-NDTV Hyderabad: The rains triggered by Cyclone Nilam which crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast near Chennai on October 31 have battered the state, claiming 29 lives. Normal life has been thrown out of gear in the region and hundreds of villages remained inundated. In East and West Godavari districts, famous as the rice bowl of the state, standing paddy and cotton crops over lakhs of acres were damaged. Officials said they were making...
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24 dead, more rain; we weren't warned, says Andhra Pradesh govt-Uma Sudhir and Shamik Ghosh
-NDTV Hyderabad: The already-flooded regions of coastal Andhra Pradesh - districts like Vizianagaram and Srikakulam - will continue to be beaten by heavy rain over the next 24 hours, says the MeT department. More than 20 people have died in the last five days, the savage after-effect of Cyclone Nilam that hit last Wednesday. Initially, the Andhra Pradesh Government had said Cyclone Nilam was in fact good news for the state because...
More »Cyclone Nilam: Over 100 Rescued From 2 Andra Districts
-Outlook Naval teams today rescued over 100 people from various villages in Visakhapatnam and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh who were trapped following heavy rains following cyclone 'Nilam' last week. 28 relief teams, comprising nearly 60 divers of the Eastern Naval Command (ENC), rescued over 20 people from low-lying areas of Chodavaram, 60 from Padmanabham and 25 from Yelamnanchili while efforts are on to shift the marooned people to safety. According to...
More »Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan backs schools that are not RTE-compliant -Preetu Venugopalan Nair
-The Times of India KOCHI: The private schools in the state which don't meet the infrastructure requirements as prescribed in the Right to Education (RTE) Act have a reason to smile. The sixteenth joint mission of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, in its latest report, has suggested that instead of closing down private schools that are not RTE-compliant, the state governments should ensure that quality standards are met both by private as...
More »Serve fresh notice on RIL, Dasgupta writes to PM -Sujay Mehdudia
-The Hindu Says the whole country is waiting for a statement from Manmohan on the issue Terming the ouster of Jaipal Reddy from the Petroleum Ministry unfortunate and anguishing, Communist Party of India (CPI) Member of Parliament Gurudas Dasgupta on Thursday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to serve a fresh notice on the Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and restrict the cost recovery for 2012-13 by $1.72 billion for the shortfall...
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