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Hurricane Florence: Death toll rises to 32
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 18 (ANI): Hurricane Florence continued to wreak havoc as the death toll in the calamity rose to 32, officials told on Monday.
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Kerala floods: Opposition wants judicial probe into the tragedy
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 31 (ANI): Ramesh Chennithala , the leader of opposition in Kerala Assembly, on Friday termed the recent floods in his state as 'man-made tragedy' and demanded a judicial inquiry into the calamity.
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Centre accords calamity relief fund to 3 states
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): The Central government on Friday approved calamity relief funds to Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal, and Nagaland, who were affected by floods and landslides in the year between 2017-2018.
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Centre approves Rs 1,161.17 crores aid to calamity-struck places
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): A High-Level Committee, chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, approved central assistance of Rs 1,161.17 crores to the states of Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Rajasthan and the union territory of Lakshadweep.
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Kerala CM to request Centre to declare Ockhi cyclone a 'national calamity'
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 02 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has decided to ask the Centre to declare the Ockhi cyclone as a 'national calamity'.
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Mexico: More than 200 killed in powerful earthquake
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], Sept 20 (ANI): More than 200 people have reportedly been killed in the powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.1 on Richter scale that struck Mexico on Tuesday.
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Hundreds, including children, evacuated as wildfires ablaze California
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], July 10 (ANI): In the wake of a string of wildfires blazing through California, campers were forced to leave their tents and children were evacuated from summer camps to escape the wrath of the calamity.
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Oppn extends support to TMC protest over demonetisation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 31 (ANI): Dubbing the government's demonetisation drive as 'calamity' for the Indian economy, the Congress on Tuesday backed the decision of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to boycott the first two days of the Budget Session of Parliament and said that suc
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Pakistan and Turkey: So similar in promoting Islamic fundamentalism and te
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan.13 (ANI): A blog appearing recently in a leading Pakistani daily has sought to establish similarities between Pakistan and Turkey in so far as attracting youth from various parts of the world, convince them to follow a particular sectarian path and equip them with m
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Demonetisation is worse than a natural calamity: Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Dec. 13 (ANI): Lambasting the Centre's demonetisation move, senior Congress leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said the note ban is worse than a natural calamity, adding that even a natural disaster might not cause so much of troub
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99% of nation being punished for crimes of 1 %: Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 15 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is set to join the opposition in meeting President Pranab Mukherjee tomorrow over the Centre's demonetisation scheme, asserted that she will fight in defence of the commo
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