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Chennai, Dec 4: Eighteen patients died in a private hospital here allegedly due to flooding of generator room and resultant snap of oxygen supply even as the Tamil Nadu government today indicated that it would probe the matter. The medical institution has declined to comment. Over the past several days when rains ravaged the city, a well known private hospital on the banks of the Adyar river in

Mumbai, Dec 4: Defending the practice of not allowing women to perform 'puja' at Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra Rural Development minister Pankaja Munde today opined that traditional rituals cannot be "linked with insult" of female fraternity. Munde's statement, which came in the wake of a woman offering 'puja' at the temple by breaching security, drew sharp reaction

Chennai, Dec 4: Rescue operations were in full swing on Thursday in the worst flood-affected areas of Chennai, its suburbs and neighbouring districts that enjoyed a welcome respite from the torrential rain. Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted an aerial survey and later announced Rs 1,000 crore additional aid. Heavy rain, however, continued to lash coastal Cuddalore, Villupuram and Kanyakumari

Chennai, Dec 3: Rescue and relief operations were in full swing today in the worst flood-affected areas of Chennai and suburbs and neighbouring districts which enjoyed a welcome respite from torrential rains as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a Rs 1,000 crore more aid to Tamil Nadu. Heavy rains continued to lash coastal Cuddalore district, one of the worst affected areas ever since North

New Delhi, Dec 3: Strongly pitching for surveillance of sex crime convicts after release, the WCD minister Maneka Gandhi has asked the law minister for enactment of a law for mandatory registration of such offenders, ahead of the release of the December 16 gangrape juvenile convict later this month. In a letter to Law Minister Sadanand Gowda, the Women and Child Development Minister said, "In

New Delhi, Dec 3: The heaviest rains in Tamil Nadu in over a century and floods have claimed 269 lives, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, describing the situation as "alarming". The minister also told the Lok Sabha that 54 people had been killed in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and two in Puducherry. "There are no two opinions that the situation in Tamil Nadu is alarming. It is not an

Chennai, Dec 3: Veteran industrialist and founder of the Rs 10,000-crore business empire Chettinad Group, M A M Ramaswamy, died here on Wednesday at the age of 84 following brief illness, his family said. The former Rajya Sabha MP was admitted to a hospital here following heart and kidney related ailments and breathed his last around 4:30 pm, they said. “He was suffering from heart and kidney

Chennai, Dec 2: As many as 3,500 people, including 1,500 passengers, were stranded this morning at the Chennai international airport, which has been closed for operations till next morning following flooding of the runway. Airports Authority of India (AAI) said all the stranded passengers are being moved out of the airport, but did not reveal the exact number of those evacuated so far. A NOTAM

Chennai, Dec 2: Life today came to a grinding halt in Chennai and its suburbs following the unprecedented deluge, with scores of stranded citizens making their way through waist-deep water with all modes of transport and communication falling prey to the rain fury. While the Army and Air Force were involved in rescue work and distribution of food packets at suburban Tambaram and Oorapakkam, ships

Chennai, Dec 2: Rain-ravaged Chennai was today crawling with air and road traffic severely hit as Army, Navy and NDRF teams stepped up rescue operations in worst-hit localities of the city that is also witnessing power outages. The non-stop torrential rains pounding the city since last night showed some let up in the morning but the inundated streets left commuters stranded. In view of the water