Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday assured Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam of the Centre’s assistance after cyclone Vardah left a trail of destruction in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Cyclone Vardah crossed the Chennai coast and ripped through the city killing two and leaving a trail of destruction in the form of uprooted trees, damaged roof sheets and more. “The…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government declared a holiday on Tuesday for all educational institutions in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur districts. In a brief statement issued here the government said all government and…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Cyclone Vardah crossed the Chennai coast and ripped through the city killing two and leaving a trail of destruction in the form of uprooted trees, damaged roof sheets and more. “The…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday talked to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers to take stock of situation in their states as Cyclone Vardah hit land. “Spoke…
Patna/Kathmandu, Dec 12 (IANS) A journalist and an organisation from India have won ICT for Mountain Development Award 2016 in recognition and honour of their ICT-enabled innovations and practices, officials said on Monday. The innovations…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Thousands of passengers were stranded on Monday, as 90 trains were delayed and 16 cancelled due to dense fog in parts of north India. According to a Northern Railway official,…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday expressed concern over the hardships people of Tamil Nadu faced due to cyclone Vardah which killed two people. “As cyclone Vardah crosses the coast…
Bhopal, Dec 12 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said the campaign to keep river Narmada pollution-free is related to welfare of humans and nature’s protection. On the second day of…
Bhopal, Dec 12 (IANS) Stockholm Water Prize winner Rajendra Singh has cautioned that if honest effort is not made to preserve the Narmada, the river will soon be counted among the polluted rivers in India….
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) A part of cyclone Vardah hit the Tamil Nadu coast on Monday afternoon, with winds touching 90 kmph and killing two people, while the central part of it is the process…
Vijayawada, Dec 12 (IANS) Parts of south coastal Andhra got heavy rains on Monday under the impact of severe cyclone Vardha which crossed the Tamil Nadu coast. The rains accompanied by strong winds lashed Nellore…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Cyclone Vardah on Monday afternoon crossed the Tamil Nadu coast near Chennai, bringing in strong winds, residents as well as officials said. According to officials, the landfall would continue for around…
Colombo, Dec 12 (IANS) Sri Lankan Airlines on Monday cancelled all flights to Chennai due to cyclone Vardah hitting the Tami Nadu coast, officials said. Airline spokesman Deepal Perera said the Chennai International Airport was…
Hyderabad, Dec 12 (IANS) The railway authorities on Monday cancelled or diverted several trains ahead of severe cyclonic storm Vardah which is set to make landfall near Chennai. The South Central Railway (SCR) partially cancelled…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) With strong winds blowing across the city on Monday due to cyclone Vardah, several flights were diverted, cancelled and delayed in Chennai. “As the wind speed is around 50 knots, it…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) Mass genetic screenings that track populations vulnerable to arsenic poisoning — much before cancerous symptoms start showing — can help tackle its scourge in Bengal and across South…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) With cyclone Vardah set for landfall near Chennai, strong winds and rains lashed the city and northern Tamil Nadu and people in low lying areas were evacuated to safer places. According…
Islamabad, Dec 12 (IANS) A severe water crisis looms over the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad as the Khanpur Dam is drying up fast owing to the prolonged dry spell. Dam officials told Dawn…
New York, Dec 12 (IANS) While the growth of carbon dioxide emissions has flattened out in recent years, global concentrations of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas and cause of climate change, are now growing faster…