Pulicat

Two people have died as Cyclone Vardah hit the coast just north of Chennai on Monday afternoon. Strong winds and rain lashed the city, uprooting trees and shattering glass in buildings. The cyclone made landfall with a wind speed of about 130 kmph. The Met department has repeatedly asked people to stay indoors. Roads are flooded in many places. Fli...

Cyclonic storm 'Vardah' will make landfall between north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh on Monday prompting rescue and armed forces, including the Navy, to sound an alert. Tamil Nadu has announced a holiday for schools and colleges in Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, and parts of Villupuram. Cyclone Vardah, which was 330 km east of Chennai o...

A wrangle among fishermen of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh over plying their trade in a particular region of Pulicat lake that sprawls over both states has led the district administration to ban fishing at the troubled spot.

India's second largest brackish water lake at Pulicat in South India is under threat. If the centre has its way a major 50 million tonne port may come up just two kilometres away.

Two days after 20 members of a family lost their lives in Pulicat Lake, the relatives of the deceased seem to be involved in a turf war over the custody of the three surviving children. The relatives of businessman Sundarapandian, the patriarch of the family who died in the accident, alleged that the tension in the family began once the children - ...

22 people were killed after the boat in which they went on a pleasure trip capsized in Pulicat Lake today, about 60 kilometres from Chennai, police said.

Two people have died as Cyclone Vardah hit the coast just north of Chennai on Monday afternoon. Strong winds and rain lashed the city, uprooting trees and shattering glass in buildings. The cyclone made landfall with a wind speed of about 130 kmph. The Met department has repeatedly asked people to stay indoors. Roads are flooded in many places. Fli...

Cyclonic storm 'Vardah' will make landfall between north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh on Monday prompting rescue and armed forces, including the Navy, to sound an alert. Tamil Nadu has announced a holiday for schools and colleges in Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, and parts of Villupuram. Cyclone Vardah, which was 330 km east of Chennai o...

A wrangle among fishermen of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh over plying their trade in a particular region of Pulicat lake that sprawls over both states has led the district administration to ban fishing at the troubled spot.

India's second largest brackish water lake at Pulicat in South India is under threat. If the centre has its way a major 50 million tonne port may come up just two kilometres away.

Two days after 20 members of a family lost their lives in Pulicat Lake, the relatives of the deceased seem to be involved in a turf war over the custody of the three surviving children. The relatives of businessman Sundarapandian, the patriarch of the family who died in the accident, alleged that the tension in the family began once the children - ...

22 people were killed after the boat in which they went on a pleasure trip capsized in Pulicat Lake today, about 60 kilometres from Chennai, police said.