Chennai Flood
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Chennai Floods: People who lost passports will get fresh one free of charge
National | Dec 07, 2015, 03:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: People who lost their passports during floods in Chennai will be able to get fresh passports free of charge, Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj said today.“If your passport is lost or damaged
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Chennai Floods: IAF airlifts pregnant woman who later delivers twin girls (watch video)
India | Dec 07, 2015, 11:35 PM ISTChennai: In one of the most daring rescue operations in flood ravaged Chennai, an Indian Air Force chopper safely airlifted a nine-month pregnant woman from worst rain-affected area of the city who later delivered twin
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Life limps back to normalcy in flood-hit Chennai, flight operations resume
India | Dec 07, 2015, 02:27 PM ISTChennai: Life in flood-hit Chennai was slowly limping back to normalcy on Monday, with shops opening up and a massive clean up initiated in areas where the water levels have receded.The living conditions here were
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All flights to resume from Chennai airport
India | Dec 07, 2015, 10:51 AM ISTAll flights to resume from Chennai airportChennai: All domestic and international flights from Chennai, both day and night, will resume from today morning after partial day-time services operated.Obama urges Muslims leaders to speak up against
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Train, air services resume as fresh rain lashes Chennai
India | Dec 06, 2015, 02:45 PM ISTChennai: Regular train services resumed on Sunday from Chennai Central and Chennai Egmore stations after days of disruption due to floods, the Southern Railway said.The trains which will ply on Sunday include the Chennai-New Delhi
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Chennai rains: DHFL, others waive off penalty on EMI delay
Dec 06, 2015, 02:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: In view of difficulties faced by people of flood-hit Chennai, many financial institutions, including DHFL, have decided not to impose any penalty on the city's customers for delay in EMI payments.“We understand the
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Domestic passenger flights from Chennai to resume today
India | Dec 06, 2015, 12:13 PM ISTChennai: The airport authorities here have received requests from national carrier Air India to operate flights on Sunday after the AAI announced day-time operations of passenger flights from the airport."Air India has informed us that
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Chennai rains: 400 more rescued, flown to Delhi, Hyderabad
India | Dec 05, 2015, 11:34 PM ISTArakonnam Naval Base: Nearly 400 people, including university students, were taken to safety today by a team of defence and NDRF personnel as operations continued in full swing to rescue and distribute relief to those
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Jayalalithaa's 'Baahubali' poster: Salt on wounds for flood victims?
Life | Dec 07, 2015, 01:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: Devastating floods brought Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai to a standstill. Millions of locals literally came on roads with their belongings with their houses washed away in the overflowing water.Political parties, however, seem to
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Chennai Floods: Long queues at ATMs, petrol pumps
India | Dec 05, 2015, 07:03 PM ISTChennai: Heavy rains battered Chennai again on Saturday morning just as life began to limp to normalcy amid persisting power cuts and food shortages here and three other Tamil Nadu districts.Waterlogging continued in many parts
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Chennai floods: Tamil Nadu Guv lauds rescue efforts by state govt, Centre
India | Dec 04, 2015, 02:51 PM ISTChennai: Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah today lauded the relief and rescue efforts being undertaken by the AIADMK government and the Centre as he took stock of the situation in flood-affected areas of the state.The
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Chennai Floods: 14 ICU patients die due to power failure
India | Dec 04, 2015, 01:52 PM ISTChennai: In one of the biggest tragedies of Chennai floods, 18 ICU patients at the MIOT hospital in city died on Friday morning due to failure of power and oxygen cylinders.All 18 patients were on
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Sachin Tendulkar prays for flood victims, says Chennai is fighting back
Cricket | Dec 04, 2015, 11:24 AM ISTNew Delhi: Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar on Friday expressed his solidarity with the victims of floods in Chennai and hoped that the city will bounce back to normalcy soon.The Rajya Sabha MP expressed condolences with
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Chennai floods: NDRF sends 20 more teams; rescues 10,000
India | Dec 04, 2015, 06:37 PM ISTChennai: Teams of NDRF and army personnel and police and fire service men swung into action to rescue people from their flooded homes in Chennai as a relatively dry spell in the city and its
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US offers assistance for Chennai flood victims
World | Dec 04, 2015, 07:40 AM ISTWashington: The US has expressed its deepest condolences to the families of the people affected by the worst floods in Chennai and has offered assistance to address the humanitarian challenge "especially in the case of
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Chennai floods an alarm, concrete action needed against climate disruption: France
World | Dec 04, 2015, 11:50 AM ISTParis: Expressing concern over the worst ever floods in Chennai, France on Thursday said unprecedented magnitude of the flooding confirms that time is running out and “concrete and urgent” action needs to be taken against
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Watch Video: This raw footage of Chennai floods washing off a family will give you shivers
Life | Dec 03, 2015, 08:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: The massive rains have been creating havoc in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu from the last few days. At least 269 people have lost their lives in the natural disaster and
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Chennai Floods: Rang De Basanti's Siddharth is being the messiah
Bollywood | Dec 04, 2015, 10:36 AM ISTNew Delhi: Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu got drenched in record breaking rains. The daily life came to a standstill as worst showers hit the southern city in a century. The entire nation is
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NDRF to step up efforts in flood hit areas of Tamil Nadu
India | Dec 03, 2015, 12:15 PM ISTChennai: The Nation Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has said it will intensify its operations in the flood-affected areas of Tamil Nadu from today with more of its personnel being deployed on the ground. NDRF Director General O
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Chennai Floods: Students, migrants left stranded; railway stations turn into inns
India | Dec 03, 2015, 11:01 AM ISTChennai: Surviving on biscuits for the last two days and sleeping on the floor of the Tambaram Station on the outskirts of rain-hit Chennai, construction worker Saleem is waiting for a train to take him