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Mathematician Ruixiang Zhang to receive 2023 Sastra Ramanujan Prize

Dr. Zhang, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley, USA, will receive the 2023 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for his outstanding contributions in mathematics. The prize, consisting of a USD 10,000 cash award, will be presented at an international conference in Kumbakonam, Ramanujan's hometown.

The Hindu

M.S. Swaminathan, eminent agricultural scientist, passes away

M.S. Swaminathan, the legendary agricultural scientist and key architect of India's 'Green Revolution', passed away at 98. Read more on The Hindu

The Hindu

PMK man’s murder | NIA conducts searches at 21 locations in Tamil Nadu

NIA officers conduct searches in Tiruchi, Thanjavur and Mayiladuthurai districts in connection with 2019 murder case of V. Ramalingam, a PMK functionary killed by gang in Thirubhuvanam.

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Watch | Behind the scenes at the Kumbakonam temple car festival

A video on what it takes to move Kumbakonam’s 500-tonne Sarangapani temple car each year

The Hindu

Enjoy Kumbakonam Degree Coffee? This 109-year-old hotel claims to be its birthplace

If you have travelled through Tamil Nadu, it is likely that you would have spotted boards proclaiming authentic ‘Kumbakonam Degree Coffee’ being sold there. We visit its birthplace, Sri Mangalambika Vilas coffee hotel to find out why it is famous even though Kumbakonam does not produce any variety of coffee…

The Hindu

Left parties failed to adapt to cultural needs, says Tamil writer Indira Parthasarathy

‘Even Karl Marx’s calendar for revolution failed. He visualised it to happen in England but it took place in an agrarian society in Russia’

The Hindu

Watch | Is that poet Thiruvalluvar on a field?

A video on how a paddy farmer in Tamil Nadu is creating awareness on organic farming by cultivating a paddy field designed on poet Thiruvalluvar’s image

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Tamil Nadu:‘Enact law to deal with caste killing’

TRICHY: The NGO Evidence has urged the government to enact a separate law to deal with caste killing in the wake of the murder of an inter-caste couple at Thulukkaveli village near Kumbakonam a few days ago. In a report released after visiting the village, Evidence executive director Kathir said…

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Stolen Tamil Nadu idols traced to United States museums

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu police idol-wing CID has traced antique idols stolen from a temple in Kumbakonam almost six decades ago, to a museum in the US. A Somaskandar idol from the 10th century has been found in Norton Simon Museum, California, while an Amman idol is in a Denver museum.

The Times of India

Tamil Nadu intercaste couple invited for feast by kin, hacked to death

THANJAVUR: An inter-caste couple who got married five days ago were fed dinner and then hacked to death by the woman's brother and his friend who wanted to marry her, near Kumbakonam on Monday evening. Police said Saranya, 24, was a dalit and her husband, Mohan, 21, a naicker.

The Times of India

Master plan for redevelopment of Kumbakonam station on the anvil

Southern Railway Construction Organisation to engage consultant soon for project execution

The Hindu

Speaker Appavu sticks by his decision not to expunge remarks on Kumbakonam Mahamaham stampede

Earlier, Opposition leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami had requested the M. Appavu to expunge Congress floor leader K. Selvaperunthagai’s remarks

The Hindu

Idol Wing CID seizes Nataraja idol hidden in sculptor’s work shed

A case has been registered and the idol was produced before Kumbakonam court

The Hindu

Rail users seek early doubling of Villupuram-Thanjavur mainline section

Submit memorandum to Southern Railway General Manager

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Urban local body polls: DMK puts up impressive show in Central TN

The DMK-led alliance is set to wrest control of the Tiruchi and Thanjavur Corporations, both held by the AIADMK previously, and was on course to gaining a majority in the two new Corporations of Karur and Kumbakonam too

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