Rains continue in Tamil Nadu, standing crops hit in Cauvery delta areasHeavy rains lashed Tamil Nadu's Cauvery delta, damaging crops and affecting salt pans. Schools and colleges closed in several districts. ND...
27 Nov, 2024, 05.16 PM IST
Take up Lankan assault of Indian fishermen sternly, disapprove auction of seized boats: Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin tells CentreIn the letter to Modi, Stalin said steps should be taken to ensure the early release of 75 boats and fishing gear seized after 2018 by the ...
25 Jan, 2022, 05.06 PM IST
Air India waives charges for carrying relief material for cyclone Gaja victimsCyclone Gaja crossed the Tamil Nadu coast between Nagapattinam and Vedaranyam on November 16, leaving more than 60 people dead and causing ...
28 Nov, 2018, 03.00 PM IST
BJP team to visit cyclone-hit districts of Tamil NaduThe team would visit the districts of Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur and Dindigul and meet the affected people, president of the BJP un...
21 Nov, 2018, 05.57 PM IST
TVS Motor contributes Rs 2 crore as cyclone reliefTwo and three-wheeler maker TVS Motor has contributed Rs two crore to the Tamil Nadu government to take up relief work in cyclone affected ...
21 Nov, 2018, 04.27 PM IST
Karunanidhi's ancestral house damaged in cycloneA tree in front of the house got uprooted and fell on the house damaging the tiled roof and a name board, officials said.
20 Nov, 2018, 05.41 PM IST
Additional Director General of Police C Sylendra Babu reviews coastal security measuresAdditional Director General of Police (Coastal Security) C Sylendra Babu visited Vedaranyam in the district today and reviewed coastal secu...
13 Jul, 2018, 05.21 PM IST
Cyclone Nada further weakens, making landfall in Tamil NaduCyclone Nada which weakened into a deep depression yesterday moved Westnorth-West wards and became a depression about 40 km East south East...
02 Dec, 2016, 08.47 AM IST
In Tamil Nadu, BJP pins its hopes on Vedaranyam constituencyBJP has fielded S K Vedarathinam, a businessman who joined the party last year after resigning from DMK and is confident he would help the ...
13 May, 2016, 10.50 AM IST
Possibility of heavy to very heavy rains in Tamil Nadu for next two days: Regional Meteorological CentreThe weather office said that due to the low pressure over southwest Bay of Bengal rains could be expected at some places in Tamil Nadu and ...
28 Nov, 2015, 02.53 PM IST
Annual salt production commences in Vedaranyam after a 90-day breakDuring rainy season, salt pans will mostly remain inundated. Again, during late-January or early-February the works will begin with Poojas.
09 Feb, 2015, 02.40 PM IST
Whale calf gets trapped in fishing net, diesA whale calf which got trapped in a fishing net off nearby Vedaranyam coast died as efforts by fishermen to save it failed, officials said ...
08 Jul, 2013, 06.20 PM IST
- Cauvery delta farmers asked to take up coconut cultivation
Coconut cultivation has of late become remunerative provided effective mechanisation was undertaken along with plant protection, K Ramaswam...
24 Jun, 2013, 05.45 PM IST
- Chennai's Point Calimere wildlife sanctuary gets bigger
The state government has expanded Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary, adding 12,407.27 hectares of the Great Vedaranyam swamp in Tiruvarur, ...
05 Jun, 2013, 02.41 AM IST
- Pranab Mukherjee warns Cong dissenters
Warning party rebels , Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said no Congress worker can claim a ‘‘ moral right’’ over an assem...
04 Apr, 2011, 05.32 AM IST
- 127 Ridley turtles let into sea from forest dept hatchery
A total of 127 Olive Ridley turtles, an endangered species bred in an artificial hatchery run by the forest department at nearby Kodiakarai...
06 Mar, 2011, 08.42 PM IST
- TN salt producers in deep waters
The production of salt in the coastal town of Vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu has dwindled to half.
13 Jul, 2007, 05.14 AM IST