One such case is the social ostracism of Dalits of Thummakundu in Usilampatti in Madurai district. Thummakundu has a predominant population of Piramalai Kallars and almost all nearby villages are populated by them with the Dalits, a minority, ...

The district police have filed a case against a teashop owner at Madaipatti in Usilampatti taluk for practising the 'two-tumbler' system, which has once again brought to light the practice of discrimination against Dalits. Following a complaint by ...

According to V Ponramu, Deputy Superintendent of Police, GRP, the culprit identified as Malayan from Usilampatti in Madurai district was interrogated under suspicion, when he reached the city by Howrah Mail at 6.00 pm in the evening.

Madurai, May 18 (TruthDive): The Usilampatti municipality called for an emergency meeting of officials and elected representatives on Thursday following the death of an eight-year-old girl and incidences of rise in deaths due to dengue related fever ...

MADURAI: With the number of dengue-related deaths in the southern districts mounting, Usilampatti municipality called for an emergency meeting of officials and elected representatives after an eight-year-old girl succumbed to fever on Wednesday morning ...

Sources said 25 teams carried out raids on tea shops and restaurants in Usilampatti, Tirumangalam, Peraiyur, Vadipatti, Sholavandan and Melur on Monday night. When a team headed by district supply officer Sundaresan raided a shop owned by one Dharmar ...

MADURAI: A three-year-old baby girl with symptoms of mental impairment was found abandoned near a school at Usilampatti in Madurai district on Friday. The child was admitted in the government hospital at Usilampatti and is likely to be sent to a ...

In another accident, a couple was killed when the van they were travelling in collided with a jeep at Nottampatti near Usilampatti in Madurai district. M Gemini (42) and his wife Lakshmi (38) from Thimmarasanayakanur in Theni district were travelling ...