President of India to visit Tamil Nadu on Friday and Saturday
Sep 08, 2016, at 07:15 pm
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IBNS): President of India Pranab Mukherjee will visit Tamil Nadu on Sep 9 and 10, 2016, the President's Secretariat announced on Thursday.
Oman air makes emergency landing in Goa
Jul 28, 2016, at 08:39 pm
Panaji, July 28 (IBNS): An Omar Air flight, which was on its way from Muscat to Chennai made emergency landing in Goa after a passenger suffered cardiac arrest, reports said.
Search operation for missing IAF plane continues, Manohar Parrikar reviews
Jul 23, 2016, at 11:41 pm
New Delhi, July 23 (IBNS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar personally reviewed the ongoing search operations initiated to locate the missing Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft during his visit to INS Rajali, the Naval Air Station at Arakkonam on Saturday.
Search operation for missing IAF plane continues, Manohar Parrikar to visit Chennai
Jul 23, 2016, at 05:53 pm
New Delhi, July 23 (IBNS) : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will visit Chennai on Saturday to oversee the search operations for an Indian Air Force (IAF) plane that vanished from the sky with 29 people on board on Friday.
IAF plane goes missing with 29, massive search operation on
Jul 22, 2016, at 11:21 pm
New Delhi, July 22 (IBNS) : An Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 transport plane bound for Port Blair in the Andaman island carrying with 29 aboard, mostly military personnel, went missing after it took off from Chennai on Friday morning, prompting a massive search operation by Navy ships, IAF officials said.
IAF plane goes missing with 29 aboard
Jul 22, 2016, at 07:40 pm
New Delhi, July 22 (IBNS) : An Indian Air Force (IAF) plane with 29 aboard went missing after it took off from Chennai on Friday morning, reports said.
My family members are afraid of going out, says Infosys techie's father
Jun 29, 2016, at 01:47 am
Chennai, June 28 (IBNS) The father of a woman Infosys employee, who was killed by an attacker at a railway station in Chennai last week, said their family members are afraid going out of the house since the incident took place.
Chennai: Woman Infosys employee hacked to death at railway station
Jun 24, 2016, at 08:42 pm
Chennai, June 24 (IBNS) A woman employee of software giant Infosys was hacked to death by an unknown person in Chennai's Nungambakkam railway station on Friday, reports said.
Chennai: Teen mowed down by train while attempting to click selfie
Feb 01, 2016, at 04:45 pm
Chennai, Feb 1 (IBNS) Adding to the growing number of 'selfie death', a 17-year old youth on Sunday evening was mowed down by a train when he tried to click a selfie while standing on the tracks, according to reports.
60 protesters demanding Smriti Irani's resignation detained in Chennai
Jan 27, 2016, at 08:04 pm
Chennai, Jan 27 (IBNS) Sixty protesters, demanding the resignation of union ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya over the suicides of Hyderabad research scholar Rohith Vemula and three medical students in Tamil Nadu, were detained in Chennai on Wednesday, reports said.
IAF winds up TN relief operations
Dec 09, 2015, at 12:10 am
Chennai, Dec 8 (IBNS): The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday said it has winded up relief operations in rain-hit Tamil Nadu.
Chennai: Commercial flight operations to begin from today
Dec 06, 2015, at 02:42 pm
Chennai, Dec 6 (IBNS): Commercial flight operations from the Chennai airport will resume from Sunday, officials said.
Chennai: Rescue operations gain momentum, PM announces ex-gratia for Tamil Nadu flood victims
Dec 06, 2015, at 03:13 am
Chennai, Dec 5 (IBNS) Rescue and relief operations gained momentum on Saturday while the Chennai airport runway became dry which will help in starting flight operations from Sunday as the south Indian city battled to recover from the massive rains which left several people dead since last month.
Chennai airport to start partial operations tomorrow
Dec 05, 2015, at 04:18 am
Chennai, Dec 4 (IBNS): Even as heavy rain lashed Tamil Nadu on Friday, Chennai airport officials has announced that flight operations will partially resume from Saturday after being suspended till Sunday, media reports said.
Dec 04, 2015, at 03:27 pm
Chennai, Dec 4 (IBNS): Giving respite to people, Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai has not experienced any rain since morning on Friday.
Chennai flood: PM Modi reaches Arakkonam
Dec 03, 2015, at 09:41 pm
Chennai, Dec 3 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narenedra Modi on Thursday reached the INS Rajali naval air station in Tamil Nadu's Arakkonam town on way to Chennai to take stock of the situation arising due to devastating floods that has hit the state.
IAF conduct relief, rescue operations in rain ravaged areas
Dec 03, 2015, at 12:02 am
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IBNS) Following incessant rains in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh and in large parts of Tamil Nadu, requests from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu Governments for positioning of helicopters at Tirupati and Tambram for relief and rescue were received by the Indian Air Force.
Chennai flood fury continues, situation may aggravate
Dec 02, 2015, at 08:25 pm
Chennai, Dec 2 (IBNS) The Chennai airport was shut, a bridge on the river Adyar closed as heavy rains, worst in 100 years, continued to batter parts of Tamil Nadu and its state capital on Wednesday crippling normal life while defence personnel swung into a massive rescue and relief operation battling with the unprecedented natural calamity.
Army columns in rescue and relief operations in Chennai
Dec 02, 2015, at 06:15 pm
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IBNS) Two Flood Rescue and Relief Columns of the Indian Army comprising of troops from the Garrison Infantry Battalion and Army's Engineer elements have begun flood rescue and relief operations in Tambaram, Mudichur, Manipakam, Guduvancheri and Urapakkam areas of Chennai since Tuesday evening following requisition by the Tamil Nadu government, reports said.
Tamil Nadu rain: Flight service badly hit in Chennai
Dec 02, 2015, at 03:10 pm
Chennai, Dec 2 (IBNS) Flight service has been badly affected in rain-hit Chennai due to water-logging in the runway of the Chennai Airport, reports said on Wednesday.
Army, Air Force in rescue and relief operations in Chennai
Nov 17, 2015, at 07:13 pm
Chennai, Nov 17 (IBNS) The Army, the Air Force and the Coast Guard have swung into action to rescue more than 5,000 people in Chennai as the flood situation remained grim following days of incessant rains.
Tamil Nadu to appoint first transgender sub inspector in Chennai
Nov 06, 2015, at 05:26 pm
Chennai, Nov 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS) In yet another boost to the transgender community in India, Chennai's K Prithika Yashini will soon be appointed as a Sub Inspector of Police, according to reports.
Chennai: GoAir flight hit by aerobridge, no one hurt
Jul 10, 2015, at 10:31 pm
Chennai, July 10 (IBNS): A GoAir flight was damaged after it was hit by an aerobridge at Chennai airport here on Friday, media reports said.
3 killed as motorcycle runs over pavement dwellers in Chennai
Jun 03, 2015, at 06:25 pm
Berne, June 3 (IBNS): Three pavement dwellers, including a woman, were killed in Chennai after a motorbike ran over them in the early hours of Wednesday.