Tamil Nadu

Delta districts of Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai witnessed heavy rainfall during the past few ...

Pandian had urged Chief Minister Stalin to provide relief to the affected farmers from the State Disaster Response Fund. While the unseasonal rains are receding now, appropriate steps are being taken to drain water from fields. Stalin said he would have a meeting with the panel on on February 6.

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin announced ₹2 lakh each as compensation and relief assistance to the families of the victims.

Chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday deputed ministers to assess crop damage due to rains in Thanjavur, Trichy, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thiruva.

Four elderly women were killed and 11 others were injured in a stampede near Vanniyambadi in Tirupattur district of Tamil Nadu.

Further probe is underway." We are investigating the case and action will be taken in accordance with the law. Four elderly women were killed and 11 others were injured in a stampede near Vanniyambadi in Tirupattur district of Tamil Nadu.

A large number of devotees had gathered near the Vaniyambadi vegetable market in Tirupathur district to obtain the tokens for the free dhotis and sarees.

A large number of devotees had gathered near the Vaniyambadi vegetable market in Tirupathur district to obtain the tokens for the free dhotis and sarees. My deepest condolences to the bereaved families. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday condoled the death of 4 women in a stampede in Tirupathur in the state during the distribution of tokens for free dhoti and sarees and announced relief of Rs 2 lakh each to the victims’ families.

VANIYAMBADI: Four women, aged between 60 and 75, died while 12 others were injured in a stampede to collect tokens for free veshties and sarees being .

By the time order was restored by police and revenue officials, several women had been injured. Police said a local businessman who runs a blue metal company had offered free clothes for the Thaipoosam festival and at least 2,000 people, mostly women, had gathered outside his factory gates to collect tokens. The moment his staff opened the factory gates in the morning, there was a rush to get in and several women in the front of the crowd fell.

Four women died in a stampede at Vaniyambadi in Tamil Nadu where a private organisation was distributing free sarees as part of the Thaipooyam festival ...