
PM calls CM, offers support to Kerala
The Hindu
Central forces deployed in disaster-hit areas
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday and extended support to the State battling a flood and rain havoc situation.
In a Facebook post, Mr. Vijayan said Mr. Modi had telephoned him and sought the details of the situation. Mr. Modi also said the Centre would offer necessary assistance to the State to tide over the crisis.
Mr. Vijayan said National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams had been deployed in Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Idukki, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Malappuram districts. More NDRF teams were headed for Idukki, Kottayam, Kollam, Kannur and Palakkad.

At least five killed, seven injured as car rams into stationary vehicle near Tamil Nadu’s Keelakarai
A tragic road accident on ECR near Keelakarai leaves five dead and seven injured, involving a DMK functionary’s vehicle.












