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Meenakshi temple of Madurai to come alive in Lucknow - 06 Oct 2008
to visit the Meenakshi temple of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, in the state capital itself...;'The massive replica of Madurai temple will be nearly 70 feet high, 90 feet long and 80 feet wide,' Ghoshal added.   The Madurai temple is dedicated

Meenakshi temple of Madurai to come alive in Lucknow - 01 Jan 2008
to visit the Meenakshi temple of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, in the state capital itself...;'The massive replica of Madurai temple will be nearly 70 feet high, 90 feet long and 80 feet wide,' Ghoshal added.   The Madurai temple is dedicated

Madurai temple gears up for big ceremony, security tightened - 07 Apr 2009
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) April 7 (IANS) With over 500,000 devotees expected to converge at the famed Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple here Wednesday for a ceremony...) morning,' said Madurai Police Commissioner K. Nanda Balan.    'The city

DMK announces poll line-up, fields Azhagiri from Madurai - 05 Apr 2009
Chennai, April 5 (IANS) The ruling DMK Sunday announced candidates for 21 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's elder son M.K. Azhagiri has been fielded from the Madurai seat. The list also includes union

Madras High Court allows women to become temple priests - 01 Jan 2008
Madurai, Sep 6 (ANI): The Madras High Court has allowed a woman to become a temple priest. Justice K Chandru of the Madurai Bench allowed a petition filed by Pinniyakkal, the only legal heir of the temple priest to perform ritual

Mumbai-bound passengers stuck at airport in Tamil Nadu - 27 Nov 2008
Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Nov 27 (IANS) Mumbai resident R. Priya, stuck at Madurai airport along with many other passengers as the Indian Airlines flight to Mumbai... carriers that were scheduled to take off from the Madurai airport have also been

Security beefed up at Tamil Nadu temples following terror alert - 01 Jan 2008
Madurai/Chennai, Sept 26 (ANI): Security has been beefed up at five major.... Security has been tightened at the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai...;In Meenakshi temple in Madurai, police has been stationed in and around the temple

DMK wins Tirumangalam assembly by-poll - 12 Jan 2009
Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Jan 12 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK has won the Tirumangalam assembly constituency by-poll in the state, officials said Monday. ...;  Tirumangalam constituency is situated in the outskirts of Madurai town

Private airline ferries stranded Kalam home in Chennai - 06 Oct 2008
Chennai, Oct 3 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was stranded at the airport here Friday evening upon arrival aboard a scheduled flight from Madurai, said an employee of a private airline. 'We were taken aback when

Mumbai-bound passengers stuck at airports in Tamil Nadu - 27 Nov 2008
of Madurai, 400 km south of here, were delayed leaving passengers on tenterhooks... at Madurai airport along with many other passengers as the Indian Airlines flight... -- was not sure when she would reach Mumbai fearing delays in Madurai and in Chennai

Private airline ferries stranded Kalam home in Chennai - 01 Jan 2008
Chennai, Oct 3 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was stranded at the airport here Friday evening upon arrival aboard a scheduled flight from Madurai, said an employee of a private airline. 'We were taken aback when

3 Tamil Nadu police officials shifted ahead of by-poll - 01 Jan 2009
Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Jan 1 (IANS) Three senior police officials were transferred following reports of violence during the run-up to the Tirumangalam assembly...) and assistant superintendent of police respectively for Madurai range, its immediate

Statue of Rajiv Gandhi vandalised in Chennai - 25 Oct 2008
incident, the office of the Janata Party in Madurai was attacked, officials said..., Swamy added.  A Janata Party spokesman said, on phone from Madurai

Statue of Rajiv Gandhi vandalised in Chennai - 24 Oct 2008
incident, the office of the Janata Party in Madurai was attacked, officials said..., Swamy added.   A Janata Party spokesman said, on phone from Madurai

Tamil Nadu minister injured in road accident - 19 Mar 2009
Madurai (Tamil Nadu), March 19 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's Revenue and Housing Minister I. Periyasamy was injured Thursday when a bus collided with the car he was travelling in. The minister suffered minor head injuries in the accident, the police

Tamil Nadu Dalit leader alleges police engineered attack - 03 Nov 2008
Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Nov 3 (IANS) K. Krishnaswamy, leader of Puthiya Thamizhagam, a Dalit party in Tamil Danu, has alleged that Sunday night's attack on him was masterminded by the state police. 'My car was set upon by persons under

Tamil Nadu to offer sops on investment in southern districts - 05 Dec 2008
Madurai, Dec 5 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government will shortly come out with a separate incentives package to attract investments to the southern districts in the state, said a senior government official here Friday. 'The main need

Rajiv Gandhi's statue vandalised in Chennai - 24 Oct 2008
Chennai, Oct 24 (IANS) Unidentified people damaged a statue of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in the northern suburbs of this city Friday. In a separate incident, the office of the Janata Party was attacked in Madurai, official sources

We are victims of political vendetta: arrested Tamil movie directors - 25 Oct 2008
Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Oct 25 (IANS) Tamil movie directors Seeman and Ameer, arrested on charges of sedition for supporting an armed struggle for a separate Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka, Saturday said they are victims of political vendetta

Secessionist ideology spreading in Tamil Nadu: Left parties - 25 Oct 2008
Madurai, Oct 25 (IANS) The Left parties Saturday cautioned against the spread of 'secessionist ideology' in Tamil Nadu by 'a misguided few' seeking an end to killings in Sri Lanka, saying it would harm India and not help Tamils

Tobacco, liquor habits detail must for death certificate - 13 Oct 2008
Madurai, Oct 13 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry after enforcing ban on smoking in public places, has directed health officials in states to seek details about the tobacco and drinking habits of deceased persons before issuing death

AIADMK, CPM reach seat sharing agreement - 06 Apr 2009
agreement, according to which the latter would contest the Madurai, Kaniyakumari... Coimbatore or adjoining Tirupur besides Madurai and Kaniyakumari won

Movie directors released on bail, express support for Sri Lanka Tamils - 01 Nov 2008
Madurai, Oct 31 (IANS) A huge crowd of admirers greeted Tamil movie directors Seeman and Ameer on their release here Friday after spending a week in jail...; To fulfil the bail conditions, Ameer and Seeman will stay in Madurai

Three Tamil Nadu police officers transferred by poll panel - 01 Jan 2009
Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Jan 1 (IANS) Three senior Tamil Nadu police officials were transferred on the directions of the state Election Commission following...) and assistant superintendent of police respectively for Madurai range, its

`Cancel bail of movie directors who gave seditious speeches' - 05 Nov 2008
Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Nov 5 (IANS) A state Congress functionary Wednesday appealed to the Madras High Court to cancel the conditional bail of movie directors... with the Madurai bench of the high court, will be heard Thursday.   

Security strengthened ahead of Tamil Nadu by-poll - 02 Jan 2009
Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Jan 2 (IANS) Eight companies of central paramilitary forces will be deployed in Tamil Nadu's Tirumangalam assembly constituency ahead of the Jan 9 by-poll, the run-up to which was marred by violence, officials said

Villagers banish fire crackers to woo winged visitors - 14 Dec 2008
Vettangudi (Madurai), Dec 14 (IANS) Perched on the sprawling branches of a partially submerged tree, thousands of White Ibis migratory birds at the Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary here have the villagers to thank for making their winter home

One fisherman killed, 100 injured in firing by Sri Lankan navy - 06 Oct 2008
, the deceased fisherman hailing from Thataneri in Madurai and others who

Sonia to address rally in Erode today - 01 Jan 2008
to hold rallies at Tiruchirapalli, Madurai and Tiruneveli in the next three

One fisherman killed, 100 injured in firing by Sri Lankan navy - 01 Jan 2008
, the deceased fisherman hailing from Thataneri in Madurai and others who

Terror threat to temples in Tamil Nadu - 01 Jan 2008
Chennai, Sept 25 (ANI): Security has been stepped up in five major temples in Tamil Nadu following an intelligence alert of terror attacks.  The Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, the Ramanathaswamy Temple in Rameswaram, the Murugan temple

Dalit leader demands more security for Tamil Nadu opposition leaders - 05 Nov 2008
protests. In the violence, his supporter S. Suresh was killed in firing in Madurai district Tuesday.   The Dalit leader said police officials in Madurai had

DMK keeps Chennai, surrounding constituencies for itself - 29 Mar 2009
Chennai, its neighbouring Sriperumbudur and Arakkonam besides Madurai are included... and Karunanidhi's elder son Azhagiri may contest from Chennai and Madurai.  

Baalu inaugurates Viralimalai bypass in Tamil Nadu - 01 Jan 2008
-Melur-Madurai section of NH-45B and passing through Tiruchirapalli, Pudukkottai, Sivaganga and Madurai Districts, is about Rs.20 crore. (ANI) 

116 arrested to quell unrest in Tamil Nadu village - 01 Jan 2008
would be arrested for the protest.   The village, in Madurai district

Senior railway official jailed for graft - 14 Nov 2008
CBI judge in Madurai, 150 km south of here, and remanded in judicial custody

116 arrested to quell unrest in Tamil Nadu village - 06 Oct 2008
would be arrested for the protest.   The village, in Madurai district

DMK announces list of 21 candidates for elections - 05 Apr 2009
Maran from the Madurai and the Central Madras constituency respectively. 

India may have 60pct of the world's heart disease patients by 2010: Study - 19 Jan 2009
. Dhandapany from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India, "but the good news

Tamil movie directors granted conditional bail - 30 Oct 2008
in the temple city of Madurai every day, officials said.   The police...;  The directors were likely to be released Thursday, sources in the Madurai

Media office attacked in TN; Azhagiri's supporters go on rampage - 09 May 2007
??, owned by Sun TV network, in Madurai and set the office on fire after... at several places in Madurai and in Cumbum, Theni, Kamuthi, Bodinayakanur, Gudalur

India will account for 60 percent of world's heart diseases by 2010 - 19 Jan 2009
Perundurai S. Dhandapany from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Vaiko released from custody, says charges false - 06 Nov 2008
on similar charges were released on conditional bail last Friday in Madurai. ... in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court 

MGR to be featured in forthcoming animated film - 28 Nov 2008
retrieved Madurai) was released in 1978 - three decades back,' publicist Nikhil

Goods worth nearly Rs.1 bn stranded in Tamil Nadu - 10 Jan 2009
, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Madurai and Cuddalore districts in the state.  

Vijaykanth launches campaign, rules out electoral alliances - 26 Mar 2009
from Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Dindigul, Madurai, Theni (all in southern Tamil

Cabinet approves setting up two AIIMS-like institutions - 05 Feb 2009
Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Government Medical College, Nagpur

MDMK at crossroads again in Tamil Nadu - 13 Dec 2008
legislator Veera Elavarasan last month led to the by-election in Madurai district

Pride Hotels plans Rs.7.5-bn expansion - 27 Oct 2008
, Madurai and Goa.   According to Jain, the hotel chain will have 4,000 rooms

Four held in Tamil Nadu for attacking Christian institutions - 09 Oct 2008
district and vandalism against an idol of Jesus in Madurai during the past five days

Central minister Elangovan slams Tamil Nadu government - 06 Oct 2008
' in Madurai and Ramanathapuram districts.  The state government has

30 VCK activists held in Tamil Nadu for violence - 18 Jan 2009
damaged since Thursday in Cuddalore, Madurai and Villupuram districts. So far

Central minister Elangovan slams Tamil Nadu government - 01 Jan 2008
' in Madurai and Ramanathapuram districts.  The state government has

Women devotees flood Kerala capital for festival - 10 Mar 2009
10.30 a.m.    According to legend, Kannaki destroyed Madurai in Tamil Nadu after the king of Madurai wrongfully imposed the death penalty on her

Women devotees throng Kerala capital, cook rice on streets - 10 Mar 2009
'Silappathikaaram'.    According to legend, Kannaki destroyed Madurai in Tamil Nadu after the king of Madurai wrongfully imposed the death penalty on her husband

Baalu terms as false the cash-for-vote visuals of Stalin - 06 Jan 2009
added.   Meanwhile, a court in Madurai, the nearest city to Tirumangalam

Stalin is Karunanidhi's heir apparent, DMK leaders indicate - 27 Dec 2008
present at the organisational poll, having chosen to visit Madurai.   

Marans, Karunanidhi family bury hatchet - 01 Dec 2008
supporters burning down the office of Dinakaran in the city of Madurai

Goods worth Rs.2.5 bn stranded in Tamil Nadu due to strike - 11 Jan 2009
in Salem, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Madurai and Cuddalore districts in the state. 

Karunanidhi calls for peace as poll panel slams violence - 31 Dec 2008
expressed his dismay Tuesday during an interaction with reporters in Madurai, 400

Security beefed up in Tamil Nadu temples on Babri Masjid eve - 05 Dec 2008
told IANS.    'The police have been deployed in temples in Madurai

Tamil film director arrested for inflammatory speeches - 19 Dec 2008
was released shortly on conditional bail and ordered to stay within the Madurai

Allot common symbol to 3 parties: SC to EC - 27 Mar 2009
was launched at Madurai in Tamil Nadu in 2005 and had contested the state

AirAsia to fly to India Dec 1 - 27 Oct 2008
, Madurai and Kochi with AirAsia in the next one-and-a-half years.  

Sonia says Nuke power crucial for development - 01 Jan 2008
planned to hold rallies at Tiruchirapalli, Madurai and Tiruneveli in the next three

Over 50 VCK workers arrested in Tamil Nadu for violence - 18 Jan 2009
in Cuddalore, Madurai and Villupuram districts and in Chennai, according to police

43 new trains introduced in Interim Railway Budget 2009-10 - 13 Feb 2009
;- Sitamarhi-Patna Link Service (Daily)  - Tiruchchirapalli-Madurai Express

Removal of jumbos from R-Day parade disappoints winners - 17 Jan 2009
, who travelled all the way to the capital from a small town near Madurai, Tamil

Bull fighting can't be permitted to play: Supreme Court - 12 Jan 2008
is an annual festival celebrated in two villages near the temple town of Madurai

Sonia takes on Mayawati, set for jail if need be - 14 Oct 2008
till Oct 21, he added. Its next destination is Nazareth in Madurai. 

PMK to keep off Tamil Nadu assembly by-poll - 31 Dec 2008
in Madurai 400 km south of here abutting the Tirumangalam constituency. 

Karunanidhi calls for end to hostilities in Sri Lanka - 07 Nov 2008
. He spoke to reporters in Madurai 400 km south of here after meeting movie

Tourism shoots up in picturesque Tamil temple town - 01 Jan 2009
capital Chennai. It is well connected to the airports at Madurai and Tuticorin

Vaiko held on sedition charge - 23 Oct 2008
; Two railway bogies were set fire to in Madurai, 400 km south of here

Director, Tamil nationalist leader held for inflammatory speeches - 19 Dec 2008
the Madurai jurisdiction.  MDMK leaders Vaiko and M. Kannappan were

To Teachers...With Love... - 05 Sep 2007
chooses aviation as his career. In a convocation in Madurai Kamraj University, after

French UPS major Socomec sets ambitious targets for Indian market - 22 Jan 2009
, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Pune, Kolkata, Madurai, Cochin, Chandigarh

New Trains in 2008 Rail Budget - 27 Feb 2008
Express (Daily) via Vriddhachalam (after Gauge conversion) 44. Madurai-Tenkasi... Madurai-Manmad Express to Rameswaram on one side and Okha on the other 9. 2141/2142

Tamil cinema turning to period films again - 21 Mar 2009
;'The movie needed a lot of research to bring in the feel of the '80s Madurai

Police threaten violent protesters in Tamil Nadu of stern action - 18 Jan 2009
been damaged since Thursday in Cuddalore, Madurai and Villupuram districts

Everonn launches IT based education at Gandhiniketan Ashram school - 01 Oct 2008
Everonn Systems India Limited, a leading education and training company, launched today a pilot program to bring education through computer aided learning program in Gandhiniketan Ashram School at T.Kallupatti, Madurai District

Scientists crack defective gene responsible for cardiac arrest - 19 Jan 2009
patients from Hyderabad, Madurai, Thirunalveli, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode

Jayalalitha claims 'murderous attack' after car is stoned - 31 Oct 2008
Indira Gandhi in 1977 in Madurai.   'It should be remembered

Key DMK, AIADMK allies fume over seat allocation - 01 Apr 2009
on the sure-win Dindigul seat, the AIADMK leadership is giving us only Madurai

Charges by Karunanidhi instigated by insiders, say Marans - 21 Nov 2008
of Madurai, and resulted in the death of three employees and injuries to several

Intense cold, dense fog has northern India in its grip (Roundup) - 03 Jan 2009
that it would be so cold,' Raghvan from Madurai in Tamil Nadu said as he shivered in his

Tamil film director, separatist leaders held for fanning passions - 19 Dec 2008
was released shortly on conditional bail and ordered to stay within the Madurai

Tamil Nadu's hospitality trade in the doldrums - 08 Dec 2008
the cities of Madurai, Tiruchirappalli and the hill stations of Kodaikanal

Poll promise is bribery, says crusader - 09 Apr 2009
complained to the Election Commission. Then he filed a case in the Madurai bench

Poll promise is bribery, says crusader - 09 Apr 2009
in the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court.    When the high court

Sri Lankan refugees in India and the Elam War - 05 Sep 2008
Rameswaram and Madurai. Some of them work at brick kilning, others lay cables

Vaiko held on sedition charge, Sri Lankan mission stoned - 23 Oct 2008
, officials said.   Two railway bogies were set afire in Madurai, 400 km

India blanks Philippines (DELHI SPORTS) - 15 Jan 2008
on Wednesday. The Nationals for Dutta Ray Trophy will be held at Madurai from