Ground Report

Kerala floods: Pinarayi Vijayan govt submits memorandum seeking Rs 4,700cr from Centre as compensation for damage

At least 488 people have died in Kerala due to the rains and floods this monsoon, which hit 14 districts of the state. The Kerala government has sent a memorandum to the Home Ministry giving details about the loss of human life, properties, infrastructure and crops and sought about Rs 4,700 crore as compensation, a senior government official said.

Kerala, After The Flood: As state turns into land of great tragedy; life won’t be the same for residents again

It's been just over a week now since floods ravaged Kerala. From Mumbai, I finally managed to get on a train to my home state (Kochi airport, the nearest to my home, is closed till the end of the month)

Firstpost Ground Report: Telangana CM KCR deploys state machinery for massive religious ceremony even as state reels under drought

I took the first flight out of Mumbai to Hyderabad on Friday morning to record the scale of this Rs 7 crore ceremony, the excess of which seem all that more stark when contrasted with these grim numbers: over 50 per cent of administrative units in Telangana are stricken by drought, as a consequence of which 1,840 farmers have killed themselves since the state was formed in June last year.

Interview: We have a pro-rich policy in Gujarat, says Sarabhai

In an interview with Firstpost's Akshaya Mishra, Padma Bhushan awardee Mallika Sarabhai talks about women, Gujarat and Modi.