When one of the rulers of Travancore, now a part of the southern Indian state of Kerala, handed over the reins of his territory to Lord Padmanabha, the presiding deity of Thiruvananthapuram, and undertook to take care of it in the Lords name, his idea was that he had assumed even greater responsibility as he was answerable to the Almighty.

Two Kerala government officials were arrested on Friday in Wayanad district for the embezzlement of relief materials, police said.

The Indian Army's engineering task force will help the district administration in restoring the severely battered roads in flood-hit Kodagu district, an official said on Thursday.

Major Hemant Raj from the Indian Army's 28 Madras Sapth Shakti Command loves action, even when on leave. His visuals have gone viral where he is shown organising tonnes of relief material in Chengannur, Kerala.

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.

Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday pledged to donate a month's salary towards the relief efforts in flood-ravaged Kerala and urged ministry and university employees also to contribute at least a day's salary.

The Indian Air Force (IAF), Nagpur, superstar Amitabh Bachchan and prominent temples in Maharashtra, among others, have extended aid for the victims of the recent Kerala floods, officials said here on Thursday.

Delhi High Court judges have decided to contribute for flood relief in Kerala, it was announced on Thursday.

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.

India may not have accepted the UAE government's offer of Rs 700 crore financial aid to flood-devastated Kerala but according to the National Disaster Management Plan of 2016 if the national government of another country offers assistance as a goodwill gesture to disaster victims, the central government may accept it.