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Suspected LTTE ammunition, explosives unearthed in Rameswaram
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 26 (ANI): The Ramanathapuram district police has recovered a huge cache of ammunition and explosives on a coastal hamlet near Thangachimadam's Rameswaram island.
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61-day fishing ban concludes in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 16 (ANI): The 61-day fishing ban period which was imposed for mechanised boats along Tamil Nadu's east coast concluded on Friday.
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Tamil Nadu: Locals dig up sandy terrain for drinking water
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 23 (ANI): Locals residing on coastal hamlet in Tamil Nadu's Dhanushkodi town of Arichal Munai are forced to dig up sandy terrain in order to procure drinking water to meet their daily needs.
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Rameswaram: Water crisis leaves people distressed
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 09: As intense heat condition prevails across Tamil Nadu, locals complain of water crisis in Rameswaram town as groundwater level drops with increase in temperature.
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Following INCOIS advisory, devotees stopped from taking holy bath in Agni
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 21 (ANI): After the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) issued an advisory that the Agni Theertham Sea is likely to experience high-energy swell waves, the devotees were stopped from taking holy dip in the sea by the police on S
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Power cut at Dr. Kalam's alma mater in Rameswaram
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr. 19 (ANI): Electricity connection at former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's alma mater 'Mandapam Panchayat union middle school' in Rameswaram has been cut off by electricity board after the school management failed to pay the electricity bill for two ye
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Blind man makes livelihood selling palm tree leaves in Rameswaram
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr. 16 (ANI): A blind man in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram earns his livelihood by plucking and selling palm trees leaves for a paltry amount to make his ends meet.
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Turkish national detained in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr. 08 (ANI): A Turkish national was detained on Saturday after he reached here from Sri Lanka in a fiberglass boat.
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Haasan gears up for political debut from Abdul Kalam's town
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb. 21 (ANI): Overwhelmed after visiting former President Late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam's house in Rameswaram, actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Wednesday said that greatness always comes from the simplest of the house from which the former belonged to.<
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Kamal Haasan to visit Rameswaram, launch party tomorrow
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Ahead of the launch of his political party on Wednesday, Kamal Haasan will be visiting Rameswaram, the hometown of former president APJ Abdul Kalam.
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Hindu Munnani objects to Kamal Haasan's visit to APJ Abdul Kalam's school
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): A Hindu organisation of Tamil Nadu, Hindu Munnani has objected to actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan's scheduled visit to former president APJ Abdul Kalam's alma mater in Rameswaram, saying schools must not be politicised.
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Lankan navy apprehends 7 Indian fishermen
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu)) [India], Feb 08 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Navy on Thursday apprehended seven Indian fishermen along with one boat at the Palk Bay near the Delft island.
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