Kolkata, Oct 24 (IANS) The ferry services in the coastal Sundarbans area scattered over South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal have been suspended for Thursday and Friday as a measure of precaution amid the landfall of Cyclone Dana.
Visakhapatnam, Oct 24 (IANS) Scattered heavy rain was likely in north coastal Andhra Pradesh under the impact of the severe cyclonic storm 'Dana' in the Bay of Bengal, officials said.
Kolkata, Oct 24 (IANS) As Cyclone Dana inched closer to West Bengal's coast, the weather office has predicted that East Midnapore and portions of South 24 Parganas districts will be the worst affected in the state.
Bengaluru, Oct 23 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday said that Bengaluru and Yelahanka have not seen such unprecedented rainfall in the past 120 years.
Bhubaneswar, Oct 23 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department on Wednesday predicted that the impending cyclonic storm Dana is expected to hit the Odisha coast between Bhitarkanika of Kendrapara district and Dhamara area of Bhadrak district on October 24 and 25.
Bhubaneswar, Oct 23 (IANS) The deep depression over the east-central Bay of Bengal on Wednesday morning intensified into a cyclonic storm 'Dana' and is likely to hit Odisha and West Bengal coasts a day later.
Bhubaneswar, Oct 23 (IANS) Authorities in Odisha and the neighbouring state of West Bengal are on a 'high alert mode' as the cyclonic storm 'Dana' likely to be formed in Bay of Bengal on Wednesday is expected to make landfall in Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar islands during the night of October 24 and early morning of October 25.
Bengaluru, Oct 22 (IANS) An under-construction building collapsed in Bengaluru on Tuesday, following heavy rains that continued to lash the city. According to sources, about 17 construction labourers are feared trapped inside the debris.
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Cracking the whip against lax officials, the Haryana government placed 24 Agriculture Department employees, including seven supervisors and three inspectors, under suspension for failure to act against farmers indulging in stubble burning, an official said on Tuesday.
Bhubaneswar, Oct 21 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday asserted that the state government is fully prepared to face the impending severe cyclonic storm 'Dana', expected to hit the Odisha coast on October 24.
