Chennai Floods

Chennai, Dec 23: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that her state requires Rs.25,912 crore for flood relief measures. In a letter to Modi, the text of which was released to the media…

Chennai, Dec 11: Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan has extended his support to the rain-affected victims of Tamil Nadu by donating Rs.15 lakh to the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund. "The cheque of Rs.15 lakh has been handed over to…

New Delhi, Dec 10: AIADMK member M. Thambidurai on Thursday demanded that floods in the wake of heavy rains in Tamil Nadu should be declared a national calamity. Raising the issue after question hour in the Lok Sabha, Thambidurai, who is…

Chennai, Dec 8: US-headquartered IT company Cognizant, with major operations in Chennai, on Tuesday announced Rs.260-crore ($40 million) aid for flood relief measures here and assistance as loans, grants to its employees and business…

Chennai, Dec 8: The catastrophic loss of property and lives due to the floods in Tamil Nadu could cost insurance companies around Rs.1,500 crore though exact estimates will be known only later. "The loss due to floods is catastrophic. We…

Chennai, Dec 7: Partial air and train services resumed here on Sunday after days of disruption but intermittent rains added to the misery of a city reeling under the impact of unprecedented rains and floods. Chennai appeared to be split…

Chennai, Dec 6: With Tamil Nadu reeling under the worst floods to hit the state in a century and with rescue operations getting underway, actors Siddharth and RJ Balaji, popular among Tamil audiences, turned out to help the people.…

Chennai, Dec 4: Fourteen patients admitted in an intensive care unit of a private hospital near here died apparently due to power failure following floods, a doctor said on Friday. "Yesterday night we received 14 bodies from the MIOT…

Chennai, Dec 4: Life is limping back to normalcy in a few parts of Chennai as rains have stopped and the water level has begun to recede. But, in water-logged areas, the people's misery continues. Some shops opened in Mylapore and…

New Delhi, Dec 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday left for Chennai to "take stock of the situation arising due to the devastating floods". "Leaving for Chennai to take stock of the situation arising due to the devastating floods,"…