Odisha floods: People face shortage of drinking water as inundated roads halt tankersPeople affected by floods in Odisha, East India, face a shortage of safe drinking water with many forced to boil flood water. Fears over wa...
07 Aug, 2023, 11.26 AM IST
Flood fear looms over northern Odisha; alert issued in two districts"Galudih barrage in Jharkhand has released 4.5 lakh cusec water through 16 gates. All panchayat functionaries, self help groups have been a...
21 Aug, 2022, 12.40 AM IST
Odisha rushes rescue teams to 7 districts, orders evacuation as IMD issues cyclone warningAs many as 42 teams of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) and 24 squads of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), along with fire...
25 Sep, 2021, 03.22 PM IST
Cyclone Yaas weakens after pounding Odisha-Bengal coastsYaas, which was earlier classified as a very severe cyclonic storm, hit the coast north of Dhamra in Odisha's Bhadrak district and 50 km so...
26 May, 2021, 04.20 PM IST
Paddy planting down by 2%, output likely to be down by 10-15%Sources in the agriculture ministry say that the output of paddy is likely to be down by 10-15% in this Kharif season due to floods in main...
13 Sep, 2019, 06.43 PM IST
12 feared dead, four missing in landslide in Titli-hit OdishaThe incident occurred when some villagers took shelter in a cave structure following very heavy rainfall Friday evening
13 Oct, 2018, 01.13 PM IST
Cyclone Titli: 8 dead in Andhra Pradesh, one in OdishaCyclone 'Titli' made landfall on the eastern coast early Thursday, wreaking havoc in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
12 Oct, 2018, 10.44 AM IST
Deep depression moving towards Odisha-Andhra coast: IMDThe fear of a cyclonic storm thickened as the deep depression remained practically stationary and lay centered at about 560-km southeast of...
09 Oct, 2018, 03.55 PM IST
Supreme Court asks Centre to set up Mahanadi water tribunalThe union Ministry of Water Resources, caught between the two states, had preferred on finding a solution through talks.
23 Jan, 2018, 09.22 PM IST
Hudhud: South Odisha fears floods after cyclone"Heavy rains lashed in the district, but there is no damage report from anywhere in the district," said Kandhamal Collector N. Thirumala .
12 Oct, 2014, 09.06 PM IST
Cyclone Hudhud: Odisha deploys NDRF, set to evacuate 3.5 lakh peopleWith the meteorological department issuing warning on the "very severe cyclonic storm" set to hit the coast near Visakhapatnam on Sunday, O...
10 Oct, 2014, 10.12 PM IST
Vast stretch of Mahanadi delta zone flooded, toll 34Floods in Baitarani have affected around 1,52,721 people in Jajpur district where over 5,500 people have been evacuated to relief centres f...
07 Aug, 2014, 02.05 PM IST
Flood scenarios remains grim in Odisha23 people have so far died in rain-related incidents in the state where vast areas are marooned and road links snapped.
06 Aug, 2014, 02.45 PM IST
Naveen Patnaik meets PM Narendra Modi to seek special status for Odisha; evasive on alliancePatnaik led a delegation of his party MPs to Modi and discussed issues related to his state and the requirement of central assistance.
02 Jun, 2014, 04.11 PM IST
After vegetables, rice to get pricier with floods, droughtFloods and incessant rains in major rice producing states such as WB, Odisha, Bihar and AP during the harvesting period have affected the p...
06 Nov, 2013, 05.26 AM IST
Flood situation improves, Odisha seeks Rs 1,590 crore assistanceOdisha govt said there was no flood fear even as state government sought an additional central assistance of Rs 1590 crore for relief and r...
28 Oct, 2013, 09.41 PM IST
Cyclone Phailin: Timely evacuation, accurate weather prediction helped avert tragedyIndia Meteorological Department forecasts heavy rainfall in Odisha and neighbouring areas of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and eastern Utt...
14 Oct, 2013, 04.00 AM IST