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Thousands of transgender women participated in the Koothandavar festival, reenacting the Mahabharata legend by marrying and then mourning the symbolic sacrifice of Lord Aravan. This annual event in Koovagam serves as a vital space for the transgender community to assert identity and foster solidarity, culminating in rites of widowhood and purification.

Thousands of transgender women, dressed in fine silk saris and adorned with traditional jewellery and flowers, participated in a symbolic mass wedding.

Union minister Murlidhar Mohol stated that the ulundurpet airstrip, part of the Regional Connectivity Scheme, has not received any valid bids for its revival.

Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK) on Friday surrendered ulundurpet constituency to alliance leader DMK as the party found it difficult to field a candidate here for the May 16 Tamil Nadu assembly election.

Six persons including a woman were killed and nine others were injured in two accidents near ulundurpet in Villupuram district in the wee hours of Tuesday.

Nagaraj of Anagaputhur never thought that his two-year-old son Dillibabu, who went missing on June 3, would be found at ulundurpet in Villupuram district on Friday.

A 19-year-old dalit youth sustained stab injuries in clashes between vanniyars and dalits over a Vinayagar idol procession at P Killanur village near ulundurpet in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday night.

Six racehorses were killed on the spot when the horse float, an exclusive vehicle used to transport horses, toppled over near ulundurpet in Villupuram district on June 14.

Three journalists were detained and interrogated for trying to take photos and videos of chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami switching from his official convoy to his private vehicle at ulundurpet in Kallakurichi district on Wednesday.

An eight-month pregnant woman, S Kasthuri, fell from Kollam Express near ulundurpet. Her relatives unsuccessfully searched for her for three hours. An inquiry was ordered by the RDO to rule out foul play.

Tamil Nadu idol wing CID sleuths recovered seven antique idols, including three idols stolen from a temple in ulundurpet, Kallakurichi district in 2011, from a house in Chennai. The three stolen idols were sold by antique smuggler late Deenadayalan to a woman in Chennai.

A five-year-old lower kindergarten student from Palakollai died when her school van overturned near ulundurpet in Villupuram on Monday morning. Twenty five students were injured in the incident. The police arrested the driver V Chandrasekaran.

A 48-year-old ex-convict, allegedly involved in several burglaries in Tamil Nadu and Maharastra, was arrested on Wednesday for looting about 7.5 kg of gold, diamond and silver ornaments worth Rs 1.5 crore from a pawnbroker's shop in ulundurpet near Villupuram in May.