CHENNAI, May 29, 2013 Irrigation managers and agriculture officials are debating the exact extent on which farmers can take up cultivation of the short-term kuruvai crop this year under adverse conditions.

COIMBATORE  23rd May 2013 08:09 AM  In what could be bad news for farmers in Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Madurai, Erode, Karur, Tirupur and Nagapattinam districts, the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University 

May 21, 2013, 07.05 AM IST KANYAKUMARI/TUTICORIN: The small building, about 20 metres away from the main building of the district collectorate in Nagercoil bears a foundation stone saying "Emergency Operation Centre" (EOC) opened by then collector

May 16, 2013, 12.53 AM IST CHENNAI: If there is a natural calamity, say another tsunami, the state is just not equipped to handle it. A report of the Comptroller and Audit General of India, the premier auditing agency, which was tabled in the legislative assembly on Wednesday, said as much.

NAGAPATTINAM/TIRUCHY  14th May 2013 09:36 AM  Farmers in the delta districts have more or less made up their minds to abandon Kuruvai paddy cultivation, which is due to start in the next two months. 

May 14, 2013, 04.21 AM IST CHENNAI: It's not good news for delta farmers. For the second consecutive year, the Mettur reservoir will not be opened for irrigation as per schedule on June 12. 

 NAGAPATTINAM/KARAIKAL: The annual 45-day ban on fishing in Nagapattinam and Karaikal coastal areas will commence from April 15. The governments of Tamil Nadu and Puduchery have imposed the ban under provisions of the Deep sea Fishing Regulation Act, 2001.

NAGAPATTINAM  05th April 2013 08:20 AM: The production of salt at the Vedaranyam pans have begun belatedly this year due to the unseasonal rains experienced a month back, which is likely to send salt prices soaring.

New Delhi, February 5, 2013 : With a view to assessing Tamil Nadu’s claim on the condition of the standing crops, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Water Commission (CWC) Chairman to appoint an experts committee of three members to visit the Cauvery delta region of Thiruvarur, Thanjavur and Nagapattinam districts and submit a report to it latest by February 6.

Press Trust of India / Nagapattinam (TN) November 09, 2012, 16:25
Migratory birds from far away countries have started arriving at Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary at Kodiakarai in the district on their annual sojourn.  With the north-east monsoon bringing in copious rains since late last month, so far about 30 bird species, including 20 terrestrial, have arrived at the sanctuary spread over 20 sq km area, sanctuary sources said.