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Bihar govt transfers 11 IAS, 16 IPS officers in major bureaucratic reshuffleBihar's NDA government has conducted a significant administrative overhaul. Eleven IAS and sixteen IPS officers have been transferred. Key ...
Assam chief secretary holds review after Guwahati cloudburst-like rainfallGuwahati faced severe waterlogging after heavy rainfall. Chief Secretary Ravi Kota reviewed the situation. Authorities are directed to issu...
Arunachal Pradesh govt releases Rs 66 crore for COVID-19 related expensesThe Arunachal Pradesh government has released an amount of over Rs 66 crore to the Health Department and all deputy commissioners of the di...
Andhra braces for cyclone Nivar, dispatches SDRF and NDRF teams to NelloreWith heavy rain expected over parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema owing to Nivar cyclone, the Andhra Pradesh government alerted...
HCL Tech lends tech to help TN govt fight Covid 19The Noida-based group is also helping to improve and expand the state's disaster management helpline (1070) through technological upgradati...
Even a disaster hasn’t woken up Bengaluru's emergency response systemThe latest disaster — of two apartment complexes collapsing in Pulikeshi Nagar, claiming five lives last week — has raised questions over t...
Centre, states to discuss monsoon, other disaster preparednessThe meeting, to be chaired by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi, will review the status of preparedness for dealing with any eventuality ...
Heatwave: Death toll crosses 550 mark in Andhra PradeshGuntur district recorded maximum 104 deaths, followed by East Godavari-90, Vizianagaram-84, Visakhapatnam-61 and Prakasam district-57.
Need to build capacity for tackling disasters: Home secyCentre stressed on the building of capacities of the National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Forces.
Asit Tripathy is the new home secretary of OdishaAsit Tripathy was posted as the secretary of home department and was also given the additional charge of employment training and technical ...
'Helen' effect: More rainfall expected in Andhra PradeshMost parts of Andhra Pradesh may witness rainfall during the next 24 hours after 'Helen' crossed the coast at Bapatla in Guntur District la...
NDFC gears up to tackle cyclone 'Helen' in Andhra PradeshWhile wind speed would range between 55 and 65 kmph today, it may increase to 100 and 120 kmph tomorrow, the Commissioner said.
- 60-yr-old man killed as Phailin lashes Srikakulam dist
A 60-year-old man lost his life today in a cyclone-related incident in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.
About 2,800 pilgrims from AP stranded in Uttarakhand: GovtAP govt today said that 2,782 pilgrims from the state were stranded in the calamity-struck Uttarakhand, while 1,657 others had returned.
- Government strengthens early warning systems for monsoon
The capacities of early warning systems have been strengthened but there was a need to augment multi-sectoral approach in dealing with disa...
Andhra Pradesh govt plans to set up three Disaster Response Force unitsAndhra Pradesh government is planning to set up a State Disaster Response Force on the lines of the National Disaster Response Force.
- 27 deaths in Orissa flood, relief operations intensified
With seven more deaths, the toll in the current spell of Orissa flood rose to 27, as the state government today intensified relief operatio...