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Monsoon fury: Onion, tomato prices soar in UP as flood hits supply
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 27 (ANI): Prices of onion and tomato have doubled to Rs 30 per kg in parts of Uttar Pradesh due to a shortage in supply caused by heavy rains and floods in some parts of the country.
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Cabinet minister assures K'taka govt looking into flood relief measures
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 26 (ANI): Karnataka cabinet minister JC Madhuswamy on Monday assured that the state government is looking into the relief measures that can be provided to the flood-affected people.
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K'taka floods: Inter-ministerial team to submit report to Centre in 2 days
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 26 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday said that the inter-ministerial central team is in the state to assess the damage caused due to the floods and will submit a report to the Centre in two days.
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Sudan: Atleast 62 people dead, 98 wounded due to heavy rainfall
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], Aug 26 (ANI): At least 62 people have died while 98 others were wounded after heavy rainfalls and floods devastated Sudan, the country's health ministry stated on Sunday.
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Minister thanks Center for including Punjab in list of Inter-Ministerial C
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 25 (ANI): Punjab Civil Supplies and Consumers' Affairs Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Sunday extended gratitude towards the Central government for including the state in the list of visits, which will be conducted by the Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMTC)
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Punjab: Manpreet Badal misleading people to hide own failures, says SAD le
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 25 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday said Punjab government should first send its case seeking compensation by listing the damage incurred in the recent floods instead of "playing politics and trying to blame the Centre for its own failures."
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Punjab CM seeks joint action plan with Army to strengthen embankment at Te
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 25 (ANI): In the wake of floods, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday asked the state Water Resources Department to work out a joint action plan with the Army authorities to strengthen the embankment at Tendiwala village in Ferozepur distri
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Punjab govt issues directions to restore normalcy in flood-hit Jalandhar w
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 25 (ANI): Captain Amarinder Singh-led Punjab government on Sunday directed all the official departments in the state to take adequate measures to restore normalcy in the marooned villages of Jalandhar within a week's time.
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Arrange delivery of duplicate copy of documents lost in rain: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 25 (ANI): Congress Member of Parliament (MP) from Wayanad Rahul Gandhi on Friday wrote a letter to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan urging him to help flood-affected families who have lost their essential documents due to floods in his constituency.
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Monsoon fury: Onion prices double in parts of Karnataka
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], Aug 25 (ANI): Onion prices have doubled to Rs 30 per kg in parts of Karnataka due to a shortage in supply caused by heavy rains and floods in North Karnataka and adjacent parts of Maharashtra, according to traders.
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Home Ministry forms teams to visit flood-affected states
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Aug 24 (ANI): The Home Ministry has constituted Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) to visit Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Kerala, which have been affected by recent floods.
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Chandrababu's claims of floods being man-made are baseless: says Irrigatio
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 24 (ANI): Minister for Water Resources Anil Kumar on Saturday attacked the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for alleging that the state government was conspiring to drown his house located on the banks of the Krishna River.
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