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Tamil Nadu local body polls: First phase concludes amid stray incidents of booth capturing: phase two voting on 30 Dec
• 5 years agoThe first phase of polls to elect councillors, panchayat union presidents and ward members for the local bodies concluded in Tamil Nadu on Friday with reports of stray incidents taking place in a few polling booths
JACTTO-GEO protests in Tamil Nadu enter day 7: 150 striking govt teachers arrested as state deadline comes to an end
Fp Staff • 6 years agoMembers of the JACTTO GEO launched an indefinite strike on 22 January to press for nine demands, which include reverting to the old pension scheme, settling a 21-month pay arrears according to the new pay commission guidelines, and hike in pay for secondary grade teachers.
Tamil Nadu rains: Over 600 medical teams dispatched to help affected victims, says CM K Palaniswamy
• 7 years agoTamil Nadu govt has pressed into service 601 medical teams to cater to people in rain-affected areas in different parts of the state, K Palaniswamy said.
Heavy rains lash Chennai leaving large parts of city submerged and everyday life severely impacted
Fp Staff • 7 years agoTorrential overnight rains for about ten hours brought Chennai to a grinding halt, paralysing normal life completely.
Torrential rains bring Chennai to standstill; IMD forecasts more heavy showers till Saturday
• 7 years agoTorrential overnight rains for about ten hours brought Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur to a grinding halt, paralysing normal life completely.
Chennai rain: Two minor girls electrocuted after stepping on naked wire; three electricity board officials suspended
Fp Staff • 7 years agoTwo minor girls in Chennai died on Wednesday after being electrocuted in a water logged Kodungaiyur area, according to media reports.
Cyclone Vardah killed Chennai's internet, so our writer sent us a handwritten story
Sandhya Ravishankar • 8 years agoThe uprooted trees have bee removed, the arterial roads have been cleared, and work is on full swing two days after cyclone Vardah tore into Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts
Cyclone Vardah: Govt taking all precautions at Kalpakkam nuclear power plant in Kancheepuram
• 8 years agoGovernment has taken all precautions for the safety of Kalpakkam nuclear power plant as Tamil Nadu faces a severe cyclonic storm Vardah on Monday.
Cyclone Vardah: Two people killed in Tamil Nadu as landfall process begins
• 8 years agoTwo persons were killed due to cyclonic storm "Vardah" which began making landfall near Chennai, uprooting trees, disrupting land and air transport, throwing normal life out of gear.
Madras High Court restricts demolishing a private property encroaching upon govt land
• 8 years agoThe Madras High Court has restrained the Kancheepuram district authorities from demolishing a private property allegedly encroaching upon government land at a village in the district