Tag: Tamil Nadu

Chennai: Fifteen people were killed on Monday when a wall collapsed on their houses near Coimbatore as torrential rains lashed Tamil Nadu, said police. According to the police, at around 5.30 a.m., the 20-foot wall fell on four houses, resulting in their collapse and killing the victims while they were asleep. Police and fire service […]

Coimbatore/Thiruvananthapuram: Tragedy struck 48 passengers of an ill-fated Kerala transport bus at Tirupur in Tamil Nadu on Thursday, when the vehicle collided with a lorry head-on, leaving at least 20 dead and many injured and was reduced to a heap of metal in the impact. All the 20 were killed on the spot and six […]

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 480 and the number of cases to 14,378 in the country on Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 11,906, as many as 1,991 people have been cured and discharged, and one had migrated, it said. […]

Bhubaneswar: Citing that COVID19 cases in Odisha have doubled since his last address in a short span of time, Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik today said that the next few days are crucial for Odisha as people from other states will return and any mistake or lapses in handling the situation can lead to an […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday sought cooperation from his Tamil Nadu counterpart Edappadi K. Palaniswami for safe return of Odia people stranded in the southern state due to coronavirus- triggered nationwide lockdown. Patnaik made the request of return of Odias to the Tamil Nadu chief minister through video conferencing which was also […]

New Delhi: Health infrastructure should be ramped up to ensure preparedness for the next two months in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has conveyed to eleven municipal areas in the country that have accounted for 70 per cent of India’s coronavirus case load. Eleven municipal areas from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Delhi, […]

Cuddalore: An alleged attempt by a 19-year-old man to “open a branch of the State Bank of India” at Panruti near here was scuttled and he was arrested for forgery, police said here on Saturday. The man, son of retired SBI employees, had readied fake seals and challans of the public sector lender and had […]

Chennai: Another row over Hindi has erupted in Tamil Nadu with the DMK alleging yoga and naturopathy practitioners from the state were asked to leave a virtual meet held by the AYUSH department if they did not understand the language and seeking action against officials concerned. The episode “exposed” the BJP-led government’s agenda of imposing […]

Soro: A bus which was supposed to ferry migrant workers back to Tamil Nadu from Balasore District, Soro has been halted by the local village Sarpanch. The bus has come all the way from the southern state to pick migrant workers. According to sources, the bus didn’t have a Covid travel pass and was carrying […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Tuesday announced the extension of Covid-19 lockdown in the state till October 31, though giving some additional relaxations. Palaniswami also said the Government Order issued earlier allowing students of Classes 10, 11 and 12 standard to go to school to clear doubts from October 1 has been […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday announced Rs 10,000 as immediate assistance to each household affected by the floods in and around Hyderabad. He also announced that all the houses which were totally damaged in the rains and floods would be given an assistance of Rs 1 lakh each, and those partially […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister R. Doraikkannu, a Covid-19 patient, has succumbed to Covid-19, said a senior official of Kauvery Hospital. “With deep grief, we announce the sad demise of the Honourable Minister for Agriculture, Thiru R. Doraikkannu on 31.10.2020 at 11.15 p.m.,” said Aravindan Selvaraj, Executive Director in a statement issued here. Earlier on […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami has requested his Rajasthan and Odisha counterparts to revoke the ban on sale and use of firecrackers in their respective states, considering its impact on about eight lakh workers in Tamil Nadu, the national fireworks hub. In identical letters to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and Rajasthan CM Ashok […]

New Delhi: Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Prahlad Patel on Wednesday handed over 13th century bronze idols of Lord Rama, Lakshman and goddess Sita to the Tamil Nadu government at the ASI headquarters here, restituting the artifacts which were stolen over 20 years ago. On September 15, London Metropolitan Police had handed over the […]

Bhubaneswar: The low pressure area over southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal has become well marked low pressure area and persists over the same region, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday. As per the latest IMD bulletin, the system is likely to concentrate into a depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal during next […]