Tamil Nadu Floods

The film industry always stands up for causes: Jacqueline Fernandez

Jacqueline Fernandez says she loves the generosity of the film industry in offering help for causes or charities, like for her Jacqueline Builds initiative

'Coterie is prostrating before Jayalalithaa': Karunanidhi slams AIADMK over Chennai floods

DMK President M Karunanidhi on Tuesday criticised AIADMK over its handling of the recent rains and subsequent deluge and warned that his party would soon "respond" to the ruling party "legally and through parliamentary democracy."

Telangana emulates Maharashtra's splurge: KCR plans Rs 7 cr puja amid farm crisis

With reports of K Chandrasekhar Rao performing a grand five-day religious ceremony amid a drought in Telangana, the issue of agrarian distress in the state has come to the fore.

Chennai floods 'highly localised' event, not result of climate change, Javadekar tells Rajya Sabha

Extreme rainfall that occurred in Tamil Nadu is "highly localised" and is part of the natural variability of the monsoon system; cannot attribute Chennai floods to climate change, Rajya Sabha was told.

Behind the Puducherry govt's Rs 114 crore relief: Flood-affected families to only receive Rs 4,000 each

Puducherry government is disbursing Rs 114.45 crore towards payment of flood relief to more than 2.86 lakh families affected by the floods; each affected family would get Rs 4,000.

Tamil Nadu floods: Madras HC dismisses PIL seeking closure of liquor shops

The Madras High Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the authorities to close down liquor shops in flood-hit areas of Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu floods: Insurance firms relax claim settlement norms

To make the claim settlement process easier for policyholders affected by the recent floods in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, life insurers have extended several concessions and relaxed norms.

Jayalalithaa urges PM Modi to declare Tamil Nadu floods as national calamity

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the unprecedented floods in the state as a national calamity.

Centre sanctions Rs 939 crore to Tamil Nadu, after CM Jayalalithaa requested Rs 2,000 crore for flood relief assistance

The Narendra Modi government on Monday sanctioned an immediate release of Rs 939 crore to Tamil Nadu as flood relief assistance.

Tamil Nadu rains: Rajnath Singh promises Centre's help to CM Jayalalithaa

With Tamil Nadu reeling from monsoon fury, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday apprised the Centre of the flood situation in the state and said her government would submit a detailed memorandum seeking central assistance by next week.