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Mortal remains of G Arumugam, a jawan posted in Kashmir, was cremated in his native place in Theni district on Sunday.

The mortal remains of jawan G Arumugam was cremated at his native place in Theni district on Sunday with full honours.

Two men died and three others suffered injuries in a blast of explosives, triggered by lightning, in a private stone quarry at Muthudayanpatti in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday.

Hundreds of passengers who arrived at Chennai Central on Tuesday were left stranded with heavy baggage after prepaid autorickshaw drivers decided to take part in the nationwide stir.

A special judge for CBI cases in Bhopal has sentenced Sheikh Adam Shafi, then dean and professor of Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal, to four years’ rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 41,000 in a case relating to irregularities in the recruitment process of teachers by Navodaya

A 45-year-old man was arrested by sleuths of the Pudukkottai Marine Police for possessing gelatine sticks for supply to fishermen here on Wednesday.

Civil supplies CID sleuths busted an oil smuggling racket by arresting two people and seizing a truck with 10,000 litres of spurious furnace oil from a workshop in Red Hills on Wednesday.

Passengers arriving at the Chennai Central railway station have a tough time finding autorickshaws as the prepaid autorickshaw counter has been taken over by Chennai Metro Rail for construction purposes.

Passengers arriving at the Chennai Central railway station are having a tough time finding auto rickshaws as access to the vehicles into the railway station has been closed with barricades by Chennai Metro Rail.

5 crore but was let off when he told them that he was deep in debt and could pay only a small fraction of the ransom amount they demanded.

Railway police have streamlined the pre-paid auto system at Chennai Central railway station after several passengers complained that auto drivers were demanding more money that the fare printed in the prepaid slip.

The arrested person has been identified as A Shanmugasundaram who was residing with his family at the department's staff quarters at Pollachi.

Residents of Gobichettipalayam and surrounding villages in Erode district spent the Monday afternoon at open grounds after they experienced a tremor.

Various reasons, including a University Grants Commission instruction not to admit students from outside the university's territorial jurisdiction, brought down the revenue for Madurai Kamaraj University for 2015-16 to Rs 13.94 crore. The university's budget was tabled before the Senate on Thursday.

The state's ban on fishing by mechanised trawlers ends only on May 31, but that will not stop the fisheries department from holding one of the country's largest fish festivals from Thursday.

A 35-year old widow, Selvi of Singampunari in Sivaganga district committed suicide by consuming poison on Thursday.

As Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) does not have a vice-chancellor, the senior-most professor at the university should be entrusted with the task of looking after the activities of that person, members stressed at the academic council meeting.

The villagers have petitioned the district administration on Monday seeking its intervention to stop the plundering of the natural resource in the village and safeguard their livelihood and ensure their safety.

For commuters arriving at the Central railway station, it has become a daily affair: Auto drivers pretend to be from Ola and demand exorbitant prices.