D. Madhavan

3 weeks ago | thehindu.com | D. Madhavan

:All shops, commercial establishments, hotels, restaurants and industrial units in Tiruvannamalai should have bigger and bolder name boards in Tamil by May 15, as per a drive initiated by the labour department.  Officials of the Department of Labour Welfare, which will monitor the exercise, said that despite the existence of laws, shops and other commercial establishments in the district are reluctant in having Tamil name boards, mainly due to fear of loss of business.

Jan 21, 2025 | thehindu.com | D. Madhavan

The Government Boys Higher Secondary School on the spacious 10 acre campus at Vannivedu village near Walajah town in Ranipet where former President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan studied will be restored soon. Ranipet Collector J.U. Chandrakala inspected the dilapidated building on Tuesday along with teachers and school headmistress P. Bhavani to assess the condition of the structure. “The heritage building remains closed since 2010 due to water seepage on its roof.

Dec 6, 2024 | thehindu.com | K. Lakshmi |D. Madhavan

On the evening of December 1, 2024, a family of four and three of their neighbours huddled together under a metal roofed single-room house, in VOC Nagar, a residential area at the foot of the Arunachala hill in Tiruvannamalai district. They listened as torrential rains brought by Cyclone Fengal pounded the district in interior Tamil Nadu. S. Meenakshi, 27, who lives opposite the house, recalls the tragedy that occurred shortly after. Her sister, R. Meena, 26, and Meena’s husband, N.

Dec 5, 2024 | thehindu.com | D. Madhavan

Days after the new bridge collapsed across Then Pennai river in Tiruvannamalai, residents in Thondamanur, a reserved panchayat, are back to their old ways of trekking 20 km to reach Thandrampattu , the nearest town, for basic needs. The high-level bridge collapsed after the release of over two lakh cusecs of rainwater from Sathanur dam by WRD on Tuesday. It was inaugurated by the Minister for Public Works, Highways and Minor Ports, E.V. Velu, on September 2.

Apr 10, 2024 | thehindu.com | D. Madhavan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chopper landed on a refurbished British-era narrow strip at the under-construction airport to reach the Vellore fort by road on the Chennai - Bengaluru Highway (NH 44) for a public meeting that was held on Wednesday to garner votes for BJP candidate A.C. Shanmugam for the Lok Sabha election. The airport occupies a large portion of the landscape in this ancient village of Abdullapuram.