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Bhubaneswar/New Delhi, Oct 12: Touching wind speeds of 210-220 km an hour, Cyclone Phailinis set to hit the Odisha coast between Paradip and Kalingapatnam with full fury on Saturday evening, whipping up a storm surge up to 10 feet above the tide level posing a threat to low-lying villages. Anticipating the cyclone's fury, the state government began Odisha's biggest ever evacuation of shifting more

Bhubaneswar, Oct 11: Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on braced for the “very severe” cyclone that is expected to hit the east coast with winds gusting up to 220 kmph tomorrow evening, as lakhs of people were being evacuated to safer places and the military kept on standby. Cyclone Phailin — the biggest cyclone in years to hit Odisha — is expected to make landfall near Gopalpur in Ganjam district in the

New Delhi, Oct 11: Close on the heels of a fresh rise in passenger fares, Railways have decided to further hike the fares of premier trains such as Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto effective from October 17. The ticket rates of Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains will go up further by about Rs 25 to Rs 27 with an upward revision in food tariff, a senior Railway Ministry official said. This is the

Bhubaneswar, Oct 11: Cyclone Phailin with a wind speed of 220km per hour is turning into a super cyclone before making landfall on Saturday evening near Gopalpur in Odisha where the government has galvanized its machinery to deal with its impact and is evacuating thousands of people from low-lying areas. "The US Navy has also forecast that the wind speed will be above 240kmph. Therefore, the

New Delhi, Oct 11: Air travelers should not expect any relief from sky-high domestic airfares this festive season which are up by over 30% since August despite airlines increasing domestic flights in coming winter. Airlines will operate about 11,900 weekly domestic flights — 3% more than the summer schedule but still way less than the figure of 13,500 seen two years back when Kingfisher Airlines

Bhubaneswar, Oct 10: Cyclone 'Phailin' which was to make landfall two days from now, possibly near Gopalpur in Odisha and in north Andhra Pradesh, today intensified into a severe cyclonic storm travelling slightly northwest and lying about 800 km from Paradip in Odisha. The storm, 870 km from Kalingapatnam and 900 km from Visakhapatnam, would intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm in the next

Bangalore, Oct 10: It's rather ironic that former Karnataka tourism minister G Janardhana Reddy is cooling his heels in Hyderabad's Chanchalguda prison, considering that it was close business links with Andhra Pradesh that brought him untold riches. Reddy, who controlled a three-tier system spanning the entire operation of illegal iron ore mining from excavation to the wharfs of Belekeri port

Bhubaneswar, Oct 10: As cyclone "Phailin" moved towards Odisha coast and lay centred about 850 km from Paradip, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today sought the help of defence forces to meet the impending situation. "Our past experience indicates that despite the state government's preparedness, impact of a very severe cyclonic storm requires support of the defence forces to mitigate the effects of

Brunei, Oct 10: Looking to strengthen the relationship with top countries of Asia-Pacific region, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today discussed various economic issues and other areas of cooperation with his counterparts in Australia and Japan. During his meeting with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Singh is believed to have discussed a wide range of issues, including sale of uranium to

New Delhi, Oct 10: Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily has kept his word to take public transport to work. He claimed that around 600 litres of fuel could be saved daily if others in the ministry followed his self-imposed austerity. “My journey was pleasant. Hope it will start a movement,” he told a TV channel, little aware that several people were inconvenienced by his gesture. Commuters faced