Cyclone Vardah Tamil Nadu

Ahead of monsoon in Tamil Nadu, efforts are being made to make up for the one lakh trees that were destroyed when cyclone Vardah hit the state last year.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately release relief funds for the drought-hit state and for the damage caused by Cyclone Vardah.

The badly decomposed bodies of three persons that had washed ashore off Sirkazhi coast have been identified as those of the fishermen from Chennai, who were reported missing after they went fishing just before cyclone Vardah struck, police said today.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today accused the Centre of 'betraying' Tamil Nadu by not releasing interim relief to the state in the wake of cyclone Vardah.

The nine-member Inter-Ministerial team deputed by the Centre to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Vardah in Tamil Nadu today assured the state government that it will make an in-depth assessment and submit its report at the earliest.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today and asked for 22,500 crores for relief after Cyclone Vardah hit the state last week.

Cyclone Vardah, which struck Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh on Monday, has caused extensive damage to Chennai city which is yet to return to normalcy.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), otherwise also engaged in a legal wrangle in Supreme Court, which may culminate on Thursday, would be hoping, along with the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) that the match is played through its course of five days.

For three days since Cyclone Vardah barreled through Tamil Nadu, people in Thiruvallur district have been living in the dark. Literally. And many of them are thirsty. Those who can are making a beeline for petrol pumps -- to get water from borewells located there.

Two days after Cyclone Vardah left a trail of devastation in Chennai and other districts, public services have been partially restored with several government agencies working round-the-clock to ensure complete normalcy.

Opposition Congress, Left and DMK today sought immediate sanction a financial package to provide relief to cyclone ravaged Tamil Nadu, a demand which Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said will be considered by the government.

DMK Treasurer and Tamil Nadu Opposition Leader MK Stalin today rode pillion on a two wheeler to visit cyclone Vardah-affected areas in his Kolathur Assembly constituency.

Telecommunication network services were hit the most by Cyclone Vardah that barrelled through the city of Chennai yesterday, leaving many people without any means to contact their near and dear ones.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today took reviewed with senior officials the progress of relief operations in Cyclone Vardah affected areas of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

A day after Cyclone Vardah wreaked havoc in Chennai, Chief Minister O Panneerselvam wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking for an immediate release of Rs 1,000 crore from National Disaster Response Fund for relief and reconstruction work in the state. In Tamil Nadu, the cyclone cost 16 lives, wrecked 7,000 houses, power infrastructure and fe...

Ahead of monsoon in Tamil Nadu, efforts are being made to make up for the one lakh trees that were destroyed when cyclone Vardah hit the state last year.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately release relief funds for the drought-hit state and for the damage caused by Cyclone Vardah.

The badly decomposed bodies of three persons that had washed ashore off Sirkazhi coast have been identified as those of the fishermen from Chennai, who were reported missing after they went fishing just before cyclone Vardah struck, police said today.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today accused the Centre of 'betraying' Tamil Nadu by not releasing interim relief to the state in the wake of cyclone Vardah.

The nine-member Inter-Ministerial team deputed by the Centre to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Vardah in Tamil Nadu today assured the state government that it will make an in-depth assessment and submit its report at the earliest.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today and asked for 22,500 crores for relief after Cyclone Vardah hit the state last week.

Cyclone Vardah, which struck Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh on Monday, has caused extensive damage to Chennai city which is yet to return to normalcy.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), otherwise also engaged in a legal wrangle in Supreme Court, which may culminate on Thursday, would be hoping, along with the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) that the match is played through its course of five days.

For three days since Cyclone Vardah barreled through Tamil Nadu, people in Thiruvallur district have been living in the dark. Literally. And many of them are thirsty. Those who can are making a beeline for petrol pumps -- to get water from borewells located there.

Two days after Cyclone Vardah left a trail of devastation in Chennai and other districts, public services have been partially restored with several government agencies working round-the-clock to ensure complete normalcy.

Opposition Congress, Left and DMK today sought immediate sanction a financial package to provide relief to cyclone ravaged Tamil Nadu, a demand which Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said will be considered by the government.

DMK Treasurer and Tamil Nadu Opposition Leader MK Stalin today rode pillion on a two wheeler to visit cyclone Vardah-affected areas in his Kolathur Assembly constituency.

Telecommunication network services were hit the most by Cyclone Vardah that barrelled through the city of Chennai yesterday, leaving many people without any means to contact their near and dear ones.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today took reviewed with senior officials the progress of relief operations in Cyclone Vardah affected areas of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

A day after Cyclone Vardah wreaked havoc in Chennai, Chief Minister O Panneerselvam wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking for an immediate release of Rs 1,000 crore from National Disaster Response Fund for relief and reconstruction work in the state. In Tamil Nadu, the cyclone cost 16 lives, wrecked 7,000 houses, power infrastructure and fe...