Probably for the first time ever in the history of this rural sport, nobody was injured in the jallikattu held at Alanganatham village in Namakkal district on Sunday. This record was attained not due to the caution taken by the brave young men but because they were off the field and clinging to the barricades [...]

SAIL, Salem Steel Plant, as part of its CSR activities, to encourage and nurthure the sporting talents of peripheral school children, is conducting annual sports and games competitions each year.  The fifth such sports meet for peripheral schools was conducted at the plant’s Hill View Stadium from January 27 to 29, in which 26 government [...]

Discussion: Collector J. Chandrakumar (left) at a Gram Sabha meeting at Amani Kondalampatti village, near Salem, on Wednesday. — Photo: E. Lakshmi Narayanan He also accepted the guard of honour given by the district police. He honoured 55 police personnel with Chief Minister’s medals for their services and freedom fighters and gave away certificates and [...]

The 62nd Republic Day was celebrated at SAIL, Salem Steel Plant.  At a colourful function held at the plant’s Hill View Stadium, Shri Pankaj Gautam, Executive Director, hoisted the national tricolour and took the salute from the contingent of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Mohan Nagar township security personnel and school children of Sri Vidya [...]

A bull-taming show in Koolamedu near Attur in Salem district in western Tamil Nadu was stopped and 42 bull tamers were arrested on Tuesday for pelting stones at the police. As the jallikattu got off to a start, a group of 150 youths from neighbouring villages jumped into the bull ring and wanted to tame [...]

When Tamil Nadu turns colourful during Pongal season, Singlipatti village and its 300-odd houses in this district look empty and morose.Come the harvest festival, and it has been so for past seven decades — for three generations. Not only are the signs of rituals unseen; even the sidelights like rural sporting events and festivities are [...]

Students of Vivekananda College of Arts and Science for Women and Vivekananda College for Women working on the mega rangoli in Namakkal on Wednesday. – Photo: Special Arrangement A group of 20 students from the Tamil, Textiles & Fashion Designing and Costume Design & Fashion Departments of Vivekananda College of Arts and Science for Women [...]

Collector J.Chandrakumar has announced that free Pongal gift packets of the State Government will be distributed to all ration card holders in Salem district at fair price shops from January 1 to January 14. A press release from him says that the details have already been displayed at the respective shops and card holders can [...]

NCC Day was observed at CSI Matriculation HSS, Fort here on Saturday. DSP Baskaran hoisted the flag on the occasion. NCC Officer P Jegannathan presided over the function that had been organised in order to mark the occasion. Cadets also displayed their drill skills. Rally In addition to this, they later took out a rally [...]

A meeting with the police, judicial officers and representatives from YMCA/ YWCA on ‘Women creating a safe world’ was held in Salem on Saturday The need to create awareness among women on the Domestic Violence Act 2005 was stressed at the meeting on ‘Women Creating Safe World,’ here on Saturday. Organised jointly by YWCA and [...]