Speaking to reporters, Panneerselvam said that inspections were conducted under the supervision of the District Collector to ensure public safety amid heavy rainfall. He added that arrangements have been made to provide accommodation and food for more than one lakh people in the district.
The Coastal Security Group under the jurisdiction of Tamil Nadu Police Devanampattinam Coastal Police Station, conducted the Sagar Kavach security drill on Thursday morning to prevent any possible intrusion or sabotage attempts at key locations. As part of this exercise, the police and th
The weather system, situated over the Bay of Bengal, is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm and make landfall near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday night, the India Meteorological Department said in a special bulletin.
Tamil Nadu Minister MRK Panneerselvam on Wednesday informed that a 16,000 hectares of farmland in the State have been inundated due to rain in the ongoing northeast monsoon. He added that compensation will be provided wherever over 33% of the crop area is damaged.
Due to the heavy rain warning, all schools in the Chennai district will remain closed, as announced by Chennai District Collector Rashmi Siddharth Jagade, IAS, on Tuesday.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that a low-pressure area is likely to form over the southeast Bay of Bengal and may move west-northwestward and gradually intensify. The system is expected to strengthen further into a deep depression, authorities said.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognisance of an incident reported from Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu, where a passenger train collided with a school van at an unmanned level crossing, leading to the death of three children and injuring several other
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday said that as long as the DMK-led alliance stands united, no "Delhi force" can succeed in the State. He was speaking after launching the Ungaludan Stalin (Stalin with you) programme in Chidambaram in Cuddalore district.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday said that as long as the DMK-led alliance stand united, no "Delhi force" can succeed in the State. He was speaking after launching the Ungaludan Stalin programme in Chidambaram in Cuddalore district.
Two students lost their lives and three others, including two children and the driver, were injured after a school van collided with a train at a railway crossing in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district on Tuesday morning.
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the conviction and sentence of eleven persons who were booked for the murder of a young couple, in a 2003 caste-based honour-killing case, in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore.