The southern districts of Tamil Nadu, including Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Kanyakumari and Ramanathapuram, have been witnessing heavy rains since the early morning hours of Sunday.
Organised by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the distinguished guests will bear witness to the lighting of earthen lamps on the auspicious occasion of Kartik Purnima, alongside the mesmerizing Ganga Arti and Dev Deepavali festivities at Kashi.
The riverfront ghats of the Ganges River, from Ravidas Ghat to Rajghat, will be illuminated with over a million earthen lamps (diyas) to honour the river Ganga and its presiding goddess.
With the onset of northeast monsoon, a heavy downpour is witnessed across several districts in Tamil Nadu. The Indian Meteorological Department issued an 'orange alert' in several districts due to the heavy rains battering the state.
Schools have been shut in nine districts namely, Chennai,
The Tamil Nadu Police has arrested six persons of an intermediate caste for allegedly assaulting, stripping and urinating on two Scheduled Caste youths, the police officials said on Wednesday.
Manoj and Mariyappan, who were allegedly brutally assaulted, were admitted to the Tirunelveli Government Medical College Hospital with serious injuries, said police.
"Today we participated in the Tirunelveli East and Central district youth team functionaries meeting to coordinate the work for the second state conference of the youth team to be held on December 17. We visited the Salem conference from the proud paddy soil where the first state conference
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court issued a notice to the State government regarding a public interest litigation seeking an order to restrict the entry of outsiders and vehicles inside the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in Tirunelveli district.
The Tirunelveli-Chennai Vande Bharat Express Train, which was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually, reached Chennai Railway Station on Sunday.
Union Minister L Murugan on Sunday termed the launching of Vande Bharat Trains in the Tirunelveli to Chennai and the Vijayawada to Chennai routes as a historic occasion, especially for Southern Tamil Nadu.
Prakash, a Ganesha idol maker from Rajasthan, filed a case to immediately allow the sale of Ganesha idols banned by the district administration in Tirunelveli district. The case came up for hearing before Madras High Court Madurai bench Judge GR Swaminathan.