Cyclone Ockhi In India

The vulture Okhi was flown on an Air India flight in a special cage designed with proper ventilation and space.

A year has passed since the Cyclone Ockhi struck Kerala, but the wounds feel just as raw today. "My husband had ventured into the sea with three others a few hours before the cyclone alert was sounded," recalls Sherly Thomas, her voice quivering with emotion. "We tried calling them, telling them in any way possible about the approaching disaster, b...

Facing a severe financial crisis, the Kerala government today in its budget focussed on fiscal consolidation, restricting creation of new posts, purchase of vehicles and foreign tours, even as it reached out to fisherfolk with a Rs 2,000 crore package in the wake of cyclone Ockhi.

DMK today urged the Centre to declare Kanniyakumari as a national disaster hit district and requested it to sanction funds for taking up rehabilitation and relief works in the cyclone Ockhi affected areas there.

A total of 661 fishermen continue to remain missing in the aftermath of cyclone Ockhi, as per the figures available with the Union Government, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed Parliament on Wednesday.

The central team that is touring Cyclone Ockhi-hit villages in Kerala to assess the damages today sanctioned the first instalment of Rs 133 crore to the state government.

When the skies over Chennai darken with rain clouds, K. Srikanth's inbox starts to fill up.

DGP Jacob Thomas, the senior-most IPS officer in Kerala who was recently suspended for criticising the state government, today said the action was in "retaliation" of his anti-corruption stand and a "warning" to all public servants who stood against corruption.

The Union government on Friday refused to declare, as a "national calamity", Cyclone Ockhi in which 74 people lost their lives and as many as 214 went missing when it struck Tamil Nadu and Kerala last month.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a meeting with Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on the post-Ockhi situation in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari.

The Kerala government today dismissed as "baseless" reports in a section of media that it tried to intervene in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Ockhi-hit coastal areas in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited coastal villages in Tamil Nadu that were devastated by Cyclone Ockhi. He will return to Kerala and meet affecting fishing communities there.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Lakshadweep,Tamil Nadu and Kerala today to assess the damage caused by cyclone Ockhi, which left a trail of destruction in the two states and the Union Territory.

Congress President-elect Rahul Gandhi visited the fishing villages of Poonthura and Vizhinjam in Kerala which were adversely affected by Cyclone Ockhi. During the course of his Kerala visit, he also went to Thaikkad and Palayam in Kerala and Chinnathurai in Tamil Nadu. Rahul Gandhi was earlier scheduled to visit the cyclone affected areas on 1st De...

The death toll in the Ockhi cyclone that hit the Kerala coast mounted to 66 with more bodies being recovered even as the Centre assured the state government that search operations would continue for the missing fishermen.

The vulture Okhi was flown on an Air India flight in a special cage designed with proper ventilation and space.

A year has passed since the Cyclone Ockhi struck Kerala, but the wounds feel just as raw today. "My husband had ventured into the sea with three others a few hours before the cyclone alert was sounded," recalls Sherly Thomas, her voice quivering with emotion. "We tried calling them, telling them in any way possible about the approaching disaster, b...

Facing a severe financial crisis, the Kerala government today in its budget focussed on fiscal consolidation, restricting creation of new posts, purchase of vehicles and foreign tours, even as it reached out to fisherfolk with a Rs 2,000 crore package in the wake of cyclone Ockhi.

DMK today urged the Centre to declare Kanniyakumari as a national disaster hit district and requested it to sanction funds for taking up rehabilitation and relief works in the cyclone Ockhi affected areas there.

A total of 661 fishermen continue to remain missing in the aftermath of cyclone Ockhi, as per the figures available with the Union Government, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed Parliament on Wednesday.

The central team that is touring Cyclone Ockhi-hit villages in Kerala to assess the damages today sanctioned the first instalment of Rs 133 crore to the state government.

When the skies over Chennai darken with rain clouds, K. Srikanth's inbox starts to fill up.

DGP Jacob Thomas, the senior-most IPS officer in Kerala who was recently suspended for criticising the state government, today said the action was in "retaliation" of his anti-corruption stand and a "warning" to all public servants who stood against corruption.

The Union government on Friday refused to declare, as a "national calamity", Cyclone Ockhi in which 74 people lost their lives and as many as 214 went missing when it struck Tamil Nadu and Kerala last month.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a meeting with Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on the post-Ockhi situation in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari.

The Kerala government today dismissed as "baseless" reports in a section of media that it tried to intervene in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Ockhi-hit coastal areas in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited coastal villages in Tamil Nadu that were devastated by Cyclone Ockhi. He will return to Kerala and meet affecting fishing communities there.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Lakshadweep,Tamil Nadu and Kerala today to assess the damage caused by cyclone Ockhi, which left a trail of destruction in the two states and the Union Territory.

Congress President-elect Rahul Gandhi visited the fishing villages of Poonthura and Vizhinjam in Kerala which were adversely affected by Cyclone Ockhi. During the course of his Kerala visit, he also went to Thaikkad and Palayam in Kerala and Chinnathurai in Tamil Nadu. Rahul Gandhi was earlier scheduled to visit the cyclone affected areas on 1st De...

The death toll in the Ockhi cyclone that hit the Kerala coast mounted to 66 with more bodies being recovered even as the Centre assured the state government that search operations would continue for the missing fishermen.