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People riding a scooter wade through a waterlogged road after heavy rain near Marina Beach, in Chennai (PTI) Tamil Nadu Rain Live News: Amid continuing monsoon rains, residents of Chennai and suburbs are grappling with inundation, with many roads and subways being closed for traffic, while surplus water continued to be released from reservoirs. An […]

Tamil Nadu rains live updates: Schools, colleges closed in Chennai, Tenkasi today Amid continuing rains, residents of Chennai and suburbs are grappling with inundation with many roads and subways being closed for traffic, while surplus water continued to be released from reservoirs. Meanwhile, holiday has been declared for city schools and colleges on Monday. Stay […]

CHENNAI: As heavy rain lashed the city on the second consecutive day, several areas reported inundation. The worst hit localities were K K Nagar, Ashok Nagar, West Mambalam and the southern region. More than 300 people were moved to shelters and several boats had to be deployed in Semmenchery, Perumbakkam and nearby areas. Raja Mannar […]

NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 hit Vellore in Tamil Nadu on Monday morning. Earthquake of Magnitude:3.6, Occurred on 29-11-2021, 04:17:22 IST, Lat: 12.78 & Long: 78.60, Depth: 25 Km ,Location… https://t.co/qXVFRcGqKa — National Center for Seismology (@NCS_Earthquake) 1638140631000 According to the National Center for Seismology, the quake occurred at 4.17am with a depth […]

A large pool of talent at the intersection of finance and technology, an ecosystem of global financial service companies, a sound tech infrastructure, and strong work ethics could help Chennai and other Tamil Nadu cities emerge as fintech hubs. Last week, the government released a fintech policy and proposed to set up a fintech city […]

Amid continuing monsoon rains, residents of Chennai and suburbs are grappling with inundation, with many roads and subways being closed for traffic, while surplus water continued to be released from reservoirs. Traffic diversions were enforced at many places and barricades put up to caution road users. While there were disruptions in the state-run local bus […]

Amid continued heavy rainfall inundating roads in several areas of capital Chennai, Tamil Nadu government has announced a holiday in schools and colleges in Chennai and 10 other districts for tomorrow. Earlier in the day, due to continuous and heavy rainfall, water-logging has been reported from several districts of Tamil Nadu. State revenue and disaster […]

Image used for representational purpose CHENNAI: Price of tomatoes, whose rates went through the roof for the past one week, has reduced in the local markets. The commodity was available for just Rs 40 a kg at T Nagar and Rs 45 and Rs 70 in Vadapalani and Valasaravakkam. However, tomatoes were not sold for […]

This November has been one of the wettest for Chennai which has recorded rainfall of 882.4 mm up to November 28 even as incessant rains in the past three days led to the city being inundated putting its residents through tremendous strain. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) the all-time record for […]