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4 new NDRF battalions to be fully functional in next one year
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): In another step towards providing better security and relief to people amid natural disasters like floods and cyclones, four new battalions of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) will be fully functional in the next one year with their bases in Jammu and
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Barge accident: Maharashtra Governor felicitates Naval commanding officers
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 20 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday felicitated the Commanding Officers of INS Kochi and INS Kolkata being instrumental in saving the lives of hundreds of employees during the accident caused to barge P305 off Bombay High by cycl
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Mumbai police to collect DNA samples of relatives to identify bodies of Ba
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 15 (ANI): Mumbai police sent teams to the native places of the crew members who had died in the Barge P305 drowning incident due to Cyclone Tauktae so as to collect DNA samples of their parents and children in order to identify the bodies which were recover
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3 arrested, sent to police remand till July 8 in connection with sunken ba
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 3 (ANI): The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Saturday remanded to police custody three persons arrested by Mumbai Police earlier today in connection with the Barge P305 drowning incident during Cyclone Tauktae this May.
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Three held in connection with Barge P305 drowning incident
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 3 (ANI): A total of three people of Pappaa Management were arrested by Mumbai Police in connection with the Barge P305 drowning incident during Cyclone Tauktae in May which had claimed over 70 lives, said police on Saturday.
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Cyclone Tauktae: Mumbai Police files FIR against owner of tug Varaprada
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 25 (ANI): Mumbai Police on Friday filed an FIR against the owner of the tug Varaprada that sank during cyclone Tauktae.
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Odisha CM announces special relief package for Cyclone Yaas-hit farmers
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 11 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced a special relief package for the farmers in Cyclone Yaas affected districts of the state, where the Cyclonic storm destroyed crops in many places, causing extensive damage to livestock,
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Novel technique to detect tropical cyclones in North Indian Ocean region
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Indian Scientists have found a promising technique for early detection of development or strengthening of tropical cyclones in the atmospheric column prior to satellite detection over ocean surface in the North Indian Ocean region, informed Ministry of Scienc
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Odisha: 10,644 villages, 75 lakh people affected due to Cyclone 'Yaas', in
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 9 (ANI): As many as 10,644 villages across 11 districts of Odisha, more than 75 lakh people and 12.77 lakh livestock have been affected due to the Cyclone 'Yaas' while the standing crops on about 6348.4 hectares of land suffered damage, according to a go
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Uddhav Thackeray, Ajit Pawar reach Delhi, set to meet PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): A delegation of the Maharashtra Government led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi today to discuss issues like Maratha and OBC reservation and Cyclone Tauktae relief measures.
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K'taka Revenue Minister conducts monsoon preparedness meet, says over 400
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 7 (ANI): Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka held a monsoon preparedness meeting on Monday and said 400 plus State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) teams have been strengthened and kept as standby to face any eventuality.
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Uddhav Thackeray, Ajit Pawar to meet PM Modi in Delhi tomorrow
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 7 (ANI): A delegation of the Maharashtra government led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to discuss issues like Maratha and OBC reservation, and Cyclone Tauktae reli
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