Cyclone Vardah: 15 NDRF teams deployed in Tamil Nadu, Andhra PradeshHeavy rains lashed Chennai, Tiruvallore and Kancheepuram districts since early morning. Power supply was suspended in many parts of these r...
Cyclonic storm 'Vardah' to make landfall near Chennai tomorrowAccording to IMD, 'Vardah' over west central and adjoining south Bay of Bengal moved further westwards and lay centred at 530 hours over we...
280 persons died of 'shock' over Jayalalithaa's demise so far: AIADMKThe party released a list of 203 deceased persons from different parts of the state who died out of "shock" over the demise of J Jayalalith...
December a fateful month for TN?C Rajagopalachari, the last Governor General of India, passed away on December 25, 1972 while rationalist leader "Periyar" E V Ramasamy die...
Centre has declared TN floods as calamity of severe nature: CMThe Centre has declared the recent floods in Tamil Nadu as a 'calamity of severe nature', with parliamentarians being informed that they ca...
347 deaths in rain-related incidents in Tamil Nadu since October 1However, about 17.64 lakh people were rescued and sheltered in 6605 relief centres across the state.
Chennai floods: Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa announces further sops for rain ravaged districtsJayalalithaa said consumers of electricity need not pay their bills this month and can do so by January 31, 2016 and that no penalty will b...
Dry weather prevails: Focus now on preventing spread of diseaseAs the water level in several low lying areas have receded, the Central and state government agencies have undertaken relief measures on a ...
Chennai floods: Water recedes, focus on rehabilitation of affectedScores of workers have been deployed by the Corporation of Chennai and other civic bodies to clear debris from the affected parts.
Toll increases to 120; more rains forecast for tomorrowHowever, a bright morning brought relief to the residents of the rain-drenched city, even as the weather office has forecast rains for Nove...
NE monsoon: Conditions favourable for rainfall by tomorrowThe met office today said conditions were favourable for the commencement of northeast monsoon rainfall in the southern region by tomorrow.
Seven arrive from strife-hit YemenMuthukumar and Arun, employees of a private company in Yemen, expressed relief at being evacuated by the Indian agencies.
Karuna to hit campaign trail from April 5The 90-year-old leader will cover 19 constituencies, including those allotted to allies such as Chidambaram and Tiruvallore (VCK) and Vello...
DMK allots one more seat to VCKDMK President M Karunanidhi and VCK leader Thol Thirumavalvan clinched the deal under which the latter was allotted Tiruvallore (SC) consti...
DMDK authorises Vijayakant to decide on strategy for Lok Sabha pollsOne of the resolutions said that people were "eagerly" watching what strategy DMDK will adopt for this year's LS polls and authorised found...
- Jaya orders check dam to store Krishna river water
Under an agreement, Tamil Nadu is entitled to get annually 12 TMC of Krishna water from Andhra Pradesh.
- TN special teams to prevent smuggling of PDS rice
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday decided to form special teams to prevent smuggling of rice meant for Public Distribution System.