Tag: Odisha
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Odisha rights activist moves NHRC seeking damages for ‘wrongly implicated’ juvenile
In his rejoinder, Tripathy pointed out that after a thorough probe, the Juvenile Justice Board has found that the boy was a minor on the date of the alleged commission of the crime.
October 18, 2018 -
Titli, floods toll 52, admits Odisha govt
Meanwhile, six days after the calamity, the state government admitted to a death toll of 52 in the state and said 10 others were missing.
October 18, 2018 -
UN Chief saddened over destruction caused by Cyclone Titli in Odisha, Andha Pradesh
The death toll in cyclone Titli and the subsequent flood in Odisha has risen to 27. A total of 3,60,353 people were sheltered in 1,614 relief centres.
October 16, 2018 -
Thunder on the Coast
The wind howled in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on Thursday amidst grim forebodings of a cyclonic windspeed of 165 km per hour, even a possible rerun of Supercyclone of November 1999, not to forget Cyclone Phailin that had struck Gopalpur in 2013. As it turns out, neighbouring Andhra Pradesh has been battered by Cyclone Titli, …
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October 13, 2018 -
Cyclone Titli leaves 8 dead in Andhra Pradesh, 1 in Odisha
Cyclone Titli made landfall on the eastern coast early on Thursday, wreaking havoc mainly in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha's Gajapati and Ganjam districts.
October 12, 2018 -
Titli causes widespread damage in Gajapati
Though heavy rains continued right through the day, most of the other coastal areas were spared as winds speed weren’t as predicted.
October 12, 2018 -
Titli leaves 8 dead in AP, causes damage in Odisha
Cyclone Titli made landfall on the eastern coast early Thursday, wreaking havoc in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha's Gajapati and Ganjam districts.
October 12, 2018 -
Titli to cause heavy rains in Kolkata in 48 hours
The storm is likely to move north-westwards and turn north-eastwards towards Gangetic West Bengal on Thursday evening.
October 12, 2018 -
2 dead as cyclone Titli lashes AP-Odisha coast; lakhs without electricity
The IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places, and extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places, in Odisha in the next 24 hours.
October 11, 2018 -
Cyclone Titli: Red Message issued for Odisha, north Andhra Pradesh
Odisha and coastal Andhra Pradesh were hit in the afternoon today by wind speeds of 60-70 kmph of the approaching cyclone.
October 10, 2018 -
Severe cyclonic storm Titli heads to Odisha-AP coast; schools, colleges closed
Another cyclonic storm, Luban, has also intensified into a severe cyclonic storm over west-central Arabian Sea.
October 10, 2018 -
Cyclonic storm warning for Odisha during next 48 hours
It further predicted rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy downpours at a few places and extremely heavy downpour at isolated places over coastal and adjoining interior Odisha on Thursday.
October 8, 2018 -
A coach of Secunderabad-Howrah Falaknuma Express derails in Odisha
The official said the guard-cum-luggage bogie, the rearmost coach of the train derailed, said an official of the East Coast Railways (ECoR).
October 4, 2018 -
Odisha: 35-year-old Man killed for Rs 40 by gamblers
Two persons were arrested after the body of Chama Sujue, who was probably beaten to death on September 17, was exhumed from a forest.
September 25, 2018 -
Cyclone Daye effect: Light showers in Delhi; heavy rains in Punjab, Haryana, C’garh
The city has received 26.8 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours.
September 22, 2018 -
Odisha cyclone Daye | After Odisha, heavy rainfall forecast for many other states
In the next 24 hours, heavy to very heavy rainfall is forecast at most places in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, and many places in Odisha.
September 21, 2018 -
Cyclone Daye makes landfall; heavy downpour in Odisha, AP on high alert
Taking the situation into account, the NDRF and the ODRAF have been deployed in different districts.
September 21, 2018