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Rs 344 crore and two lives: cyclone Murasu leaves Andhra counting as rain continues
Cyclone Murasu has killed two people in Andhra Pradesh and caused preliminary damage of Rs 344 crore, with crops over 52,459 hectares hit, 12,230 people in relief camps and 35 trains cancelled.
Arnab is coming: 140 kmph winds, 5.7 lakh people to move, landfall on Wednesday
Cyclone Arnab intensified over the Bay of Bengal on Monday and is forecast to cross the Andhra Pradesh-Yanam coast between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam as a very severe cyclonic storm by the forenoon of October 28. Andhra Pradesh has identified 5.7 lakh vulnerable people and will begin evacuating from Monday evening; Odisha has shut schools in five districts.
Cyclone brewing in Bay of Bengal; Andhra-Odisha coast put on alert
A low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 26 and move towards the north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts around October 28, the IMD has forecast. Odisha has cancelled the leave of its officials.
RBI data centre and cyber training institute to open in Bhubaneswar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the RBI's new data centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Bhubaneswar on October 25. The facility is certified to the Uptime Institute Tier IV standard, the highest tier for data centre resilience.
A neighbour's ballot paper reopens a 60-year border fight
Andhra Pradesh's election notification for three villages of Kotia has reopened Odisha's oldest border dispute. Odisha's minister accused Naveen Patnaik of covering past failures; the BJD chief asked why the BJP government is silent.
Poll notification in three disputed villages reopens Odisha-Andhra border row
Andhra Pradesh's announcement of panchayat elections in three villages of the disputed Kotia region has revived a decades-old border row with Odisha. The dispute is pending before the Supreme Court.
Panchayat poll notice for disputed Kotia draws Odisha minister's eye, BJD demands action
Andhra Pradesh's panchayat election notification covering villages in the disputed Kotia region has triggered a fresh row with Odisha, prompting the Odisha government to say it will deploy officials to monitor the neighbouring state's activities. The opposition BJD demanded action to protect the interests of Kotia residents.
Disputed Kotia row flares as Odisha stations officials to watch Andhra
After Andhra Pradesh notified panchayat elections in the disputed Kotia region, the Odisha government decided to station one police and one revenue official there. Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari said legal options in the Supreme Court were being explored. The BJD accused the BJP of going soft on the border dispute.