With this, the alert has been issued in 13 districts. People at Mayanur in Karur district have been advised to move to relief camps with authorities expecting the discharge to touch three lakh cusecs tomorrow.
Author: NT Bureau
Bengaluru: The Army has joined operations to rescue people stranded due to floods and landslides in rain-battered Kodagu district.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Kochi district of Kerala to see for himself the ravages of the monsoon and to check out on relief operations, has announced Rs 500 crore financial assistance to Kerala.
The teams will assess the situation in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Mysuru, Kodagu, Chamarajanagara, Shivamogga and Chikkamagaluru.
Lions Club of Central Madras celebrated its 48th Charter Nite here recently, in which the guests and the well-wishers poured encomiums on the services rendered by the members. Not only that, its past district governor and charter member G V Raman, who has 51 years of service in the club, was felicitated on the occasion. He was earlier conferred with Ambassador of Goodwill Award from Lions Clubs International.
The State capital Chennai region also remains one of SBI’s strongest market where it has a 22.4 per cent market share among all private life insurers.
India Inc paid a glowing tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, describing the former Prime Minister as a ‘great economic reformer’ under whose visionary leadership the country made rapid strides in economic growth.
RSS leaders Mohan Bhagwat and Suresh Joshi condoled the death of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Police have registered a case against two men for allegedly cheating an Erode-based businessman of Rs one crore here.