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While issues of crumbling infrastructure, poor disaster management, job losses and farm distress dominating the public discourse of late, experts feel they might not determine how people would vote in the upcoming elections.

Article 370, Ram Mandir likely to dominate polls

Both the parties said that they would raise issues like farm crisis, economic slowdown and unemployment in the run-up to...

22 Sept 2019 2:16 AM IST

Natures fury hits West Bengal. (PTI)

Cyclone Amphan leaves behind a trail of destruction in West Bengal,...

Though weakened, the cyclone teared through West Bengal killing 72 people.

21 May 2020 8:35 PM IST

AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria are on the rise in Africa, especially due to cyclones. (Photo: Representational/ Pixabay)

IMD: Cyclone Amphan begins landfall, process to continue for 4 hours

Odisha and West Bengal have evacuated nearly 1.5 lakh and 3.3 lakh people respectively.

20 May 2020 5:26 PM IST

Fishing boats anchored at the Puri beach after authorities warned fishermen not to venture into the sea in the view of Cyclone Amphan, at Konark in Puri district. (PTI)

Cyclone Amphan set to make landfall today; over 1 lakh evacuated in...

Due to the cyclone, rainfall and strong winds are expected to batter several districts of Odisha.

20 May 2020 10:20 AM IST

Rescue operations at the site of the building collapse. (PTI)

Death toll in Mumbai building collapse rises to 10; 32-year-old man...

The six-storey Bhanushali Building in south Mumbai was around 100 years old.

18 July 2020 9:30 AM IST

Patna district administration on Wednesday announced a lockdown in the city. (PTI Photo)

District magistrate announces week-long lockdown in Patna from July 10

Officials said that district administration will review the situation a week later and may increase the period depending...

9 July 2020 9:30 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Right) with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina. (PTI)

India, Bangladesh likely to sign three MoUs during PM Modi's visit

Modi is visitng Dhaka to attend the celebrations of the golden jubilee of the country's independence and the birth...

16 March 2021 12:38 PM IST

A health worker screening travelers to test for COVID-19 at train station in Mumbai, May 24,2020.

Maharashtra to relax COVIDd-19 curbs in 25 districts

Public health minister Rajesh Tope said government is in favour of allowing people taking both doses of vaccine travel...

30 July 2021 10:02 AM IST

Several houses are damaged as the flood water makes its way in the aftermath of the Cyclone Biparjoy, in Kutch district. (PTI Photo)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Reducing risk of disasters: Taking it to India's...

Despite the modernisation of DM which the government is following ardently, it is non-compliance of laws & norms that...

1 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

File picture of the BMC headquarters.

Mumbai to get its disaster response force today

They will be provided special training by the NDRF officials.

6 March 2018 2:24 AM IST

Five fire tenders took almost 40 minutes to douse the blaze. (Photo: ANI)

Kolkata: Fire on 10th floor of high-rise, no casualties

The fire broke out around 8.45 PM due to some electrical malfunction in office room, on 10th floor of LIC building.

12 May 2018 1:21 PM IST

Rescue operation under way in one of the flood-hit villages in Kodagu.

Karnataka denies earthquake responsible for floods

Going by the official, scientists of the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre.

24 Aug 2018 6:13 AM IST