Floods claim over 100 lives across India

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

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

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

 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'.