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villupuram news

Widespread rain batters TN, water to be released from Chennai dams

A view of partially submerged structures following heavy rainfall, in Uthamapalayam, Tamil Nadu.
Published on Oct 22, 2025 03:37 pm IST

PMK founder Ramadoss urges police to stop his son Anbumani's padayatra

PMK founder Ramadoss urges police to stop his son Anbumani's padayatra
Updated on Oct 07, 2025 02:59 am IST

Death toll in Tamil Nadu hooch cases rises to 14, CB-CID to take over probe

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin meets the victims, at Government Medical College in Villupuram district. (PTI)
Updated on May 16, 2023 12:54 am IST

5 of Tamil Nadu family found dead, suicide suspected

Their bodies were sent to Government Villupuram Medical College Hospital for autopsy and last rites were performed on Monday evening.
Updated on Dec 15, 2020 10:32 am IST

Debt-ridden Tamil Nadu couple kills children, records video before committing suicide

A 33-year-old man in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram killed three of his children by feeding them cyanide and committed suicide along with his wife. (Representative Image)
Updated on Dec 13, 2019 11:49 am IST

Eight Tibetan activists detained ahead of Modi-Xi summit in Mamallapuram

Officials walk past a Buddha statue installed at the entrance of the shore temple in Mamallapuram as part of the preparations for the informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, to be held from October 11 to 13.
Updated on Oct 07, 2019 08:11 pm IST

Tamil Nadu law minister’s nephew commits ‘suicide’ at leader’s house

Tamil Nadu law minister C Ve Shanmugam’s nephew has committed suicide said police sources.
Updated on Oct 06, 2019 10:58 pm IST

Three killed as minivan ferrying crackers explodes in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram

The remains of the van that exploded inTamil nadu’s Villupuram district on Monday
Updated on Sept 30, 2019 06:42 pm IST

16 dead in two different road mishaps in Tamil Nadu

Seven of the deceased are TNEB’s contract workers from Jharkhand and the police are waiting for the contractor from Madurai to identify them.
Updated on Jul 18, 2019 06:03 pm IST

Ex-Puducherry CM Janakiraman dies at 79

Former Puducherry Chief Minister and DMK veteran RV Janakiraman died in Chennai on Monday morning
Published on Jun 10, 2019 05:32 pm IST

In Tamil Nadu, third student ends life after NEET failure

A first-year MBBS student was found hanging in her room in the girls hostel in AIIMS campus. (Representative photo)
Updated on Jun 07, 2019 01:16 pm IST

Centre nod to Vedanta EIA for oil exploration

This development comes in the backdrop of a backlash against Vedanta in Tamil Nadu, where its copper smelter, Sterlite, in Thoothukudi has been closed since May 2018 over alleged environmental pollution caused by the plant.
Updated on May 12, 2019 02:16 am IST

IT raid on Tamil Nadu minister, realtors and private milk dairy

Real estate businessmen including Ramamoorthy Reddy, chairman of the Vellore centre of the Builders Association of India, K. Jayaprakash, Rama Anjaneyalu and S.Brahmanandam’s offices and houses in Vellore were also raided by the I-T officers
Updated on Feb 22, 2019 08:21 am IST

Tamil Nadu has a new district: Kallakurichi will be 33rd

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said this would fulfil the two-decade old demand of the people of Kallakurichi.
Updated on Jan 09, 2019 08:58 am IST

NIA raids houses of 7 ISIS-linked men for targeting Hindu leaders

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out an early morning raid on the houses of seven persons in various parts of Tamil Nadu for their alleged links with the terrorist group ISIS.
Updated on Dec 19, 2018 06:13 pm IST

4 charred to death as bus collides with truck, burst into flames in Tamil Nadu

Four people were charred to death on Friday when a bus bound for Madurai collided with a cargo truck near Villupuram resulting in the two vehicles going up in flames, police said.
Updated on Oct 19, 2018 05:28 pm IST

TN girl donates 9,000 saved for over 4 years for new cycle to Kerala, gets unexpected reward

Rescuers evacuate people from a flooded area to a safer place in Aluva in Kerala.
Updated on Aug 20, 2018 03:35 pm IST