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Dindigul has most drowning deaths in south Tamil Nadu

MADURAI: With nearly 315 of instances of drowning deaths reported between 2022 and 2024, Dindigul accounted for the highest number of such cases among the 10 districts in southern Tamil Nadu, according to data from the police department. Of the total 1,948 drowning deaths in the past three years, 280 deaths were reported in Thoothukudi, followed by 254 in Kanniyakumari, …

DGP reviews law and order situation, action taken against drug peddlers in southern districts

Director-General of Police Shankar Jiwal chaired a review meeting here with the top police officers to assess the law and order situation in the four southern districts and also on prevention of drug trafficking. Inspector General of Police Prem Anand Sinha, Tirunelveli Commissioner of Police Rupesh Kumar Meena, Deputy Inspector General of Police Pa. Moorthy, Tirunelveli Superintendent of Police N. …

Southern Districts

Several places in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal are set to witness light or moderate rain this week, with heavy rainfall expected in Theni, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari districts for the next two days. P. Senthamarai Kannan, Deputy Director General of Meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, said: “Around May 22, there may be a low pressure area over south west …

Floods paralyse life; massive rescue, relief operations on in four districts in south Tamil Nadu

Overnight historic rains and flooding paralysed life in the southern districts of Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Kanniyakumari on December 18. A massive rescue and relief operation is on with the help of defence forces to evacuate people from marooned homes in the districts, which have been cut off from the rest of Tamil Nadu. In response to the floods in …

Rescue efforts under way in full swing as south T.N. reels under record rain

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday said it had sought help from the armed forces in the relief and rescue efforts that were under way in full swing in the four Southern districts that had been battered by extremely heavy rainfall. Addressing the media, Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena said that a total of 17 State Disaster Response Force and …

Rain wreaks havoc in south Tamil Nadu paralysing Nagercoil, Thoothukudi, Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli

Published : Dec 18, 2023 21:33 IST - 4 MINS READ Chennai and its neighboring districts are still reeling from the devastation of cyclone Michaung when a second major deluge, this time paralysing four districts in southern Tamil Nadu, slammed the State. Almost every household in Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, and Thenkasi has been impacted by the relentless torrents of rain …

Four districts in south Tamil Nadu face acute drinking water crisis as dams go dry

Drinking water supply during this summer in four southern districts may be unprecedentedly erratic and give a major headache to the official machinery as storage level in Papanasam and Manimuthar dams that collectively take care of the drinking water supply in these districts has fallen sharply. Consequently, four southern districts may face acute drinking water shortagethis summer. With the storage …

February 03, 2023 06:57 pm | Updated 07:01 pm IST - TIRUNELVELI A bar-headed goose, which was tagged in Mongolia in July 2014, has been spotted in Koonthankulam - Kadankulam Birds Sanctuary in the district. The bar-headed goose, a native of East and South Asia, is one of the iconic winter migratory bird species that arrive at Koonthankulam-Kadankulam Bird Sanctuary. …

Western Railway and South Central Railway have decided to resume services of special trains between Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. HERE’S THE COMPLETE LIST: Bhavnagar-Kochuveli Spl: 09260 Bhavnagar-Kochuveli Spl will run every Tuesday from June 29 till further notice 09259 Kochuveli- Bhavnagar Spl will run every Thursday from July 1 Porbandar- Kochuveli Spl: 09262 Porbandar- Kochuveli Spl will …

Tirunelveli, is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha seat in South region and Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. In the 2011 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, there were a total of 2,05,140 eligible electors, of which 1,02,979 were male, 1,02,161 female and 6 voters of the third gender. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, AIADMK got the most votes this Assembly segment and DMK …