Madurai

Periyar_dam

How Should We Go About the Mullaperiyar Conundrum?

C.P. Rajendran 13/11/2021

We have very little deformation data for the 126-year-old...

DSC_1076f

In Tamil Nadu, Herders Feel Sidelined as Native Cattle Breeds Dwindle

M. Mathivanan and M. Soubadra Devy 21/01/2021

Common property resources like tanks, streams, grazing and penning...

COVID-19 care centre in Chennai

As TN Reins in Chennai’s Epidemic, Cases and Complaints Surge in Other Districts

Jeeva Bharathi 24/07/2020

While Chennai's COVID-19 epidemic seems to be relatively under...

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami. Credit: PTI

COVID-19: Tamil Nadu Fumbles as Cases Surge, in Chennai and Elsewhere

Jeeva Bharathi 24/06/2020

Experts said the new four-district lockdown from June 19...

Keezhadi, Madurai, Sangam era, Sangam literature, Tamil literature, Dravidian languages, Tamil, Tamil language, Indus Valley civlisation, Vasant Shinde, Niraj Rai, archaeogenomics, Archaeological Survey of India, Sivaganga, Madurai, Su Venkatesan, Iron Age, Bharatiya Janata Party, Vedic people, Harappan people, cultural invasion,

Experts Question Dates of Script in Tamil Nadu’s Keeladi Excavation Report

Sukanya Charuchandra 17/10/2019

The doubts throw a spanner, at least for the...

Keezhadi, Madurai, Sangam era, Sangam literature, Tamil literature, Dravidian languages, Tamil, Tamil language, Indus Valley civlisation, Vasant Shinde, Niraj Rai, archaeogenomics, Archaeological Survey of India, Sivaganga, Madurai, Su Venkatesan, Iron Age, Bharatiya Janata Party, Vedic people, Harappan people, cultural invasion,

In ‘Rebuttal’ to ASI, Tamil Nadu Dig Claims Proof Sangam Era Older Than Thought

Kavitha Muralidharan 20/09/2019

Pending further verification, the Keezhadi excavation presents yet another...

Vaiko, party leader of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Credit: PTI

Party Member Attempts Self-Immolation Against Proposed Neutrino Project

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change had...