A holiday for all government and private schools, as well as colleges, on Tuesday (December 3), has been announced due to heavy rainfall caused by Cyclone Fengal, said Puducherry's Education Minister,
Entire Puducherry town is flooded in yesterday’s heavy downpour of 46 cm rainfall, the highest since 2004 when it was 21 cm.
Cyclonic Storm Fengal crossed the North Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts during the early hours of Sunday morning and is likely to continue moving west-southwestward, weakening into a deep depression within the next few hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Moving at a much reduced speed of 6 kmph than the previous 13 kmph, the centre of the cyclonic system would take another three to four hours to cross the coast, the Regional Meteorological Centre said.
President Droupadi Murmu has appointed new Governors in nine states and a new Lieutenant Governor in Puducherry.
President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday urged the University of Madras to invest more in cutting-edge research, encourage inter-disciplinary studies and promote international collaborations.
A pet dog continued waiting for its owner for a night after she jumped into the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh's Ambedkar Konaseema district.
The districts that are on alert include Chengalpattu, Villupuram and Kancheepuram.
A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal that has intensified into Cyclonic Storm Mandous will likely cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry by December 9 midnight, the weather department said Thursday.
It is also alleged that he has asked its Chief Minister N. Rangaswamy to resign like Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.
