After path of Cyclone Yaas becomes clearer, Odisha expedites evacuation
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The present focus is on Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Jajpur districts.
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This Monday, May, 24, 2021, satellite image provided by NASA shows Cyclone Yaas approaching India s eastern coast. Yaas is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, and was forecast to hit West Bengal and Odisha, just days after a powerful storm Cyclone Tauktae battered the western coast.
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The present focus is on Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Jajpur districts. With very severe cyclonic storm Yaas predicted to cross the Odisha coast between Bhadrak and Balasore districts, the State government on Tuesday expedited evacuation of people from low-lying areas and brought more areas under its disaster management operation.
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According to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, the move was taken in the larger public interest and with a view to contain the further spread of the virus.
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According to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, the move was taken in the larger public interest and with a view to contain the further spread of the virus. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday sealed the judicial complex for seven days following the detection of a number of COVID-19 positive cases.
SC grants 4 weeks to Odisha for reply on AP s affidavit over polls in disputed areas
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The Naveen Patnaik government has challenged the AP notification for the local body polls.
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The Naveen Patnaik government has challenged the AP notification for the local body polls. The Supreme Court Friday granted four weeks to Odisha to reply to Andhra Pradesh government s affidavit on its contempt plea against senior officials of AP for notifying panchayat polls in three disputed areas .
Read more about Odisha alerts districts on possible spike of coronavirus cases on Business Standard. Naveen Patnaik government Friday asked all district authorities to strictly implement pandemic appropriate behaviour even as the state reported a significant drop in the daily new positive cases
Political slugfest breaks out between BJD, BJP
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Fight over beautification and infrastructure projects undertaken around temples
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Fight over beautification and infrastructure projects undertaken around temples
A political slugfest broke out between Biju Janata Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party over beautification and infrastructure projects being undertaken around Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneswar and Shri Jagannath Temple, Puri.
Aparajita Sarangi, Member of Parliament from Bhubaneswar and BJP national spokesperson, on Monday hit out at the Naveen Patnaik Government alleging that no prior permission had been sought from National Monument Authority (NMA) before taking up the projects around Lingaraj and Jagannath temples.