kovilpalayam village here, who was highly addicted to intoxicants like whiteners and glues, died during sleep in his house in the wee hours of Monday. The death of S Surya Kumar is presumably the first such case reported and ...

Tension prevailed at Golden Nagar in Tirupur on Wednesday after residents laid siege to the house of a pawnbroker, who allegedly escaped with 500 sovereigns (4kg) of gold ornaments pledged with him. His wife too was missing and complainants told ...