The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league’s Chairman and Commissioner. It is currently contested by nine teams, [...]

District Collector V.Shobana released the Annual Credit Plan for Karur district, Tamil for the current and coming year contemplate the credit flow of Rs.1, 550.44 crore, up from the current year’s plan by Rs.195.57 crore.This was the fourth district-level review committee of bankers . Chief Regional Manager, Indian Overseas Bank, Dindigul Region, C.Anbu, received the [...]

April Fools’ Day is celebrated in different countries around the world on April 1 every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools’ Day, April 1 is not a national holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when many people play all kinds of jokes and foolishness. The day is marked by the [...]

Here is the list of the new proposals in the Railway Budget 2012-13 that railway minister Dinesh Trivedi presented in Parliament on Wednesday. Annual Plan 2012-13: Highest ever plan outlay of Rs 60,100 cr 1 Gross Budgetary Support – Rs 24,000 cr 2 Railway Safety Fund – Rs 2,000 cr 3 Internal Resources – Rs [...]

The implementation of the first power holiday for industrial establishments in Madurai Region of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) went off smoothly on Wednesday. Official sources said that a total relief of around 280 MW was experienced from the Madurai Region, which comprises the five southern districts of Madurai, Dindigul, Theni, Sivaganga and [...]

But for Mohammed Salim’s prodding, I would have never explored Sirumalai, the way it should be. A businessman and owner of a resort in Sirumalai, which is just 25 km from Dindigul, Salim is keen on promoting it as a summer getaway on the lines of Yercaud. He feels it has the potential to be [...]

The ‘Cradle Baby Scheme,’ the project of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha primarily to save the girl children, has led to an increase in the girl child sex ratio at birth (SRB) of 0 to 6 years in the State from 942 girls against 1,000 live male births in 2001 to 946 in 2011. Social [...]