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Bhubaneswar: The fresh low pressure area that has formed over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression on Friday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s regional centre said. It...

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who on Thursday afternoon conducted an aerial survey of flood-affected areas, announced relief assistance for 15 days for the affected people of Khurda, Puri,...

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Kumar Jena has compared this year’s floods with the 2011 flood fury that wreaked havoc in the state. At a press conference on...

Bhubaneswar: With the possible concentration of the low pressure into a depression over North Bay of Bengal and adjoining West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts by Friday morning, the India Meteorological...

Bhubaneswar: To keep a check on the current flood situation, a few sluice gates of Hirakud dam are likely to be closed after 3 pm, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will survey the flood-affected areas of the state on Thursday. Naveen will undertake an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas in Khurda, Puri, Cuttack,...

Bhubaneswar: The water level in Hirakud dam was 625.10 ft at 6 am on Thursday. The water level in the reservoir was 626.12 ft at 8 pm on Wednesday and...