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Cyclone-hit people get help from various organisations

Cyclone Amphan uproots trees, flattens houses in Odisha

5:12 pm May 20, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Cyclone “Amphan” left a trail of destruction in Odisha as it triggered heavy downpour coupled with high-velocity winds while hurtling towards the West Bengal coast on Wednesday, uprooting trees and flattening fragile structures, officials said. More than 1.41 lakh people living in low-lying areas and thatched and mud houses in the vulnerable coastal regions […]

Army, NDRF teams start restoration work in cyclone-hit Bengal

Cyclone ‘Amphan’ rolls towards Indian shores, unleashes downpour, flattens dwellings

3:16 pm May 20, 2020

Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: Extremely severe cyclone ‘Amphan’ hurtled towards Indian shores on Wednesday, triggering downpour in coastal Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal, uprooting trees, flattening fragile dwellings and forcing evacuation of over four lakh people, officials said. Despite losing its force a bit since Tuesday, the storm, which was categorised as super cyclone at one point of […]

Odisha reports fifth COVID-19 death

4:43 pm May 19, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded one more COVID-19 fatality on Tuesday, taking the virus death toll to 5 in the state, a health department official said. A 75-year-old-man from Cuttack died of the disease at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, he said. “Sorry to inform that a 75-year-old patient of Cuttack suffering from severe comorbidities and chronic pulmonary disease was […]

COVID-19 testing begins at SAIL’s Rourkela plant in Odisha: Pradhan

8:36 pm April 15, 2020

New Delhi: Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has set up a COVID-19 testing lab at its Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in Odisha. The lab, set up at RSP’s Ispat General Hospital (IGH), became operational from Wednesday. “SAIL has started COVID-19 testing lab at Rourkela. It will […]

IRCTC served 10 lakh meals to poor, needy since March 28

Lockdown: ECoR serves food to more than 23,000 people

3:02 pm April 7, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has provided food to more than 23,000 poor and needy people under its jurisdiction during last 10-days in the wake of nationwide lockdown, an official said. As per the directions of the Ministry of Railways, ECoR has taken steps to provide bulk food with paper plates at different important […]