Cuddalore in the news

State railway projects to benefit from budget

.....other major conversion projects to be completed in the next financial year are Cuddalore-Salem and Madurai-Manamdaurai-Rameswaram. In the Cuddalore-Salem project, for which the State Government is sharing 50 per cent of the cost, the section between Cuddalore and Attur has been converted. The remaining stretch will be completed in the current financial year. This project will be executed by RYNL and Rs. 80 crore had been sanctioned...


Call for simpler procedures to import looms -The Hindu

.....To meet the increasing demand, the Government had taken initiatives to set up a processing park at Cuddalore.....


Marriage in sea -The Times of India

...Premanandhan shot to fame with his long-distance swimming efforts to highlight various public issues. On the first anniversary of tsunami on December 26 last year, he swam for 24 kms from here to Devanpattinam in neighbouring Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu....

Swimmer chooses sea to get married -ChennaiOnline

...on the first anniversary of tsunami on December 26 last year, he swam for a distance of 24 kms from behind the Mahatma Gandhi statue here to Devanpattinam in neighbouring Cuddalore District of Tamil Nadu to bring to focus awareness about the killer waves. ...

High Court's direction to District Collector -New Kerala

The Madras High Court today directed the Cuddalore District Collector to inquire into an allegation by an advocate pertaining to non-distribution of flood relief to farmers in two talukas in the district for not having paid "gratification" to revenue department officials.

"It is clear that there are very serious allegations against revenue officials. The Cuddalore District Collector is directed to go through the representations and conduct an inquiry," a Division Bench comprising Justice M Karpagavinayagam and Justice A R Ramalingam said while disposing of a PIL filed by a city advocate C Palanimurugan.......