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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government could spend only 37 per cent of the state’s annual budget till September this year, said Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari. Making a statement in the State Assembly on Monday, he said that Rs 53,265 crore…

Bhubaneswar: The frequency of cyclone formation over Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea has been above normal in the past two years, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan has informed Lok Sabha. The…

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will make an aerial survey of the Bulbul-affected districts in Odisha on Monday afternoon. He will then review damage and restoration measures through video conferencing with collectors of six districts at…

Bhubaneswar: The very severe cyclone Bulbul has weakened into cyclonic storm and is positioned over coastal Bangladesh, 160 km northeast of Khepupara, now. It is expected to weaken further into deep depression in the next six hours as it…

Cyclone Bulbul has started making landfall near Sagar Island in South 24 Paraganas district in West Bengal. The process will take another two hours, according to India Meteorological Department's (IMD) latest bulletin released at 11.30 pm.…

With cyclonic storm Bulbul all set to cause heavy to very heavy rain, thunderstorms, strong winds and surge over Odisha and West Bengal on Friday and Saturday, one more district administration has declared holidays for schools and Anganwadi…

Bhubaneswar: Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena on Thursday informed that all schools in Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Mayurbhanj and Jajpur districts will remain closed on November 9.…

India is likely to break its previous record of being hit by the most number of tropical cyclones in a year, according to private weather forecasting agency Skymet. Cyclone Bulbul, which is brewing over the Bay of Bengal, is expected to…

Bhubaneswar: After Fani in May, is Odisha starring at another cyclonic storm? The wind models forecast of Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), under Ministry of Earth Sciences, suggests that a Low Pressure Area…