As cyclone Nilam made landfall near Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday evening, heavy rains and gale-force winds hit several coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, killing at least three people.

A young marine engineer drowned at sea off Besant Nagar here and a sevenyear-old boy died in wall collapse near Arakkonam as the blustery cylone Nilam wreaked havoc on Wednesday along the coastal area

Cyclone Nilam has so far claimed lives of eight people in Tamil Nadu and three in Andhra Pradesh.

The devastating storm swept across north Tamil Nadu coast near Mahabalipuram.

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Fifteen sailors were on Thursday rescued and a search was on for six other missing crew who were on board an oil tanker that drifted and ran aground off the city coast in high velocity winds before th

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.

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The Archaeological Survey of India proposes to notify the ancient Sthalasayana Perumal temple, Mahabalipuram, as a monument of national importance under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites