-The Hindu To have a say in beneficiary selection THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the government is considering delegation of powers to the grama sabhas to recommend beneficiaries for various welfare programmes of the State and Central governments. The Chief Minister was discussing follow up action with Collectors of eight districts, where mass contact programmes had been held, through a video conference. Mr. Chandy said the grama sabhas were in...
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Severe cyclone to hit AP coast near Machilipatnam-ML Melly Maitreyi
-The Hindu Hyderabad: The very severe cyclonic storm, 'Leher' which lay over southeast and adjoining central Bay of Bengal will intensify further and move west northwestwards and cross Andhra Pradesh coast near Machilipatnam on Thursday afternoon. On Tuesday it was said that the cyclone will cross the coast at Kakinada. Citing an IMD bulletin, Mr. C. Parthasarathi, Disaster Management Commissioner, said that rainfall would commence at many places in coastal Andhra from Wednesday...
More »NDRF to lead Relief, rescue operations as cyclone Lehar set to hit Andhra Pradesh -Pranav Kulkarni
-The Indian Express Pune: About 1200 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) will be deployed for Relief and rescue operations as cyclone Lehar is expected to hit coastal Andhra Pradesh by Thursday. The rescue and evacuation operations which involve teams from the defence paramilitary forces will include 30 NDRF teams, each consisting of 40 personnel, according to Alok Awasthy, commandant of Pune-based fifth NDRF battalion. While 10 teams from Vijaywada-based...
More »Helen tapers off, toll mounts to six
-The Hindu Hyderabad: Severe tropical cyclone Helen tapered off into a low pressure area on Saturday causing extensive damage to standing paddy crop and leaving six dead in the four districts of coastal Andhra region. According to official reports, six persons - two each in Krishna and East Godavari and one each in Srikakulam and West Godavari - were dead while paddy crop spread over 3.5 lakh hectares suffered extensive damage. In...
More »Lok adalats dispose of 35L cases in 8 hours -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: At a time when 16,000-odd trial courts, 21 high courts and the Supreme Court are battling with over three crore pendency, a nationwide simultaneous holding of lok adalats opened on Saturday by Chief Justice P Sathasivam achieved a world record by disposing of 35.1 lakh cases within eight hours. "What is important is that these cases will be settled and reach a finality without litigants going...
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