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TIRUCHI,
Friday, May 17, 2013
Borrow money from private lenders to sink borewells on the dry riverbed, build cement washing troughs
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Dhaka,
Friday, May 17, 2013
A total of 13 people were confirmed dead in Bangladesh as people began to return home from shelters, a day after Cyclone Mahasen hit the coast, officials said on Friday.
More than 49,000...
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Bangalore,
May 17, 2013
Officials say water rationing is inevitable
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Guwahati,
May 16, 2013
An alert has been sounded across Assam as cyclone ‘Mahasen’ is likely to hit the north-eastern States on Thursday night, officials said today.
All boats and ferry services on Brahmaputra...
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Bangalore,
May 16, 2013
City stares at drought-like scenario
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Dhaka,
May 15, 2013
Bangladesh on Wednesday suspended operations at two airports and a port as cyclone Mahasen headed towards its coastline, officials said. “We have asked suspension of all flights to and f...
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RAMANATHAPURAM,
May 14, 2013
Long-distance cyclone warning signal (Stage Two) has been raised at Pamban port on Monday, following a bulletin from the Indian Meteorological Department that the cyclonic storm ‘Mahasen’ lay over...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
May 13, 2013
Heavy rain accompanied by lighting in the Visakha Agency on Sunday, claimed the lives of three persons, according to reports reaching here.A 17-year-old youth from Rudichintala Veedhi villa...
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Aizawl,
May 12, 2013
Rescue team is engaged in extricating the bodies
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TIRUCHI,
May 12, 2013
The monsoon failure and the consequent crop loss have caused a severe shortage of paddy straw, the staple fodder for cattle, across the district. Farmers say the shortage of straw has been compound...
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HYDERABAD,
May 12, 2013
Within a day, the well-marked low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal underwent a series of changes and intensified finally into a cyclonic storm named by weathermen as “Mahasen” and lay 1,300 km s...
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PUDUKOTTAI,
May 11, 2013
No water for 10 days to many areas; district administration and municipality fight vain battle
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GULBARGA,
May 17, 2013
Situation worsens owing to groundwater depletion, erratic power supply
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Dhaka,
May 16, 2013
Amid a great relief, cyclone Mahasen weakened while travelling through Bangladesh coastline, reportedly killing 10 people and damaging hundreds of houses as it moved through Meghna estuary on Thur...
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SITTWE,
May 15, 2013
A massive evacuation to clear low-lying camps ahead of a cyclone has run into a potentially deadly snag as many members of the displaced Rohingya minority living there have refused to leave becaus...
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Bhaderwah (J&K),
May 15, 2013
Three moderate intensity tremors shook Bhaderwah valley and adjoining areas of Doda-Kishtwar belt of Jammu in the wee hours today, prompting authorities to once again shut schools in the region rat...
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Jammu,
May 13, 2013
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and scientists of IITs have assessed damages caused by the recent earthquake, which shook the entire Chenab Valley in Jammu and Kashmir on May 1.
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Aizawl,
May 13, 2013
With the recovery of two more bodies since Sunday night, 13 bodies have been found from the debris following a landslide which swept away an abandoned government building and nine houses in the no...
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TIRUCHI,
May 12, 2013
Distribution of compensation to farmers in non-delta areas of the district for crop losses suffered by them owing to the monsoon failure began on Saturday.
About 37,745 farmers will get r...
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DENVER,
May 12, 2013
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake has hit the Pacific island nation of Tonga, but no tsunami warning has been issued. The U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center says the q...
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TEHRAN,
May 11, 2013
Iranian state TV says a strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake has jolted the south of the country, injuring at least 15 people. The report said the quake struck the Arabian Sea port town of Ja...
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Aizawl,
May 11, 2013
Thunderstorm and landslides have claimed eight lives, rendered 11 missing and left 25 others injured in the state capital, police said on Saturday.Nine houses in Laipuitland locality here we...
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