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8 more SL refugees arrive in Dhanushkodi seeking asylum
It’s the second such arrival of refugees from Sri Lanka in a week’s time.
High alert in coastal TN districts to thwart intrusion of SL
A senior officer of the Tamil Nadu home department told IANS that the state is constantly in touch with the Union Home ministry regarding the...
1 kg rice costs Rs 250 in Lanka, says refugee
Explaining the struggle for survival that forced them to come over to Tamil Nadu as refugees, Suseekala, a 37-year-old from Selvapuram in Mullaitivu,...
Family of 4 from crisis-hit Lanka land in Dhanushkodi
In continuing influx of citizens fleeing the economic crisis-torn Sri Lanka, a family of four, including two children, from the island nation landed...
TN to get Rs 350 cr offshore wind energy research centre
The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) will set up an offshore wind energy research centre with a test bed with two turbines of over 8 MW...
Theni boy swims from Dhanushkodi to Talaimannar and back, sets new...
The jubilant Theni boy was accorded a rousing welcome upon reaching Dhanushkodi at 9.45 am on Tuesday. Dignitaries and officials from Indian Coast...
7 bullets recovered from a box near Dhanushkodi
The ‘Q’ Branch police have recovered seven bullets found abandoned at Palam near Dhanushkodi in Ramanathapuram district on Monday.
'Ghost town' Dhanushkodi opens for tourists after 276 days
December 23 also marks the 56th anniversary of Dhanushkodi's catastrophic desertion as it went under water following a cyclone on this day in 1964.
