Floods claim over 100 lives across India
Aug 11, 2019, at 11:34 am
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IBNS): The flood situation across India have left more than 100 people dead in the last one week and lakhs have been moved from their native places in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala, the three worst-hit states.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to visit flood-hit Wayanad tomorrow
Aug 10, 2019, at 04:30 pm
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Wayanad constituency, which has been badly hit by flood, on Sunday.
Trains services badly hit by flooding of rail tracks in Kerala; several cancelled
Aug 10, 2019, at 11:51 am
Thiruvananthapuram/Kochi, Aug 10 (UNI) Due to flooding and trees falling on rail tracks in Kerala, several express trains have been fully/partially cancelled and some are diverted.
Rahul to visit Kerala flood-affected areas in Malappuram, Wayanad tomorrow
Aug 10, 2019, at 11:41 am
Kozhikode, Aug 10 (UNI/IBNS) Outgoing AICC President Rahul Gandhi will reach here on Sunday and will visit Malappuram and Wayanad in Kerala, which are the worst-affected due to heavy rains.
Kerala: Heavy rains hit normal life, 22,165 people lodged in 315 relief camps
Aug 09, 2019, at 09:03 am
Kochi, Aug 9 (IBNS): Amid heavy rains and water logging which has hit normal life in Kerala and forced 22,165 people to lodge in 315 relief camps across the state, authorities have suspended operations of the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) till Sunday.
Media should create awareness among people that violence has no place in democracy: Rajnath Singh
Sep 28, 2018, at 07:46 am
New Delhi, Sept 28 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the media should play a role in creating awareness among people against the use of violence in the country.
Rahul Gandhi to visit Kerala tomorrow, meet victims
Aug 27, 2018, at 04:23 pm
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced he will visit flood-hit Kerala for two days from Tuesday.
Kerala floods: As water level subsides, victims now face snake menace
Aug 25, 2018, at 12:22 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 25 (IBNS): As the water level in flood-hit Kerala is slowly receding, paving way for normalcy, the victims in India's southern most state now face a new reptile menace.
Rahul Gandhi wishes people on Onam, directs country to help in rebuilding Kerala
Aug 25, 2018, at 10:02 am
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): Wishing the nation on Onam, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday directed people of the country to focus their attention on rebuilding flood-ravaged Kerala.
Kerala floods : Efforts on to restore essential services
Aug 21, 2018, at 02:53 pm
Thiruvanthapuram/Kochi, Aug 21 (IBNS) : Even though the rain stopped and water receded in some areas, the flood-ravaged Kerala on Tuesday kept struggling to come back to normal as massive efforts were going on to restore essential services alongside the relief and rescue operations to cope with what the Centre has declared as a "calamity of severe nature."
Tripura government announces to donate Rs. 1 crore for Kerala flood victims
Aug 21, 2018, at 09:10 am
Agartala, Aug 21 (IBNS): The Tripura government on Tuesday announced donating Rs. 1 crore for relief work in flood-hit Kerala.
Rain subsides in Kerala, red alert withdrawn, but massive rescue and relief operation goes on
Aug 20, 2018, at 02:58 pm
Thiruvanthapuram, Aug 20 (IBNS) : The Indian Meteorological Department has withdrawn red alert from all the districts of Kerala following let up in rainfall even though the situation in the flood-ravaged state remained grim with widespread destruction and lakhs of people being homeless.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announces to give Rs. 10 crore for Kerala flood relief
Aug 19, 2018, at 07:10 pm
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced her government will donate Rs. 10 crore to the Kerala Chief Ministers relief fund to help people of the flood-hit state.
Bringing relief rains subside in flood-hit Kerala
Aug 19, 2018, at 10:35 am
Kochi, Aug 19 (IBNS): Bringing some relief to the state of Kerala, rains have subsided finally, allowing the authorities to limit the red alert to only three of the 14 districts.
Declare condition in Kerala as national disaster: Rahul Gandhi urges PM Modi
Aug 18, 2018, at 07:59 pm
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the condition of flood-hit Kerala as 'a national disaster'.
BJP leader Varun Gandhi donates Rs. 2 lakh for flood-hit Kerala
Aug 18, 2018, at 07:15 pm
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IBNS): BJP leader Varun Gandhi on Saturday announced he has donated Rs. 2 lakh to the Kerala Chief Minister's Relief Fund for the flood-hit people of the southern state,
Mamata Banerjee expresses solidarity with people of flood-hit Kerala
Aug 18, 2018, at 04:45 pm
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday expressed her solidarity with the people of flood-hit Kerala.
Kerala floods : PM Modi promises all out assistance, massive rescue operation goes on
Aug 18, 2018, at 04:03 pm
Kochi, Aug 18 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday promised all possible help and opened up central funds for Kerala flood victims while a massive rescue and relief operation was going on war footing involving the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and NDRF as the state kept struggling with the century's worst calamity.
Kerala floods: PM Modi promises all possible help, salutes people for fighting spirit
Aug 18, 2018, at 02:24 pm
New Delhi/Kochi, Aug 18 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Centre is providing all possible help, including financial assistance and social security schemes for the people of flood-ravaged Kerala.
NCMC meets for the second time in two days to review flood situation in Kerala
Aug 17, 2018, at 02:35 pm
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) met for the second time in two days in Delhi on Friday to review the rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas in Kerala.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit flood-hit Kerala today
Aug 17, 2018, at 09:52 am
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): Hours before he is scheduled to visit Kerala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the flood situation in the state.
Rajnath Singh visits flood-hit Kerala, announces Rs.100-crore immediate aid
Aug 13, 2018, at 01:17 pm
Thiruvanthapuram, Aug 13 (IBNS) : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who carried out an aerial survey of Kerala’s flood-affected areas on Sunday, described the calamity as "unprecedented" and announced an immediate aid of Rs. 100 crore even as the state demanded a package of more than Rs 8,000 crore, media reports said.
Kerala flood claims 29 lives, leaves 54000 homeless
Aug 10, 2018, at 11:53 pm
Kochi, Aug 10 (IBNS): At least 29 people are dead and nearly 54,000 are left homeless as incessant rains continue to flood almost half of Kerala, media reports said on Friday.
Flood situation in Kerala still grim, 26 people dead so far
Aug 10, 2018, at 08:08 pm
Kochi, Aug 10 (IBNS): The flood situation in Kerala turned further grim on Friday due to incessant rains since the last few days.
Incessant rain hits life in Kerala, all five gates of Idukki Reservoir opened
Aug 10, 2018, at 04:58 pm
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 10 (IBNS): With incessant rain disrupting life in Kerala, all the five gates of one of the dams of the Idukki water reservoir in the southern state have been opened to control the swelling water, adding trouble more trouble for the people.