A coach of a passenger train bound for Puducherry derailed near Villupuram on Tuesday, and a major accident was averted as the loco pilot noticed it and quickly halted the train.

A holiday has been declared for schools in Chennai, Villupuram, Thanjavur, Mayiladuthurai, Pudukkottai, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Ramanathapuram, Thiruvarur, Ranipet and Tiruvallur.

In a setback to the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court has ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the illicit liquor tragedy that had killed 68 people in the Villupuram district.

As rains lashed many parts of Tamil Nadu, the educational authorities in Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, and Villupuram districts of Tamil Nadu have declared school holidays.

Ranjitham, a daily wager earning six thousand rupees a month in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district, has completely cut tomatoes from her menu as tomato prices crossed Rs 200 a kilo, a four-fold rise in just three weeks.

Revenue officials in Tamil Nadu sealed the Sri Dharmaraja Draupadi Amman temple at Melpathi village in Villupuram district today following a dispute over the entry of Scheduled Caste members into the temple.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin held a review meeting at the Chennai secretariat regarding the alleged toxic liquor deaths that occurred in Villupuram and Chengalpattu districts earlier in the month.

Two persons were arrested from Puducherry on Wednesday in connection with the hooch tragedy in neighbouring Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district, police said.

The count in the twin hooch tragedies in Villupuram and Chengalpet districts rose to 20 on Tuesday.

The National Human Rights Commission has sent notices to the Tamil Nadu government and the state police chief over the death of several people after they allegedly consumed spurious liquor in Villupuram and Chengalpattu districts, officials said.

A pall of gloom has descended upon Villupuram and Chengalpattu districts of Tamil Nadu as 14 people died after consuming spurious liquor over the weekend.

Three persons died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district, police said on Sunday.

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A first-year student at a private college in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district was injured today after she fell off the first floor of the college building. Police said that they are investigating if this was a case of suicide or not.

A man and his son were charred to death in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district on Thursday after the country-made firecrackers they were carrying on a two-wheeler exploded.

Initially, it would be launched for two weeks in Cuddalore, Dindigul, Erode, Kancheepuram, Kanyakumari, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nilgiris, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli and Villupuram districts.

Google today celebrated the 93rd birthday of Sivaji Ganesan, one of India's first method actors and widely considered among the nation's most influential actors of all time.

The Tamil Nadu police has relieved a minor girl from a murder case, a few days after she had killed her father in the Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu.

A new university will be set up at Villupuram by bifurcating the state-run Vellore based Thiruvalluvar varsity, Chief Minister K Palaniswami announced in the Assembly on Wednesday.

The Tamil Nadu Police are looking for a man from Delhi who was discharged after he tested negative for COVID-19 due to a "clerical error". The man has gone missing from Villupuram district and a massive search is on to find him, the police said.

A 24-year-old Dalit man has died from his injuries after he was beaten up brutally by a mob comprising mostly men from a so-called upper caste community in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram this week.

The entrance test will be held at Chennai, Coimbatore, Karaikudi, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Chidambaram, Nagercoil, Vellore, Dindigul, Salem, Villupuram, Erode, Thanjavur and Virudhunagar.

A goldsmith in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district committed suicide by consuming cyanide on Thursday reportedly after suffering huge loss after buying illegal three digit online lottery. The man also killed his wife and three children and also allegedly filmed their final moments on his phone.

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday requested the Centre for sanctioning over Rs 5,000 crore for various drinking water supply schemes in the state, including a desalination plant for Villupuram district.