Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 20:56
Congress and CPI-M criticised relief operation by Odisha government in areas hit by cyclone Phailin while Left party demanded that Centre to declare the devastation as a national calamity.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 13:38
The high-velocity cyclone Phailin that hit Odisha about a week ago is estimated to have destroyed around 26 lakh trees in the state.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 18:31
With Odisha incurring huge loss due to cyclone Phailin and floods, CPI(M) demanded declaration of the situation as a national calamity besides waiver of agricultural loan for the year 2013-14.
Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 18:59
All the semester examinations of Biju Pattnaik University of Technology (BPUT) has been postponed in view of the prevailing situation following the cyclone Phailin and resultant floods in Odisha, official sources said on Friday.
Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 15:52
The Odisha government said Friday it will complete relief operations in the areas hit by Cyclone Phailin and subsequent floods in the next few days. <br><br>
Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 14:27
The Odisha government said Friday it will complete relief operations in the areas hit by Cyclone Phailin and subsequent floods in the next few days.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 08:34
Ravaged with Cyclone Phailin and the floods aftermath, Odisha government has written to the central government seeking immediate release of Rs 1,523 crore for relief and rehabilitation work.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 20:41
The demand was made by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 15:44
Residents from peripheral villages of Badaputi, S Paikapada and B Paikapada have been shifted to the camp.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 23:24
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday made an aerial survey of flood hit districts and announced Rs 4 lakh as ex-gratia assistance to family members of each of those killed in cyclone Phailin and subsequent floods in the state.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 20:52
NDMA on Tuesday credited the Meteorological department for its accurate forecast which it said helped in minimising casualty as Cyclone Phailin ripped through the eastern coast of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 17:46
The state government, which fixed the target of "Zero Casualty" during the cyclone, had earlier said it had evacuated as many as 9,83,553 people from the coast.
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