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Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday reviewed the rail connectivity, post cyclone Fani, and informed that the services of 10 out of 18 pair of trains commuting to Puri have resumed and all the pairs will be operational by May 12. Pradhan took stock of the progress of the train movement with East Coast […]
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Bhubaneswar: Five days after cyclone Fani ravaged parts of coastal Odisha, the State Government on Wednesday revised its death count upward to 41. “Death toll in Cyclone Fani touches 41,” informed Information and Public Relations Department Secretary Sanjay Singh here today. However, the district-wise toll will be released soon. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised […]
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Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Thursday cancelled four more trains and diverted three trains keeping in mind the safety and security of passengers as Cyclone Fani is likely to disrupt rail traffic. The extremely severe Cyclone Fani is expected to make landfall in Puri district on Friday. The services of Bhubaneswar-Bangiriposi Express (between Bangiriposi-Bhubaneswar), […]
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Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Thursday decided to run a special train between Puri and Shalimar in Howrah to facilitate movement and evacuate detained tourists at Puri and students coming for their educational purposes just a day ahead of the possible landfall of the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani in Puri. This train […]
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Bhubaneswar: As per the latest forecast by JTWC at 8 pm today, the cyclone Fani would cross near Tandahar, 10 km north of Chandrabhaga, in Puri district on Friday afternoon.The wind speed before land fall would be about 185 kmph and pass through Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore before going to West Bengal. On the […]
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Cyclone Fani, India’s strongest summertime cyclone in the last 43 years, is likely to hit the Odisha coast by Friday afternoon. After landfall, it is likely to move to Khurda, Cuttack, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore districts of Odisha and then enter to West Bengal. Dos and Don’ts Total destruction of thatched houses/ extensive damage to […]
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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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New Delhi: Former Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, who was appointed as Amicus Curiae by the Supreme Court in January to assist it in framing guidelines for managing the administrative affairs of Jagannath Temple in Puri, submitted a detailed report to the apex court on Tuesday. The court has asked all the sides to present their […]
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By Anil Dhir It was not sheer apathy; rather it was an intelligent disinterest in the affairs of the State. The enormity of the fore-coming doom was just not comprehended by the officials. A stark example of the lack of empathy is an incident that occurred in Puri in the early days of the Na […]
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Bhubaneswar, October 5, 2018: Gopal Subramaniam, who was appointed by the Supreme Court as Amicus Curiae to oversee 12 proposed disciplinary reforms in the Jagannath Temple in Puri, will visit Puri on Saturday to take stock of circumstances leading to large scale mob violence that erupted on Wednesday over the opposition to introduction of queue […]
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