Heavy rain pounds southern Tamil Nadu; NDRF teams deployed

Heavy rains under the influence of a cyclonic circulation lashed southern Tamil Nadu on Sunday, inundating several areas in districts including Kanyakumari. IMAGE: NDRF personnel head towards......

My village is running dry and I am grieving

'The canal I bathed and swam in, has dried up. It’s the worst drought in 140 years. First the mango trees died. Then the coconut trees. Finally the hardy palm trees have died.' A Ganesh Nadar......

Inside Tamil Nadu's thirsty villages

IMAGE: A boy collects drinking water for his family from a small well dug into a beach in Chennai. Photograph: Reuters With a 60 per cent rainfall deficit in 2016, Tamil Nadu is witnessing its......

'What's more important? Feeding people or enriching 1 person?'

'Why should farmers who give us food be vacated to hand over their property to a private company held by one individual?' asks activist S P Udaykumar. IMAGE: Farmers protest against the proposed......