Stay put, don’t ship out: HC
The Madras high court on Friday restrained motor vessel Pratibha Cauvery, pushed by strong winds from the outer anchorage to the shore in Besant Nagar, in which five of its crew members died when they
Post Nilam, potholes spook motorists
Many major roads in the city have been damaged and the surface coating has been washed away because of incessant rains
Continuous rain over the last two days have turned potholes on city roads into b
Bodies of all five sailors recovered
Bodies of all five sailors, who went missing after an oil tanker ran aground off the city beach hours before cyclone ‘Nilam’ made landfall on November 1, have been recovered.
While four bodies were r
Search for missing tanker crew on, experts quiz abandonment decision
The Indian Coast Guard on Thursday launched search and rescue operations for the five missing crew members of an oil tanker that ran aground here on Wednesday, an official said even as shipping expert
Cyclone Nilam leaves 3 dead
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.
Nilam leaves TN shaken
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 grounds Chennaiites
Cyclone Nilam has left not just roads battered, but oprooted 132 trees in the city and at least five electric poles went down unable to withstand the gusty winds.
Vehicular movement was at snail’s p
One dead, 5 missing from vessel
What was supposed to be a lifeboat turned out fateful for five seamen, who were last seen drifting away from the port.
Upon orders from captain Fernandaz, the seafarers were asked to reach ashore wi
Dip & rain: City chill & still
Bengalureans had to pull their sweaters and raincoats out on Wednesday as Cyclone Nilam in the neighbouring Tamil Nadu plunged the city temperatures, and brought incessant rains and heavy winds over t
Cyclone Nilam claims 11 lives, heavy rainfall expected during next 12 hours
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.
Heavy rains all thro