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Bhubaneswar, October 20: A cyclonic storm named Dana is likely to form over the east-central Bay of Bengal by October 23 and could bring wind speeds of 100-120 km/h along Odisha’s coast by October 24, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, IMD Director General, has predicted that the storm could bring […]
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Bhubaneswar, October 20: The Odisha Government on Sunday cancelled the leaves of all its employees as the State is expected to experience the first tropical storm of the post-monsoon season on October 24. “Leaves of all Government officials have been cancelled. District Collectors take decision on declaring holidays for schools. They have been directed to […]
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Bhubaneswar, August 13: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has carried out successful maiden flight test of Long Range Glide Bomb (LRGB), GAURAV from Su-30 MK-I platform of the Indian Air Force (IAF), said an official release on Tuesday. According to a Ministry of Defence statement, the test was conducted off the coast of […]
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Bhubaneswar, April 18: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful flight-test of Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Thursday. During the test, all subsystems performed as per expectation. The missile performance was monitored by several Range Sensors like Radar, Electro […]
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Bhubaneawar, October 20: The soon-to-develop cyclonic storm Sitrang in the Bay of Bengal is most likely to skirt past Odisha and reach close to the West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts around October 25, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said Thursday. “Low Pressure formed today is very likely to move west-northwestwards and concentrate into a depression over eastcentral […]
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Balasore, April 8, 2022: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) booster at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Friday. The test successfully demonstrated the reliable functioning of all critical components involved in the complex missile system and met all the […]
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Bhubaneswar: Five senior IAS officers were assigned to oversee relief and restoration work in five highly vulnerable districts likely to be affected by very severe cyclonic storm Fani. While Suresh Mahapatra was given the responsibility of Puri, Pradipta Mohapatra was asked to oversee relief and restoration work in Jagatsinghpur, Pradeep Jena in Kendrapara, Anil Samal […]
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Bhubaneswar: As Odisha braces up for very severe cyclonic storm Fani, the Odisha Government on Tuesday sought two helicopters and additional NDRF teams for evacuation of affected people to safety and to carry out relief and rescue operation. The cyclonic storm is likely to cross Odisha coast ‘between Gopalpur and Chandbali to the south of […]
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The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm “Fani” over Southeast and adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of about 23 kmph in last six hours and lay centred about 830 km nearly south of Puri and 670 km south-southeast of Vishakhapatnam and about 680 km northeast of Trincomalee in Sri Lanka. It is […]
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Bhubaneswar: With the cyclonic storm Fani approaching towards Odisha coast, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has released Rs 340.875 crore to Odisha for undertaking preventive and relief measures. Besides Odisha, three other States – Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal – have also been given advance funds. The MHA has ordered advance release […]
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