Ayyappa devotees wishing to go to the hill shrine of Sabarimala for the Onam festival have been advised by authorities not to go there as flood waters in the Pampa river at the foothills have not receded.
Written by Maya Sharma | Tuesday August 21, 2018, Suntikoppa, Kodagu
Adverse circumstances can sometimes being out the best in people. In Suntikoppa in Karnataka's Kodagu district, the aim of giving support to those in need has seen people rise far above conventional religious divides. Thousands of people have been displaced by rains in the district - and hundreds are sheltered in a Ram temple, a church school and a madrassa - all close to each other.
In the wake of tropical cyclones and severe weather events in Kerala and Karnataka coasts, the centre has proposed to set up a Cyclone Warning Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) M Rajeevan said today.
The ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be immersed at six locations in Tamil Nadu, including the Cauvery, on August 26, the BJP state unit said today.
A DMK member and Tamil litterateur has lodged a police complaint against BJP national secretary H Raja, claiming he has been receiving threats after the latter's alleged libelous posts in social media against him.
Top environment experts who predicted devastating floods would hit Kerala, today said their warnings went unheeded by politicians eager to fast-track money-making projects.
With over 10 lakh (1 million) people still in relief camps in Kerala, their homes devastated by the savage monsoon that has claimed 237 lives since August 8, 'Onam' and Bakrid are going to be a subdued affair this year in the state.
With the flood waters in Keralareceding rapidly, the Cochin International Airport, one of the three in the state and the busiest, will open on August 26 - after 12 days of closure.
Over a dozen FMCG firms, including ITC, Coca Cola, Pepsi and Hindustan Unilever, have pledged to supply water bottle, food and necessary items to flood-hit areas of Kerala in the next two days, Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said today.
Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Tuesday August 21, 2018, Thiruvananthapuram
It has been a merciless monsoon for Kerala. The torrential rain over the last two weeks took nearly 200 lives, rendered lakhs homeless and sleepless. The floods have caused colossal damage to the picturesque coastal state which depends massively on tourism. The infrastructure has suffered multiple fractures.
