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Provincial police members swapped their uniforms for elegant dresses and suits in preparation for the prestigious annual Provincial SAPS Excellence Awards on Thursday evening.

Fourteen — that is the average number of murders occurring every day across the Eastern Cape, while there has been a decrease in various other crimes in the province, according to police.

Ten public schools in the Nelson Mandela Bay education district have been robbed at gunpoint and two principals shot at by criminals in less than a week.

For the Stalin government to win back the confidence of voters ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, post-flooding restoration works, their speed and efficacy would be closely watched, and not just by the political Opposition, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.

Water gushed into the ground floor of all buildings; residents in Thoraipakkam, Sholinganallur, Karapakkam and Perungudi rushed to the higher floors.

Gqeberha police responded to a bomb scare at a Jewish synagogue in Parsons Hill on Wednesday morning.

Chennais prominent IT corridor, OMR, experienced severe flooding due to heavy rainfall. The inadequate stormwater drainage system and low-lying location exacerbated the situation. Residents in affected areas faced a shortage of essential supplies and a lack of response from elected representatives. The low-lying nature of OMR and the overflow of lakes and stormwater drains contributed to the flooding.

Cyclone Michaung led to heavy downpours in several areas in Tamil Nadu on Monday and created havoc in Chennai, leaving five people dead and the airport closed. According to IMD,  it will land between Nellore and Machilipatnam of South Andhra in the form of a severe cyclonic storm today. 

A brawl erupted at the Mount Road police station at the weekend when a cleaner allegedly stabbed a court orderly in an argument over a woman.

"It is likely to move nearly northwards parallel and close to the south Andhra Pradesh coast and cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Machilipatnam, close to Bapatla, during the forenoon of December 5 as a severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph," the IMD stated further in its post. Cyclone Michaung Update: Cyclonic Storm 'Michaung' To Make Landfall As 'Severe Cyclonic Storm' Between Ne...