The Latest Breaking News from Pudukkottai

Bhavani* was 16 years old when she was married off by her parents to a 31-year-old man in Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu. The wedding, which was held in 2005, portended the beginning of a dark chapter in her life. “I was young and didn’t understand sexual relationships,” she recounted,…

The announcement of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday about the upgradation of Pudukkottai Municipality into Corporation drew mixed reactions from its residents

Papering over the caste fault lines in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu govt instructs 27 district Collectors to adhere to SOPs, gear up machinery to tackle exigency due to heavy rains predicted in various parts.

An interim report submitted by a one-man commission highlights tardy investigation being conducted by CB-CID into incident of human faeces found inside an overhead tank that supplies water to SC residents of Vengaivayal in Pudukkottai district, the Madras High court said.

TN govt sanctions ₹181 cr to provide input subsidy relief to 1.87 lakh farmers in 6 southern districts affected by moderate agricultural drought. 98,354 hectare & 1.34 lakh farmers in Ramanathapuram, 19,082 in Sivaganga, 18,677 in Tenkasi, 4,908 in Pudukkottai, 1,776 in Virudhunagar & 32 in Thoothukudi affected. Govt notified…

The Madras High Court on Monday granted four more weeks to the State government to file a status report on the inquiry being conducted by retired judge M. Sathyanarayanan, into the incident of human faeces found in an overhead tank that supplied water to Scheduled Caste residents of Vengaivayal village in…

While Tamil Nadu leads in most socio-economic indicators compared to other States, development is confined to certain pockets

Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the investigating officer in the Vengaivayal case to file a fresh application before the Pudukkottai Special Court.