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Telangana hands over Rs 25 cr cheque to Kerala CM
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 19 (ANI): As the massive floods have wreaked havoc in Kerala, Telangana Home Minister, Nayani Narshimha Reddy handed over a cheque of Rs 25 crore to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday.
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K'taka floods: PM Modi assures all possible help
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 19 (ANI): As several parts of Karnataka are facing acute flood situation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke to Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and extended all possible support in the rescue and relief operations.
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Kerala floods: DGCA monitoring airfares, says Suresh Prabhu
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Aug 19 (ANI): Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is constantly monitoring airfares on 32 direct routes operating to or from Trivandrum, Calicut, Coimbatore and Mangalore, and has even set up a control room - working 24x7 - to aid stranded passengers due to f
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Kerala floods: NDRF chief assures help, calls for calm
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 19 (ANI): National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director General Sanjay Kumar on Sunday said that the people stranded due to the floods in Kerala should keep their calm, and assured them that help will arrive from the rescue teams deployed in the state.
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K'taka floods: Kumaraswamy conducts second aerial survey in Kodagu distric
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kodagu (Karnataka) [India], Aug. 19 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday conducted an aerial survey of landslides and flood-affected areas in Karnataka's Kodagu district for the second day.
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President expresses satisfaction over Kerala relief work
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 19 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday expressed contentment over the fact that Union and state governments have come together to work cohesively for the relief and rescue operations in flood-ravaged Kerala.
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Kerala floods: Swamy blames improper contingency plan for devastation
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 19 (ANI): While the southern state of Kerala continues to reel under unprecedented floods, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday pointed fingers at the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government for failing to develop a proper contingency plan leading
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Kerala floods: Andhra IAS officers donate a day's salary for victims
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 19 (ANI): The IAS Officers Association of Andhra Pradesh (IASOA -AP) on Sunday decided to contribute one day's salary of its members to support the flood-ravaged victims of Kerala.
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Indian Navy's Operation Madad scaled up in flood-hit Kerala
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Aug 19 (ANI): Indian Navy's Operation Madad has been further scaled up to meet the increasing requests for rescue from more parts of flood-hit Kerala.
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Telangana Govt launches Disaster Response Force vehicles
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 19 (ANI): The Telangana Government has launched Disaster Response Force (DRF) vehicles in Hyderabad to combat situations like flash floods, heavy rains, building collapse and fire mishaps.
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Air India to carry rescue operations from Kochi Naval Base
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 18 (ANI): As the Kochi airport is closed due to floods in Kerala, National Carrier Air India has planned to operate from Kochi Naval Base to evacuate stranded people from flood-affected areas.
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Kerala floods: Death toll rises to 357
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said that the death toll in the flood-hit state has increased to 357. The Chief Minister further informed that the state has suffered a loss of Rs 19,512 crores due to floods.
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