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Pune: Orphaned in Covid pandemic, student finds hope in poetry, bright future

March 23, 2025 12:12 am

'Losing Amma to Covid-19 was hard…I was just 17 and she was all I had’

Life in an IIT: Aparna is excited to enter the world of business strategy and consulting after her graduation, hopefully in a role that keeps her on her toes with new challenges each day

Finding home and growth at IIT Madras: A journey beyond academics | Life in an IIT

November 12, 2024 9:32 am

Aparna R hails from a small town in Kerala’s Cochin-Ernakulum region, and the greenery on campus made Aparna feel close to home.

Vellore Institute of Technology invites application for various online courses for professionals

VIT invites application for various online courses for professionals

May 06, 2024 2:24 pm

The curriculum for MBA covers a range of topics, such as managerial economics, data analytics, operations management, business analysis and valuation, security analysis, and portfolio management. This two-year degree programme has a fee of Rs 1,60,000.

Parents forced to carry toddler’s body in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore, as ambulance gets stuck on mud road

May 29, 2023 7:23 pm

The villagers claimed if there had been proper road facilities, the child could have been saved.

6 arrested for forcing women to remove hijab at Vellore Fort in Tamil Nadu; minor apprehended

March 31, 2023 2:38 pm

According to the Vellore district police, a group of autorickshaw drivers visited the fort earlier this week and targeted hijab-clad women who were spotted in the company of male friends.

Vellore: Bike found stuck in fresh concrete, civic body says it did not order remaking of road

June 29, 2022 9:23 am

Vellore, a smart city, is seeing several of its roads being rebuilt.

Collector in Tamil Nadu warns salons on 'funky' hairdos for school students: 'Don't they have social responsibility?'

June 22, 2022 2:50 pm

The collector has asked hairdressers to stop giving children a haircut of their choice after spotting a few students with "funky" hairstyles at a government school.

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What Arivu’s fight and faith taught me

May 22, 2022 9:59 am

S Prabu Rama Subramanian writes: It gave me a perspective on human rights, lives of prisoners, and the politics of power. It also made me empathise with the failed attempts of Arpudham Ammal to bring her son Perarivalan, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, out of prison.

Dalit village panchayat official ends life in Vellore, local DMK leader booked for abetment of suicide

May 15, 2022 10:56 am

The victim's wife found the body of her husband in their house on Friday night when she broke open the door as he was not responding.

Tamil Nadu: Women allegedly raped by five men including juveniles in Vellore; 4 held

March 24, 2022 8:27 am

The woman and her friend were allegedly threatened by the gang, and robbed of all their belongings, including mobile phones, 40,000 in cash and two sovereigns of gold. Five men, including two juveniles, then allegedly took turns to rape the woman.

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Last rites of Siachen bravehearts underway in native towns

February 16, 2016 5:45 am

Mysore(Karnataka)/ Vellore(Tamil Nadu), Feb 16 (ANI): The last rites of Sepoy Mahesha PN, who was buried under the February 3 Siachen avalanche, will be held today at his native town Mysore in Karnataka. A sharp-shooter, Mahesha of the 19th Battalion of Madras Regiment served for 11 years in the Indian army. Last rites of another braveheart from the same battalion, Havildar Elumalai M, a Non commissioned Officer (NCO) of the same battalion are to be held today at Vellore in Tamil Nadu. The bodies of nine fallen soldiers of Madras regiment, who were buried alive under the glacier, were earlier flown to the national capital on Monday.