Vellore heavyweights have the Midas touch

The pressure was on, but Satish Sivalingam didn't flinch. The 23-year-old Vellore weightlifter's composure at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow on Sunday night won him the 77kg gold in the Commonwealth Games, the first by a Tamil Nadu participant in this year's ...

The VIT University (Vellore) has decided to extend its support towards weightlifter Sathishkumar Sivalingam, who won gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Sathish is the son of VIT's security guard Sivalingam. VIT ...

The city of Vellore can lift the heaviest of weights for a stunning show of gold. Recently, they built a mammoth temple out there, using about 1500 kilograms of gold, perhaps the largest quantity of the precious metal hauled up for building a ...

A widow committed suicide by self-immolation at the collectorate here on Monday to register her protest against the district administration for their alleged failure to take action on her complaint against her tenants who refused to vacate her house.

VELLORE: Valayamputu village near Vaniyambadi witnessed tense moments for nearly an hour on Saturday when panchayat union vice-president Venkatesan and his family members tried to bury the body of his 92-year-old grandmother Pachaiyamal in a ...

VELLORE: One person was killed and three others injured when the car in which they were travelling ran into a container lorry on the Vadaputhupatu NH near Ambur on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Muhammed Ibrahim (42), a businessman. The ...

Vellore : Vellore is going ga-ga over its 'golden boy' Sathish Sivalingam, who won the yellow metal in the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. The 22-year-old, who emerged victorious in the 77kg category of the weightlifting event, ...

VELLORE: A minor fire broke out in a match factory in Perumbodi village, near Gudiyatham, on Sunday morning. A Fire Service official said, The fire started around 8.15 am and we received a call from the local residents at 8.25 am. An additional ...

VELLORE: Clashes between a section of Vanniyar and Dalits over a temple festival in Arcot Town triggered tension in the area on Sunday afternoon. Four persons, including a special sub-inspector of highway patrol, were injured in the clashes. Police ...