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The stage is set as it has been for years, with music, colourful costumes, and dramatic dialogue. However, there are no demons to slay or kingdoms to defend. Instead, the story unfolds around an invisible enemy that people from across Tamil Nadu know all too well: blistering heat. It is an unlikely story for Kattaikoothu,…
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A 30-year-old construction worker was arrested by the Polur police in Tiruvannamalai on Sunday for allegedly killing an elderly woman who allegedly stopped providing free food to him. Police said the arrested person was identified as R. Murthy, a daily wage labourer. The victim, B. Yasoda, 62, and Murthy belong to Ezhuvambadi village near Polur…
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The State Highways Department has opened nine swanky bus shelters on the widened Chittoor-Cuddalore Highway in Tiruvannamalai town to help devotees commute easily to the Arunachaleswara temple, especially during Karthigai Deepam festival season. Officials of State Highways, which maintains the stretch, said that of the total 205 kms between Chittoor and Cuddalore, the stretch was…
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Minister for Public Works and Highways E.V. Velu inspecting the desilting work with Collector K. Tharpagaraj and Corporation Commissioner S. Selva Balaji. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The State Highways Department has accelerated the desilting of a key canal near Tiruvannamalai town to prevent flooding of the temple town during Northeast monsoon, especially the Karthigai…
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Tiruvannamalai Collector K. Tharpagaraj inspecting the ongoing new water pipeline work in Tiruvannamalai town. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Work to lay a new water pipeline between Sathanur dam and Tiruvannamalai town, a distance of 24 kms, to provide 135 litres per capita per day (LPCD) for each household in Tiruvannamalai is nearing completion, bringing relief…
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