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3 weeks ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Antony Robert Samson Fernando |ANtony fernando
KARAIKAL: Despite clarification from authorities that 'Sani Peyarchi', which is the transition of Saturn between zodiac signs, would not be observed this year, around 60,000 devotees thronged Lord Shani temple in Thirunallar on Saturday in the assumption that the phenomenon occurred that day. The transition of Lord Shani (Saturn) between two zodiac signs is called 'Sani Peyarchi', which usually occurs once in 2.5 years.
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3 weeks ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Antony Robert Samson Fernando |ANtony fernando
NAGAPATTINAM: A 50-year-old butcher was arrested near Nagapattinam for allegedly stealing and slaughtering a woman's goat last week. A case was registered after she walked into a police station with the slaughtered animal's head. On March 19, S Poongodi (31) of Vadakkupoigainallur found that her three-year-old, black, milch goat was missing from the shed.
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4 weeks ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Antony Robert Samson Fernando |ANtony fernando
NAGAPATTINAM: The tussle over the practice of purse seine fishing has made a comeback in the coastal delta region, unsettling fishers in Nagapattinam who on Tuesday met the district collector and demanded action against those boats violating regulations. According to sources, several groups from villages such as Poompuhar, Tirumullaivasal and Chandirapadi in Mayiladuthurai district resorting to unregulated purse seine fishing in the Coromandel waters has angered Nagapattinam fishers.
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1 month ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Antony Robert Samson Fernando |ANtony fernando
NAGAPATTINAM: Farmers from Thennadar village in Nagapattinam district are opposing the setting up of industries as part of the proposed Rs 250-crore SIPCOT industrial park. They claimed the project could affect their agriculture and groundwater resources in the village which is 20 km from Vedaranyam Beach.
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1 month ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Antony Robert Samson Fernando |ANtony fernando
NAGAPATTINAM: A century-old building of Nagapattinam Municipality near Maraimalai Nagar is set to be renovated at around Rs 2 crore. The renovation work of the dilapidated structure is likely to start this year. At an event in Nagapattinam on March 3, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announced that the municipality office would be renovated at Rs 4 cr keeping its heritage features intact. The two-floor meeting hall would be renovated by the Public Works Department's Heritage Wing.
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1 month ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Antony Robert Samson Fernando |ANtony fernando
NAGAPATTINAM: Farmers in the region have flagged a lack of specific announcements for agro-industries in the region in the state agriculture budget despite growing demands for value-added agricultural products. The Tamil Nadu Agro-Industrial Corridor between Tiruchy and Nagapattinam was first announced in the 2021 agricultural budget, with an overall project outlay of Rs 2,084 crore.
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1 month ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Antony Robert Samson Fernando |ANtony fernando
NAGAPATTINAM: While the state government has allocated Rs 120 crore for desilting irrigation channels across 25 districts, farmers have sought more funds for repair and maintenance of regulator dams and desilting of static waterbodies such as lakes and ponds. “Masonry works, such as repair of regulator dams, is crucial for managing water flow.
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1 month ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Antony Robert Samson Fernando |ANtony fernando
NAGAPATTINAM: The increase in compensation for unrecovered boats from Sri Lanka and the financial assistance for families of fishermen detained in Sri Lankan prison has evoked mixed reactions from the community. Some called for permanently resolving the Palk Strait conflict rather than assuring additional relief to the affected fishers. In August 2024, the state government raised the compensation for mechanised fishing boats remaining unrecovered in Sri Lanka from Rs 5 lakhs to Rs 6 lakhs.
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1 month ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Antony Robert Samson Fernando |ANtony fernando
MAYILADUTHURAI: During the budget presentation, Tamil Nadu government announced that a comprehensive deep-sea archaeological excavation will be carried out this year off the coast from Poompuhar to Nagapattinam to bring out the maritime trade excellence of the ancient Tamils. The project is part of a series of deep-sea archaeological excavations along Tamil Nadu.
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1 month ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Antony Robert Samson Fernando |ANtony fernando
NAGAPATTINAM: Two days of continued downpours has affected the ongoing crop cultivations such as pulses, sesame and cotton in the coastal delta districts. Farmers have demanded enumeration surveys and provide relief according to the losses Farmers had harvested their samba and thaladi paddy crops by early February and started the cultivation of pulses such as green gram and black gram across Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai districts.
