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  Majority of Phailin-hit farmers yet to get assistance in Ganjam

  India | October 29, 2014 11:48 IST

  Berhampur (Odisha): The farmers, who were badly affected by cyclone Phailin and the subsequent floods a year ago in Ganjam, are yet to get crop damage assistance from the state government.Crop over 2.96 lakh hectare

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  Amidst preparation to face 'Hudhud', Phailin memory returns

  India | October 11, 2014 14:58 IST

  Berhampur (Odisha): While preparing to face cyclone ‘Hudhud' which will make the landfall tomorrow, the people of Ganjam district find it difficult to erase the memory of cyclone Phailin that hit them hard exactly the

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  Patnaik seeks more central assistance for cyclone damage

  India | July 26, 2014 20:12 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Lamenting that Rs 460.38 crore was approved against Rs 5832.50 crore central assistance sought by Odisha after cyclone Phailin, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the High Level

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  Naveen dubs Congress, BJP leaders as migratory birds

  Politics | March 27, 2014 15:25 IST

  Aska (Odisha): Dubbing Congress and BJP as ‘migratory birds' who visit Odisha only during elections, BJD chief Naveen Patnaik today said the two parties had all along ignored the interests of the state.”Leaders of both

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  Odisha BJP seeks white paper on cyclone Phailin

  India | January 22, 2014 7:57 IST

  Odisha BJP seeks white paper on cyclone PhailinBhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded a white paper on the damage caused by cyclone Phailin and subsequent floods in the state

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  Odisha bags award for cyclone Phailin evacuation efforts

  India | December 10, 2013 6:53 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Odisha has bagged a prestigious award for evacuating more than a million people which ensured minimum loss of lives during cyclone Phailin in the state, an official said here yesterday.The Indian Institute of Management,

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  Phailin saved Ranchi from serial blasts

  India | November 10, 2013 17:55 IST

  Ranchi: The cyclone Phailin proved to be a boon for the Jharkhand state capital as it helped avert serial blasts during the Durga Puja festival, police sources said today.The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Ranchi

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  PM to make aerial survey of cyclone-hit Odisha, AP on Saturday

  India | October 31, 2013 22:34 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make an aerial survey on Saturday of areas hit by cyclone Phailin in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to see the damage caused.  He has already expressed distress over

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  Rain adds to miseries of cyclone-hit people in Odisha

  India | October 24, 2013 7:00 IST

  Berhampur (Odisha): Woes of people in the cyclone-hit Odisha's Ganjam district were compounded yesterday with disruption of relief and restoration activities due to the incessant rain across the district since last two days.The victims whose

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  Airtel offers mobile charging, talktime loan service for Odisha

  October 17, 2013 20:06 IST

  New Delhi:  Telecom major Airtel today said it has started mobile charging service across 22 towns in Odisha impacted by cyclone Phailin and offering talk time on loan to people having less than Rs 5

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  Cyclone Phailin: Train services resume on Howrah-Vishakhapatnam route

  India | October 14, 2013 21:43 IST

  Bhubaneswar:  Running of trains on the Howrah- Vishakhapatnam route has been restored after cyclone Phailin passed coastal AP and Odisha on Sunday morning.  Running of trains from  Khurda Road station to Palasa and Vishakhaptnam was

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  Cyclone Phailin leaves trail of destruction in Odisha's Berhampur town

  India | October 14, 2013 14:57 IST

  Berhampur (Odisha): Berhampur, the biggest city in southern Odisha, today looked like a war zone as Cyclone Phailin left behind a trail of destruction.  The cyclone accompanied by heavy rain hit Gopalpur, about 15 km

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  Odisha toll 25 as cyclone Phailin triggers flood

  India | October 14, 2013 12:57 IST

  Bhubaneswar: The death toll in calamity-ravaged Odisha today mounted to 25 with four more persons perishing in several areas of the state in the aftermath of Cyclone Phailin that triggered heavy rains and floods in

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  People in Odisha celebrate Dussehra after Cyclone Phailin passes over

  India | October 14, 2013 9:08 IST

  Ganjam (Odisha): Unfazed by the havoc created by the massive cyclone, people of coastal region of Odisha have soaked themselves in Dussehra festivities in an attempt to put their lives back on track.Special prayers were

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  Cyclone Phailin: Odisha CM NaveenPatnaik happy over minimizing loss of lives

  India | October 13, 2013 19:49 IST

  New Delhi: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik is happy over the minimum casualty due to Cyclone Phailin in his state. Comparing the death toll due to cyclone Phailin with the cyclone storm in 1999, the number

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  Cyclone Phailin: 9 million people hit in Odisha, AP, death toll 14

  India | October 13, 2013 23:10 IST

  Berhampur/Srikakulam: Cyclone 'Phailin' on Sunday left a trail of destruction damaging lakhs of homes affecting nearly  nine million people and destroying paddy crops worth about Rs 2,400 crore.The loss of lives was minimized to a

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  Cyclone Phailin moves towards Phulbani, Odisha, gradually weakens

  India | October 13, 2013 10:01 IST

  New Delhi: The very severe cyclonic storm PHAILIN over Odisha moved northwards during past three hours with a speed of 20 kmph and lay centred  near Phulbani at around 5:30 am on Sunday, IMD reported.

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  Cyclone Phailin: NDRF chief says, no casualties reported so far

  India | October 13, 2013 9:01 IST

  New Delhi: The National Disaster Response Force today said no casualties have been reported so far due to Cyclone 'Phailin' which hit the Odisha coast."Our teams are out in both Odisha and Andhra Pradesh for

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  Cyclone Phailin: Srikakulam devastated

  India | October 13, 2013 9:56 IST

  Srikakulam(AP): Srikakulam, the coastal town of Andhra Pradesh, which alongwith Odisha's Gopalpur, bore the brunt of Cyclone Phailin, has faced widespread devastation, initial reports on Sunday morning say. Roads are blocked because of uprooted trees,

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  Phailin is not super cyclone, says Indian Meteorological Department

  India | October 13, 2013 7:41 IST

  New Delhi: Cyclone Phailin, that  hit the Indian coast, a little south of Gopalpur in Odisha, between 8.30 to 9 PM on Saturday at a windspeed of 200 kilometres per hour is not a super