Police use force to disperse them. A protest organised by farmers against the Kerala government's stand on the Mullaperiyar dam issue turned violent in Theni district on Wednesday and the police used force to disperse them at Goodalur and Cumbum. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam cadre blocked roads connecting Kerala with Theni, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts. Reports of damage to vehicles were received from these places. MDMK general secretary Vaiko was held at Chinnamanur when he attempted to join the economic blockade.

CHENNAI: The anti-nuclear protest that has stalled the commissioning of the multi-crore nuclear plant at Kudankulam entered the 100th day on Thursday. The protestors from Tamil Nadu's southern-most districts, Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli and Tuticorin, held an inter-religious prayer meeting at the plant site. The plant staff, including the engineers from Russia, continued to stay at home. "We have not been going to office since October 24 and are awaiting the district collector's advice about when we can resume duties by entering the premises.

Urbanisation was the most significant between 1991 and 2001: data

Nearly half the population of Tamil Nadu live in urban areas, as the State continues to maintain its status as one of the country's most urbanised ones.

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Nagercoil

A ONE-YEAR-OLD male panther was found dead in the Poigai reserve forest near Aralvaimozhy in Kanyakumari district on Monday.

District Forest Officer (DFO) V Sundara Raju told Express, that they had got information about the death of the animal around 11 am on Monday.

2,000 tanks out of 2,040 overflowing

Nagercoil: Flood warning was issued to those people living in and around four dams including Pechipparai, Perunchani, Chittar I and Chittar II on Wednesday night and the people living in the low-lying areas have been asked to move to safer places due to heavy rains.

According to PWD sources, there are more than 2,040 tanks in Kanyakumari district of which