 | Train tickets for Pongal fest next year sold out within a few minutes in TNThe passengers in waiting lists for sleeper coaches on trains - Pandiyan, Podhigai, Kanniyakumari, and Nellai - reached 200 in 20 minutes. |
 | India's love affair with RiceWithin India, opinion is divided on whether rice was first cultivated in Southern India and then travelled to the North or like many other crops has its roots in the Gangetic Plains. |
 | Ending 50-year-old practice, over 250 SC members enter temple in TiruvannamalaiOn Wednesday, over 250 SC individuals entered the temple and worshipped Mariamman. |
 | 69 school students fall ill in TN after consuming sweet pongal in which lizard was foundThe headmaster immediately rushed all the students to the nearest primary health centre, from where they were sent to Tiruvannamalai Government Medical College and Hospital. |
