8 children killed in van-bus collision near Pudukottai

Pudukottai (TN),June 19 (PTI) Seven school students and the driver of a van were killed and four seriously injured today when the vehicle collided with a private bus at Poovarasangudi, 10 km from here, police said. There were ten students in the ...

Brick kilns along the Vennaru river, traversing through Pudukottai and Thanjavur districts, continue to thrive by engaging child labour on a large scale. Barely 10 days ago, eight children - four boys and four girls - were rescued from brick kilns ...

Pudukottai, June 9(PTI) Tragedy struck a members when four of its members were today killed when their car overturned and caught fire near here, police said. The deceased were identified as C Ravi(40), his wife Kuchelakumari(40) and two daughters ...

A pilot study of National Rural Livelihood Mission has been launched at Nagamalai Pudukottai, Madurai. The National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) aimed at eradication of poverty was launched recently at Nagamalai Pudukottai cluster that comes under ...

Few families in Nagamalai Pudukottai keep alive an occupation Blacksmithing is one of the last vestiges of caste-based hereditary occupations. It is practiced by a few families at Nagamalai Pudukottai on the Madurai-Theni highway. They make tools for ...

Sri Lankan Navy today denied the arrest of nine Indian fishermen hailing from Pudukottai district in Tamil Nadu, as reported in the Indian media.

Pudukottai (TN), May 19 (PTI) With the break-up of UPA in Tamil Nadu, Congress leader and former Union minister EVKS Elangovan today said there was a possibility of his party heading a new alliance sans the two major Dravidian parties - DMK and ...

Five acres of land required for each relay station; requests sent to Collectors All India Radio, Tiruchi, has taken steps to start relay stations in Pudukottai and Karur districts for expanding the reach of its FM Rainbow channel. Five acres of land is ...

No water for 10 days to many areas; district administration and municipality fight vain battle