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Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
HC allows Murugan devotees' conference
Madurai: Madras high court on Friday allowed the conduct of the Lord Murugan devotees' conference (Muruga Bakthargalin Aanmeega Maanadu), scheduled in Madurai on June 22. It however clarified certain conditions imposed by Madurai city police. Justice B Pugalendhi passed the order while hearing a plea moved by Hindu Munnani challenging certain conditions imposed by the police while granting permission for the conference. During the course of the hearing, the state submitted that the police passed an order on June 12 granting permission for the conference. However, Hindu Munnani submitted that the police imposed over 50 conditions, some of which it objected to. These included mandating participants to obtain passes from the concerned district police, barring them from conducting bike rally, asking them to obtain permission from HR & CE department and Madurai corporation, and barring use of drone cameras. The court also passed orders on another plea moved by Hindu Munnani seeking a direction to the authorities to permit them to set up temporary miniatures of the six abodes of Lord Murugan and perform pujas ahead of the devotees' conference. Copies of both the orders were not uploaded at the time of going to the press. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
New Indian Express
18-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
File report on ‘caste discrimination' during temple fest: Madras HC to collector
However, for the past 15 years, the chariot has not entered our locality, which comprises nearly 180 SC residents, despite repeated appeals to the temple committee members. Even this year the committee turned down their requests, the petitioner said. With petitions sent to the district collector and the HR&CE department yielding no results, the petitioner said he sought the court's intervention. Hearing the plea on Thursday, the judges summoned the collector, inspector general of police (Central zone) and superintendent of police, among others. During the hearing, the temple committee members claimed that it is a private temple and that only the residents of Senapadi, Mallapalayam and Muniyappanur can claim right over it. Officials, too, denied the allegations of caste discrimination. HC orders RPO to renew passport of TPDK chief Chennai: The Madras High Court has ordered the Regional Passport Officer (RPO) to renew the passport of Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam president 'Kolathur' Mani irrespective of the pendency of criminal cases, including a case under TADA registered in 1994, against him. The order was passed recently on a petition filed by Mani praying for a direction to the RPO, who had refused to renew the passport after it expired last year. 'The first respondent (RPO) shall consider the application of the petitioner dehors the pendency of the criminal cases and if the petitioner is otherwise eligible, reissue the passport within eight weeks,' Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy said in the order. The judge, however, directed Mani to take prior permission of the courts concerned, where four criminal cases are pending trial, before leaving for any foreign trip.
New Indian Express
08-05-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Madurai all set for Meenakshi Kalyanam today
MADURAI: Madurai city is all set for the main event of the 12-day annual Chithirai festival - the wedding of Goddess Meenakshi with Lord Sundareswarar which will take place between 8.35 am and 8.59 am on Thursday. The HR&CE department and Madurai district administration have made elaborate arrangements for devotees who would gather in thousands at the thirukalyana mandapam in the temple to watch the event. Giant LED screens have been installed at vantage points in and around the temple and the celestial wedding would be live-streamed. TV channels will also telecast it. Preparation for the feast that follows the wedding began at the Sethupathi school on Wednesday night. Hundreds of volunteers arrived at the school premises right from Wednesday afternoon to help in work like cutting vegetables, etc. Sources said around 7,000 kilos of rice, 12,000 kilos of vegetables and 5,000 kilos of provisions are being used to prepare a delectable fare for the devotees. Hundreds of cooks have been engaged to prepare the food. On Wednesday, the Madurai city corporation released a QR code which will enable people to find locations of essential services like ambulance, medical camps, water tanks and toilets around the temple. Considering the fact that large number of devotees would throng to the temple for the thirukalyanam and the car procession, the corporation came up with the initiative this year. On Wednesday, Meenakshi digvijayam ritual was performed. Vaigai water release In view of Kallalagar's procession and entry into the Vaigai river on May 12, the water resources department RD on Wednesday said 216 mcft of water would be released from the Vaigai dam from 6 pm on May 8 till 6 pm on May 12.
