Flooding hits hospital services
51 patients evacuated and ICU ward shifted to first floor, at ESIC facility
51 patients evacuated and ICU ward shifted to first floor, at ESIC facility
From pumping out water to making food and distributing aid to households, the people of Chennai have come together, braved the water and taken on the monsoon. A number of non-governmental organisat...
Some MTC services affected as subways get flooded
With many houses under water, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) switched off power supply in various parts of the city as a precautionary measure.Several localiti...
Following the heavy rain, supply of Aavin milk to several areas of the city was affected on Monday. While it was delayed in some places, residents in a few localities complained that they did not g...
Residential localities, vacant plots flooded; traffic hit
Productivity at the industrial estates across the city has taken a severe beating due to the heavy rain.Most of the units at the Ambattur, Padi and Mogappair industrial estates and some at t...
As Velachery and its surrounding areas were submerged on Monday, boats were pressed into service to rescue people stranded in flooded houses.Boats hired by the Chennai Corporation and Tamil...
Thanks to the timely help from the government machinery and Good Samaritans, a number of pets were rescued as the city came under sheets of water.Activists are finding it difficult to find p...
Many middle-class families move to hotels or relatives’ places as homes are flooded
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday imposed a fine of Rs. 1 lakh on a city-based college for admitting 100 students to the 1st year B.Ed course for the academic year 2014-15 without obtaining per...
A police head constable committed suicide at his house in Chamarajpet on Sunday night. The police suspect family problems to be the reason.Prakash (42) was attached to the law and order divi...
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: A Karnataka police team has arrived here to investigate a terror-related case following the arrest of a suspected aide of Bengaluru-blast case accused T. Nazeer. Kerala police had arrested Shahna...
A city-based vendor allegedly conned e-commerce giant Flipkart out of over Rs.1.5 lakh by obtaining inflated sums after delivering substandard and fake car accessories to customers.On Monday...
An ex-Army officer and an ascetic are among the six winners of the seventh annual Infosys Science Foundation awards for contributions in science and humanities.The winners – whose names were...
‘Govt. should charge twoper cent additional tax from corporates’
Wife in critical condition after reportedly jumping from sixth floor of apartment
Celia Blauel, Deputy Mayor for Paris in charge of environment and sustainable development, spoke to The Hindu at the Hotel de Ville or City Hall about the implications of Friday’s terrorist attacks in the city for politics, COP21, and France’s way of life.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday announced Rs. 500 crore towards relief and rehabilitation measures in the State following the havoc caused by the heavy rains during the North-East...
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announces Rs. 500 crore relief package
The 27-year-old Paris massacre mastermind is believed to be one of active operators of IS and the brains behind several attacks in Europe.