Seven men killed in accident near Chengam in Tiruvannamalai

Seven men killed in accident near Chengam in Tiruvannamalai

The mangled remains of the vehicles after they collided on Tindivanam-Krishnagiri National Highway near Chengam in Tiruvannamalai on October 23, 2023.  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Seven men including five Assam natives, were killed on the spot after a SUV in which they were travelling collided with a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus … Read more

Chief Minister to inaugurate renovated temple tank, widened highway in Tiruvannamalai on October 22

Chief Minister to inaugurate renovated temple tank, widened highway in Tiruvannamalai on October 22

A stretch of the widened four-lane Cuddalore-Chittoor Road in Tiruvannamalai. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will inaugurate the renovated tank of Arunachaleswarar temple and the widened four-lane Cuddalore-Chittoor Road during his two-day visit to Tiruvannamalai on October 21 and 22. Officials of the State Highways Department, which executed the widening work … Read more

69 students take ill after eating lunch in government school in Thandarai near Tiruvannamalai

69 students take ill after eating lunch in government school in Thandarai near Tiruvannamalai

Students of the Panchayat Union High School in Thandarai village are being treated at the Government Medical College Hospital in Tiruvannamalai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sixty-nine students, both boys and girls, at the Panchayat Union High School in Thandarai village near Tiruvannamalai have taken ill after consuming lunch on the campus on … Read more

Army man’s charges of assaulting his wife not true, says Tiruvannamalai SP

Army man’s charges of assaulting his wife not true, says Tiruvannamalai SP

Two persons were arrested on Sunday in a rent dispute case at Padavedu village near Tiruvannamalai, where it was alleged that the daughter of a shop owner was assaulted by a gang. The police inquiry and subsequent arrest come in the wake of allegations in a video by Havildar Prabhakaran, who is serving in Jammu … Read more

Work on building to house public grievance meeting hall in Tiruvannamalai begins

Work on building to house public grievance meeting hall in Tiruvannamalai begins

Tiruvannamalai Collector B. Murugesh laying the foundation stone for a building at the Collectorate complex in Tiruvannamalai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Work to construct a three-storey building for housing public grievances meeting hall and space for other office works began on Thursday. Collector B. Murugesh laid the foundation stone for ₹12.17 crore … Read more

Tiruvannamalai ATM heists case: Mastermind arrested on Haryana- Rajasthan border

Tiruvannamalai ATM heists case: Mastermind arrested on Haryana- Rajasthan border

A 30-year-old man, suspected to have masterminded the series of ATM robberies in Tiruvannamalai on February 12, was arrested at gunpoint at his hideout in a dilapidated building along the Rajasthan-Haryana border on Thursday. A sum of ₹15 lakh in cash was recovered from him. The police said J. Asif Javed, a native of Nuh … Read more

Tiruvannamalai town to get a new bus terminus soon at a cost of ₹30.15-crore

Tiruvannamalai town to get a new bus terminus soon at a cost of ₹30.15-crore

Work to establish another bus terminus in Tiruvannamalai town at a cost of ₹30.15 crore on Chennai – Tindivanam Road is in progress. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Nearly four decades after the setting up of the first bus terminus, Tiruvannamalai town will soon get another spacious terminus as work on the ₹30.15-crore facility on … Read more

Tiruvannamalai ATM heists case: Sixth accused arrested in Karnataka

Tiruvannamalai ATM heists case: Sixth accused arrested in Karnataka

A 50-year-old man, suspected to have helped the accused in the ATM robberies in Tiruvannamalai, was arrested from his hideout in Karnataka on Tuesday. Police also seized a container lorry from the suspect. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A 50-year-old man, suspected to have helped the mastermind behind the ATM robberies in Tiruvannamalai on February … Read more

Robbery at four ATMs in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai district, ₹86 lakh looted

Robbery at four ATMs in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai district, ₹86 lakh looted

One of the ATMs that was looted in Tiruvannamalai district on February 12, 2023. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Burglars broke open four bank Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) on the Cuddalore-Chittoor Road (NH 38) at various spots in Tiruvannamalai district in the early hours on Sunday, February 12, 2023. Police said the incidents came to light … Read more

Dalits enter Amman temple for first time, in T.N.’s Tiruvannamalai district

Dalits enter Amman temple for first time, in T.N.’s Tiruvannamalai district

The Dalit community was given a slot on Monday to conduct their rituals at the temple, following peace talks held in the village | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Members of the Dalit community in Thenmudiyanur village in Thandrampattu block of Tiruvannamalai district , entered the Sri Muthalamman Temple in the village for the first time … Read more