Madurai

Third and final flood warning issued in Madurai

November 8th, 2006

Madurai, Nov. 8 (PTI): PWD officials today issued the third and final flood warning to the residents along the banks of the Vaigai river as the dam level reached 69 feet (maximum 71 feet) around 1000 hrs today The inflow was 4,055 cusecs following heavy rains (75 mm) in the catchment areas. The entire inflow […]


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From Temple City to Garden City – Madurai

November 1st, 2006

Madurai: One more service was added to the Madurai airport on Monday. The Air Deccan’s Madurai-Bangalore flight took off with a promise of beckoning more operators and services to the Temple City. Upgrading the airport and providing more amenities will attract bigger aircraft and international services to Madurai. This is the fond hope of people […]


Madurai

Air Deccan direct flight from Madurai (temple city) to Banglore soon

October 24th, 2006

Air Deccan is launching its direct flight from Madurai to Bangalore on October 30. This was announced by Mr Krishnaswamy, the chief corporate planning, Air Deccan, while addressing the press in Madurai on Tuesday. He said that a 72 seater ATR –72 aircraft would be deployed on this route. Air Deccan already connects Madurai with […]


Madurai

Madurai bypolls: DMK Ghouse Basha Won by 31, 085 votes

October 16th, 2006

Madurai, Oct. 17: The DMK Ghouse Basha was won by 31, 085 votes to Madurai Central Constituency. The DMK Gowz Batcha polled 50,994 votes, the Rajan Chellappa (AIADMK) 19,909 and M R Pannerselvam (DMDK)17,394 votes. The bypoll was necessitated following the death of DMK minister Palanivelrajan. The DMK margin has increased as compared to the […]