To raise additional funds towards the Chief Ministers Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) following the floods in Kerala, Finance Minister Thomas Issac on Friday announced a special lottery.


Kerala announces special lottery to raise funds


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The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has delineated 72,000 million tonnes of high grade limemud off the Gujarat and Maharashtra coasts, which can work as an alternative of chemical grade limestone, scarcely available in the country so far, an official said here on Thursday.


GSI discovers 72,000 mt of high grade limemud off West Coast


The number of relief camps set up following the terrible floods in Kerala has come down from 3,314 to 2,774 and they now house 1 million people, down from the earlier 1.2 million, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday.


Many relief camps shut in Kerala


In order to ease the pain of the flood-affected motor insurance policyholders and also the garage owners in Kerala, private non-life insurer Liberty General Insurance Ltd has decided to release about 70 per cent of the claims payable to garage owners upfront, said a top company official.


Liberty General to pay 70% amount post survey to ease Kerala auto-garages' woes


Parts of flood-ravaged Kerala began limping to normalcy as rains kept away from the state for a second successive day on Thursday, but officials admitted there was a long way to go for the human suffering to abate.


Kerala sees some normalcy, CM promises all help (Roundup)


A large number of Bollywood stars have come to the aid of flood-battered Kerala by providing funds, food items, medicine and personal belongings such as clothes and even cooking for feeding the affected people.


Big B, 'Virushka' help flood-hit Kerala


The global software major's philanthropic arm, Infosys Foundation, has rushed relief material to Karnataka's flood-hit Kodagu district and Kerala, said its Chairperson Sudha Murthy on Thursday.


Infosys Foundation rushes relief material to flood-hit Kerala, Kodagu


The Cochin International Airport, shut on August 15 due to floods, will reopen on August 29, it was announced on Wednesday.


Cochin airport to open on August 29


The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Wednesday urged Malayalam superstars Mammootty and Mohanlal to help ease the suffering of the hundreds of thousands in relief camps in Kerala following the devastating floods.


Malayalam superstars urged to help flood victims


South Korean electronics giant Samsung has donated $300,000 (around Rs 2 crore) for the relief work in Kerala, which has been battered by torrential rains and floods, the company said here on Wednesday.


Samsung donates Rs 2 crore for Kerala flood victims


Maruti Suzuki's Gurugram plant workers will on Thursday hand over a total Rs 45.5 lakh to the families of 13 former company workers who have been jailed for the 2012 violence at the company's Manesar plant, a union leader said on Wednesday.


Maruti Suzuki workers to financially help kin of jailed ex-staffers


Leading digital payment provider Paytm collected Rs 30 crore from its 12 lakh users in a week for relief work to flood-hit victims in Kerala, the company said on Wednesday.


Paytm collects Rs 30 crore for flood-hit Kerala


Actor Kunal Kapoor's crowd funding platform Ketto has raised Rs 1.2 crore for rehabilitation work in flood-hit Kerala. He says it is overwhelming to see people come forward and support a cause.


Kunal Kapoor raises Rs 1.2 crore to rebuild Kerala


An FIR has been lodged on the complaint of filmmaker Rahul Mittra against his producer-partner Sunil Bohra in the 2012 film Saheb Biwi aur Gangster, police said on Tuesday.


Filmmaker alleges fraud by co-producer, FIR lodged


In view of the destruction caused by unprecedented floods in Kerala, the National Highways Authority of India has waived charges levied at its three toll plazas in the state.


Charges waived at three NHAI toll plazas in Kerala


Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal held a meeting with representatives of food-processing industry and informed them about the immediate need for baby food in Kerala relief camps, official sources said on Tuesday.


Baby food needed in Kerala camps, Minister tells industry


The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested two engineers working in state-run Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour Works Ltd here for taking bribes in exchange for granting permission for road construction work.


Two engineers held in Andaman for taking bribe


The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the only way to secure over Rs 5,112 crore from real estate major Amrapali Group for construction of pending projects by the NBCC (India) Ltd is to sell the individual properties of the directors of the company.


Selling directors' properties only way to secure Rs 5,112 cr from Amrapali: SC


The central government has decided to send an additional 89,540 tonnes of food grains to the flood-battered Kerala, Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Tuesday.


Centre to provide additional 89,540 tonnes of food grains to Kerala


Reliance Foundation (RF) Chairperson Nita M. Ambani on Tuesday announced a donation of Rs 21 crore to the Kerala Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund, besides relief materials worth around Rs 50 crore.


Reliance Foundation, Bajaj donate for Kerala


Train traffic on all major routes earlier disrupted due to damage to tracks by floods in Kerala has been restored, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday.

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