Tag: Cyclone Titli

Gajapati: At a time when life is slowly limping back to normalcy post Cyclone Titli and subsequent floods in three worst affected districts including Gajapati, over a hundred persons affected by the calamity today abandoned the relief camps set up at Khajuripada protesting negligence by the administration. According to sources, as many as 102 persons […]

Bhanjanagar: The body of a woman, who along with five others went missing after being swept away in flash flood in Adangi river in Ganjam district two days ago,was recovered by a team comprising police officials and local residents on Sunday. The rescue team officials said that the body was recovered from a bush near […]

Bhanjanagar: Six persons including four of a family went missing after their house got swept away by flood waters of Adangi river following heavy rain triggered by very severe Cyclone ‘Titli’ in Ganjam district today. The shocking incident was reported from Bhutapankal village under Gajalbadi panchayat in the district. According to preliminary reports,  six persons […]

Bhubaneswar: As severe cyclonic storm Titli inches closer to Odisha-Andhra coast threatening of severe damage, the state government today cancelled the students’ union elections scheduled to be held across Odisha tomorrow. Chief Secretary AP Padhi informed that students’ union elections in colleges which were scheduled to be held in the state tomorrow have been cancelled […]

Zero to 26 in four days flat. That is certainly an incredible leap for a government, which had stuck to its ‘zero casualty’ boast till Friday. Even after Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi confirmed 26 deaths due to Cyclone Titli on Tuesday morning, an unapologetic Surjya Narayan Patro refused to admit that anyone had […]

Bhubaneswar: Concerned over the vulnerable situation in flood-hit areas in the State, former Parliamentarian Baijayant Jay Panda again took to Twitter today and appealed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to direct the police to unseal the hangar and release at least two of the three helicopters so that those can be used for relief and rescue […]

Bhubaneswar: It seems the landfall of the ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ Titli in coastal Odisha and Andhra Pradesh tomorrow morning would be very intense as flight services to and from Bhubaneswar have been cancelled for tomorrow. As per official sources, five IndiGo flight services from Bhubaneswar have been suspended for tomorrow which were scheduled to […]

Gajapti: It was nightmare to remember for a lifetime for many in Odisha when on this very day in 2018, relled through the southern parts of Odisha causing enormous devastation. Two years on, memories of the nightmarish encounter with the nature’s raw fury may have taken a back seat in the minds of people but […]