The Latest Breaking News from Tiruvannamalai

15+ injured in TNSTC bus crash near Tiruvannamalai. Driver lost control, hit roadside tamarind tree. 17 commuters on board, mostly from Kancheepuram.

Tiruvannamalai to get new park on nine-acre plot near Arunachaleswarar temple. Facilities include large green lawn, meditation centre, walking track, seating, purified water, toilets, CCTV, solar-powered lights, steel wire fencing, and 80+ plant species. Park to open Aug 8, open 9am-6pm daily.

Students of Panchayat Union Middle School in Onnupuram village near Tiruvannamalai attend classes in open or on veranda due to delay in rebuilding five classrooms demolished months ago. Food is cooked in open due to demolition of noon meal centre. Broken toilets force students to use restrooms at nearby houses.…

E.O and sanitary supervisor of Chengam town panchayat in Tiruvannamalai district issued show-cause notices by Assistant Director In-charge for sanitary worker cleaning open sewage drain with bare hands. Officials must explain within 3 days or face further action. Circular issued to all town panchayats in Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur and Tiruvannamalai…

TNSTC opened renovated air-conditioned rooms in 3 Tiruvannamalai depots, benefiting 300 crew. Each room was renovated at a cost of ₹1 lakh, with mattress, water and toilet facilities provided by Tiruvannamalai municipality. Dining rooms were also opened at a cost of ₹18.60 lakh. The facility will help improve physical and…

Two men arrested in Tiruvannamalai for poaching in Ponnaiyar RF. Officials seized gun, explosives, nets, phones, torch lights, batteries. Pandian worked as wage labourer, hunted animals to sell meat/hides. Equipment procured from Kerala. Case registered under Indian Wildlife Protection Act. Pandian sent to 14-day judicial custody. RF known for spotted…

Five milch cows died in Kollakottai village, Tiruvannamalai, after a shed collapsed due to heavy rain. G. Yuvaraj and Y. Kuppu, farmers, owned six cows, five of which perished. Chengam and Kalasapakkam received highest rainfall of 18.60mm and 33.40mm respectively.

Tiruvannamalai's Forest Range Office, once a stable for British army horses, will soon get a new building. The District Forest Officer has requested the Collector to transfer 0.28 hectares of land for the ₹20 lakh project. The office, located on the 1850 palace premises, has one room and is in…

Relatives of a woman, who died a day after delivering a girl baby at the Government Medical College Hospital in Tiruvannamalai town, gheraoed the hospital, alleging medical negligence.