Congress-led UPA drew the line: No national disaster status for natural calamities (Ld)

IANS | August 10, 2024 12:42 PM

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Amid the repeated demands by Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi and the Kerala government to declare the Wayanad landslides a national disaster, it has emerged that there exists no such legal provision to declare the same, as per Central government rules. The same was outlined by the Congress-led UPA government in 2013.

PM Modi lands in Kannur, heads to Wayanad

IANS | August 10, 2024 11:34 AM

Kannur, Aug 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed at Kannur airport in Kerala, on Saturday morning. He is heading to landslide-ravaged Wayanad.

Wayanad landslide sparks calls for national disaster tag, but rules say otherwise

IANS | August 10, 2024 10:58 AM

Wayanad, Aug 10 (IANS) After the devastating landslides hit Wayanad on July 30, there have been repeated calls from the Congress party and Kerala government to declare it a natural disaster.

Underground sounds heard in parts of Wayanad, Kozhikode and Palakkad

IANS | August 9, 2024 3:42 PM

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 9 (IANS) Even as the people of Wayanad are slowly recovering from the devastating July 30 landslides which left 413 people dead and 152 still missing, there was tension and fear in certain areas of Wayanad, Palakkad, and Kozhikode after locals heard sounds coming from under the ground on Friday, though seismic experts have ruled out any cause for worry.

13-yr-old TN girl performs Bharatanatyam for 3 hours, raises fund for Wayanad

IANS | August 9, 2024 3:26 PM

Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) In a moving gesture, thirteen-year-old Harini Sri from Tamil Nadu performed Bharatanatyam continuously for three hours to raise fund for the victims of the landslide in Kerala's Wayanad.

Day 11 of Wayanad disaster: Search continues for 152 missing

IANS | August 9, 2024 10:43 AM

Wayanad, Aug 9 (IANS) Search operations for the missing 152 people continued on Friday, the 11th day of Kerala’s worst-ever natural calamity in Waynand in which 413 casualties have taken place so far.

Wayanad disaster toll at 413, search for missing 152 continues

IANS | August 8, 2024 11:23 AM

Wayanad, Aug 8 (IANS) The death toll in the landslide-affected Wayanad in Kerala reached 413 on Thursday as the search for 152 missing people continued on day 10.

PM Modi to visit landslide-struck Wayanad on Aug 10

IANS | August 7, 2024 6:36 PM

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit landslide-struck Wayanad in Kerala on August 10 (Saturday) and interact with the survivors of the disaster that hit the southern state last month, a source said on Wednesday.

FUMMA to give Rs 3 cr worth furniture to Wayanad victim families

IANS | August 7, 2024 1:36 PM

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 7 (IANS) Furniture Manufacturers and Merchants Welfare Association of Kerala (FUMMA) on Wednesday announced that they will give basic furniture worth Rs 3 crore to all the families in the affected areas of Wayanad.

Wayanad disaster toll reaches 413, search for missing 152 continues

IANS | August 7, 2024 10:33 AM

Wayanad, Aug 7 (IANS) The death toll in the devastating landslides in Kerala's Wayanad has reached 413, with 152 people still missing even as the rescue operations entered the ninth day.

Disaster

Congress-led UPA drew the line: No national disaster status for natural calamities (Ld)

PM Modi lands in Kannur, heads to Wayanad

Wayanad landslide sparks calls for national disaster tag, but rules say otherwise

Underground sounds heard in parts of Wayanad, Kozhikode and Palakkad

13-yr-old TN girl performs Bharatanatyam for 3 hours, raises fund for Wayanad

Day 11 of Wayanad disaster: Search continues for 152 missing

Wayanad disaster toll at 413, search for missing 152 continues

PM Modi to visit landslide-struck Wayanad on Aug 10

FUMMA to give Rs 3 cr worth furniture to Wayanad victim families

Wayanad disaster toll reaches 413, search for missing 152 continues

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