R. Jayashree

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Reporter with The Hindu covering Madurai Corporation, healthcare and Dindigul district

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‘We are committed to promoting the rich heritage of Tamils; ₹5 crore allotted for excavations every year’, says CM Stalin

The museum, built at a cost of ₹18 crore in Chettinad style by the Heritage Wing of the Public Works Department, will display over 15,000 artefacts unearthed between the fourth and eighth seasons of the excavations at the Keeladi clusters.

Keeladi museum — A bridge to a world of yore

Seen ages and rulers: The palace was used as the Collector’s house between 1798 and 1910 after the British came to India. A portion was used as the office of the Superintending Engineer, Periyar Vaigai Basin Circle, WRD, before the restoration.

In Madurai, legacy of Queen Regent, Rani Mangammal, is being restored

A team of 16 women operate the petrol bunk at Iyer Bungalow in Madurai.

Madurai gets its first all-women petrol bunk

Councillors’ complaints on battery-operated vehicles under repair pile up in Madurai

Garbage collected by Chinnalapatti town panchayat dumped inside a graveyard at Chinnalapatti near Dindigul on Thursday.

Burning, accumulation of garbage in crematoriums irk residents of Chinnalapatti town

A view of Government Rajaji Hospital building.

Cases of common cold rise in Madurai, doctors blame wet weather

A heap of garbage found at Rajaji Children’s Park in Madurai.

Rajaji Children’s Park decries poor amenities, visitors demand better upkeep

Foreigners take pictures of the action at the jallikattu arena in Alanganallur in Madurai on January 17, 2023

Foreigners get a whiff of Tamil culture at Alanganallur jallikattu

An electrifying spectacle

‘Pandals’ to protect bulls

Sanjana Ganesh,R. Jayashree,B.Tilak Chandar

Youth trying to tame a ferocious bull at the jallikattu held in Palamedu in Madurai district on January 16, 2023

860 bulls, 345 tamers participate in nine rounds of jallikattu events at Palamedu

R. Jayashree,B.Tilak Chandar

A garbage heap near a defunct public toilet complex on Madurai Collectorate premises.

Poor upkeep of Collectorate premises irks public

Over 2.92 lakh people yet to take their first dose of COVID-19 vaccination in Madurai district