Siddhartha Mishra, national sports editor of the New Indian Express, died here Tuesday following a brief illness. He was 41.

Mishra, who hailed from Odisha capital Bhubaneswar, is survived by his par

Cyclone ‘Nilam’ crossed Chennai on Wednesday and makes landfall at Mahabalipuram, south of Chennai at about 4.30 pm. No major damage reported in Chennai.

The Met office advised total suspension of fi

Cyclone Nilam crossed the Tamil Nadu coast north of Chennai on Wednesday evening between Mamallapuram and Kalpakkam with strong winds battering the area, said an official of the India Meteorological D

While Cyclone Nilam is expected to cross the coast between Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, strong winds have made the ship Pratibha Cauvery run aground here, a senior port official said.

Speaking to I

Operations are on to rescue 15 crew members of ship Pratibha Cauvery that ran aground here as cyclone Nilam hit Tamil Nadu coast on Wednesday afternoon, said an official, even as a person died in the

With the meteorological department issuing a warning of cyclonic storm, schools and colleges in Chennai are remained closed on Tuesday.

The depression off the coast in Bay of Bengal intensified on

Agni is not only an Indian missile and Bijli is not only a firecracker. These are also names of cyclones which have hit the Indian Oce­an in the past. Some other Indian names given to tropical cyclone

A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal, which would further intensify into a cyclonic storm, on Tuesday brought heavy rains in many parts of Tamil Nadu, especially in coastal areas, prompting the go

DMDK chief Vijayakanth has sought an appointment with chief minister Jayala­li­t­haa ‘to discuss the proble­ms in (his) constituency’.

This is seen as an attempt to counter alleged moves by the ruli

At least 1,500 anti-nuclear activists and leaders of different political outfits were detained when they tried to lay siege to the Assembly seeking scrapping of Kudankulam nu­clear power project (KKNP