Cyclone Michaung leaves trail of death and destruction

At least 12 people lost their lives in various rain-related incidents in and around Chennai even as personnel on fishing boats and farm tractors were engaged in rescuing stranded people in the city......

Cyclone Michaung paralyses Chennai, revives fears of 2015 flood

Cyclone Michaung wreaked havoc across Chennai and its neighboring districts, inundating the city, causing disruptions in flights and trains, and startling residents with a video capturing a......

Heavy rains lash Chennai, Stalin tells ministers to rush to rain-hit areas

Heavy rains pounded Chennai and other northern coastal regions of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday as a low pressure area developed into a well-marked low pressure area. IMAGE: Rainwater enters the......

'Omicron produces less severe illness'

'Perhaps Covid will stay with us for another a year or two before becoming a milder version.' IMAGE: Health workers walk past passengers waiting in a queue during COVID-19 testing at the Katra......

Railways to try out new signalling system

Electronic devices installed along tracks provide train signals to a computer fitted in the locomotive.If a driver goes over the designated speed, a dashboard in front of him gives a red alert sign......

Catering becomes optional in one Rajdhani, Shatabdi Express

Passengers have to specifically opt out from the mandatory food option and catering charges will be excluded from the ticket fare Seeking to explore the possibility of making mandatory catering......

Railway Budget has cheated people: Lalu

'It is all over. It has derailed. There is nothing in the Rail budget,' Lalu Prasad said. Two former Railway ministers-- Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad--and a leader of Trinamool Congress,......

A white elephant called the Bullet train

The Bullet train is a childish desire of the government to join an elite club at the cost of 99.9 per cent of rail passengers, says S Pushpavanam. Image: Japan's bullet train, or the shinkansen,......

Rohit's pep talk for struggling Mumbai Ranji team

India's limited overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma "spoke to the Mumbai Ranji team on how to overcome the current situation". IMAGE: India ODI and T20I vice-captain Rohit Sharma. Photograph: BCCI......

Why India's former captain killed himself

On Tuesday morning, Pallavaram railway station in suburban Chennai was all hustle and bustle as usual. Nobody paid too much attention to a man sitting on a bench on platform number 2, reading a......

V P Sathyan commits suicide

Former India football captainV P Sathyan committed suicide by jumping in front of a train in Chennai on Tuesday morning. He was 41. He is survived by his wife and a 10-year-old daughter.A......