Cyclone Ditwah nears Vedaranyam coast, forecasted to batter north T.N.
Torrential downpour triggered by Cyclone Ditwah battered several south coastal and delta districts of Tamil Nadu since Friday (November 28, 2025) night, inundating residential pockets, damaging standing crops and submerging salt pans even as the system continued to inch towards the north Tamil Nadu coast. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast that intense downpour would be largely confined to northern Tamil Nadu on Sunday (November 30, 2025) before rainfall and surface winds begin to gradually ease from Monday (December 1, 2025).
‘Mass disenfranchisement’ allegations are an attempt to politicise SIR, EC tells Supreme Court
The Election Commission of India has dismissed apprehensions of “mass disenfranchisement” triggered by the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, telling the Supreme Court that such allegations are an attempt to “politicise” the exercise. The successful completion of the SIR in Bihar was proof that accusations of the en masse deletion of voters were false and speculative, the EC submitted in the Supreme Court.
India sends more relief to Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah
