In Bhubaneswar, the roof of a building at AIIMS was ripped off and its video clip was tweeted by the government’s media wing.
04 May 2019 6:24 AM
The cyclone hit Puri along the Odisha coast at around 8am Friday, leaving three dead and affecting a thousand villages and 50 towns in the state.
04 May 2019 1:37 AM
Keshari Nath Tripathi asserted that the Centre and the governments of Odisha and West Bengal have been trying its best to help the people.
04 May 2019 12:58 AM
Dealing with India's geography of coastlines on either side of a very long peninsula is not the simplest of tasks.
04 May 2019 12:38 AM
PM Narendra Modi announced that Centre has released Rs 1,000 crores to Odisha and other states to deal with the devastation caused by Fani.
03 May 2019 8:59 PM
N Chandrababu Naidu told reporters that the precise movement of the cyclonic storm could be predicted by the RTGC.
03 May 2019 8:07 PM
The IAF is also going to set up an operation centre in any of the two states as per requirement.
03 May 2019 6:25 PM
The landfall process which began at 8 am will continue till afternoon.
03 May 2019 4:43 PM
Cyclone 'Fani' is being monitored by the home ministry at the highest level round the clock.
03 May 2019 4:25 PM
Strong winds uprooted several electricity poles in the campus. However, all patients, staff and students are safe.
03 May 2019 4:07 PM
He alleged that the opposition party is unhappy with India's security situation.
03 May 2019 2:33 PM
Telecommunication networks have been reportedly partially disrupted in Puri and Bhubaneswar districts in Odisha.
03 May 2019 1:23 PM
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took to Twitter to inform that she has cancelled all her election rallies for the next two days.
03 May 2019 1:19 PM
The name of the Cyclone ‘Fani’ (pronounced as Foni) was suggested by Bangladesh. It means ‘snake’ or ‘hood of a snake’
03 May 2019 12:17 PM
More than a million people were evacuated from low-lying sensitive areas to safe zones.
03 May 2019 11:37 AM
Apart from Odisha, several districts in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal have also been put on red alert.
03 May 2019 11:18 AM
PM Modi said, 'Over Rs 1,000 cr released in advance for states affected by Cyclone Fani.'
03 May 2019 9:25 AM
IMD said the wind speed of the cyclone could reach 200-230 kilometres when it makes the landfall.
03 May 2019 8:21 AM
Scenes were similar at vegetable markets, taking advantage of which many vendors have hiked prices of vegetables.
03 May 2019 7:11 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a meeting to review the preparedness to counter cyclone Fani.
03 May 2019 6:40 AM