HC orders notice to CBI on plea seeking probe

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 23:20

Madurai Bench of Madras High Court ordered issue of notice to CBI on plea praying for a probe into Tiruchirappalli corporation using "unauthorised" software for assessing and collecting property tax.

HC sets up two-member advocate commission on temple issue

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 21:09

Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday appointed a two-member advocate commission to probe violations in the construction of buildings around the famous Meenakshi temple in this city.

Arudhra Dharshan: Thousands throng Shiva temples in TN

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 13:27

Thousands of devotees thronged the Shiva temples in Madurai and other districts and offered worship during the Arudhra Dharshan festival today.

PIL seeks bringing 10 more districts under Madurai Bench

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 19:43

A Public Interest Litigation seeking to bring ten districts in western and southern Tamil Nadu under the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court jurisdiction has been filed in the bench.

Accused in bomb attack case killed; four seriously injured

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 15:30

A bomb blast accused was Thursday killed and four other accused seriously injured when a gang threw country bombs at them and attacked them with sickles.

15,000 police on duty ahead of Babri Masjid demolition day

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 19:54

About 15,000 police have been deployed on security duty in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu, ahead of Babri Masjid Demolition day falling on December 6, officials said.

Varsity staff face recovery of excess salary due to ‘wrong’ promotions, increments

Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 00:53

Tamil Nadu Government has ordered recovery of excess payment from Universities running into lakhs of rupees from those given "wrong promotions or increments", to avert financial problems in the institutions.

Register case against henchmen of sand mining firm: HC to police

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 23:08

Madras High Court bench on Monday directed police to register cases against alleged henchmen of a sand mining firm owner for attacking a bungalow and members of the public for passing a resolution demanding stay to illegal sand mining in a village and letting out effluents into the sea.

HC upholds Alagiri`s election to Lok Sabha

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 21:41

The Madras High Court on Friday upheld the Election of former Union Minister and DMK President M Karunanidhi`s son M K Alagiri from Madurai Lok Sabha Constituency in the 2009 Parliament elections.

TN: Girl commits suicide unable to bear separation from lesbian partner

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 19:56

Unable to bear the forcible separation from her lesbian partner, a 20-year-old girl on Saturday committed suicide by hanging at her home.

HC dispenses with Ramadoss` personal appearance in court

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 00:43

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday dispensed with the personal appearance of PMK founder S Ramadoss in a local court in a defamation case filed against him by the Tamil Nadu government.