Chennai, Nov 23 (IANS) Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Tamil Nadu will need Rs.8,481 crore towards flood relief and an immediate release of Rs.2,000 crore. According to her,…
Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) Anita Ashok Datar, an Indian-American woman who lived in the Washington DC area, was one of the victims killed in Friday’s terror attack at a hotel in Mali, according to a…
Hyderabad, Nov 20 (IANS) An engineering student of a college in Chennai committed suicide due to ragging by seniors, police said. Krishna Chaitanya on Friday night hanged himself from a ceiling fan in his house…
Hyderabad, Nov 20 (IANS) Nine people were killed in four different road accidents in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Friday, police said. Five people lost their lives in a collision between a bus and a…
Chennai, Nov 19 (IANS) With the rain abating in the last two days, flood relief work was proceeding fast on Thursday in the affected districts in Tamil Nadu where the toll has gone up to…
Chennai/New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday assured Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa “all possible help” as she sought funds to battle the massive floods in the state that have…
Paris, Nov 18 (IANS) An Indian-American rapper, Himanshu Suri, performed in Paris after questions were raised over safety in the French capital following November 13 terrorist attacks. Amid objections by his fans on Twitter over…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) VHP leader Ashok Singhal, who died in a Gurgaon hospital on Tuesday, will be cremated at Delhi’s Nigambodh Ghat on Wednesday, the Hindu right-wing organisation said. “His body will be…
Washington, Nov 17 (IANS) Six bodies have been recovered at a campsite in US’ Texas state, a media report said on Tuesday. The victims – four men, one woman and a child – were members…
Rehana Fatim Hyderabad, Nov 17 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a five-year-old girl died after being stuck in a lift in a private school here on Tuesday, police said. Syeda Zainab Fatima Jafrey, a student…
Hyderabad, Nov 17 (IANS) Heavy rains continue to lash three districts of Andhra Pradesh, killing at least five people and damaging crops over thousands of acres. Chittoor, Nellore and Kadapa districts bordering Tamil Nadu received…
Gurgaon, Nov 17 (IANS) VHP leader Ashok Singhal, who played a key role in the mass campaign that led to the razing of the Babri mosque in 1992, died here on Tuesday, doctors said. Singhal,…
Noida, Nov 17 (IANS) A Delhi Police Assistant Commissioner of Police committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver at his residence here. His wife was in critical condition after she also reportedly jumped…
Chennai, Nov 16 (IANS) The low pressure developing over the Bay of Bengal brought intermittent heavy showers here on Monday, even as the death toll from rain-related incidents in the past one week climbed to…
PARIS, Nov. 14, 2015 (Xinhua) — Police officers stand guard at a road leading to the Bataclan concert hall in Paris Nov. 14, 2015. Over 100 people were killed in a mass hostage-taking at the…
Chennai: Heavy rains lash Chennai on Oct 31, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Nov 15 (IANS) Steady rain in most parts of coastal Tamil Nadu due to a depression over the Bay of Bengal put normal…
Paris, Nov 14 (IANS) There is no report yet of any Indian killed or wounded in the deadly Paris terror attacks, the Indian embassy here said on Saturday. “As of now there is no report…
Paris, Nov 14 (IANS) Over 150 people were killed in the terror attacks in Paris at multiple sites. The locations, according to French media reports: – Gun and suicide bomb attacks at Bataclan concert venue,…
Chennai, Nov 14 (IANS) Telugu actor Nandoo, who left for Paris on Friday from New Delhi, says he’s currently staying with a friend in Frankfurt since the news about the terror attacks in the French…
Paris, Nov 14 (IANS) Terrorists who killed more than 150 people in a string of terror attacks here shouted “This is for Syria” as they opened fire and exploded bombs, witnesses said. Over 110 of…