As many as five people have been killed in separate incidents in Tamil Nadu's Chennai amid heavy rain due to cyclone Michaung, read an official statement by the Chennai police.
Cyclone Michaung, brewing over the Bay of Bengal, is expected to make landfall between Nellore and Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh with winds that could pack speeds of upto 100 kmph on Tuesday forenoon.
As Bharatiya Janata Party leads in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan as per the latest trends by the Election Commission of India, BJP chief in Tamil Nadu, K Annamalai praised the state party units for the "exceptional performance".
Amid searches at the Enforcement Directorate sub-zonal office in Madurai in connection with the arrest of an Enforcement Directorate (ED) official in an alleged bribery case, DMK MP Kanimozhi on Saturday said the operation leading to his apprehension wasn't a vindictive one unlike those l
Heavy rain lashed several areas of Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur and Chengalpattu districts on Saturday amid rainfall predictions by the India Meteorological Department.
Amid the fear of a Cyclone looming over Tamil Nadu, The Indian Meteorological Department on Friday warned that the sea will be rougher than usual in the coastal areas.
With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a cyclonic storm in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday instructed all concerned officials to take precautionary measures including evacuating people from the places likely to be hit by the cyclone.
Coastal Andhra Pradesh, north-coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman and the Nicobar Islands, Odisha, are likely to experience rainfall, though to varying degrees, as the eastern coast of India is expected to be hit by a cyclone 'Michaung'.