Odisha

In view of the request for central assistance following cyclone Fani, a few questions that the Odisha government must answer.

Broken trees, mobile towers, wretched electric poles and debris lay scattered on roads of Puri and Bhubaneswar as a category 4 cyclone named "Fani" ripped through the Odisha coast in the early hours of 3rd May.

Cyclone Fani has devastated Odisha's Raghurajpur, the village famous for Pattachitra art.

PM Modi has stated that Mamata Banerjee is playing politics over Cyclone Fani. The West Bengal CM has refused to talk on the phone or hold a review meeting.

As PM Modi meets Naveen Patnaik today, reports state that the West Bengal government have declined PMO's request for a review meeting on Cyclone Fani stating that the state officials are busy in election duty. Earlier, Mamata Banerjee had avoided PM's phone call over the same.

Latest photos, videos, news, updates about Cyclone Fani that hit coastal parts of India in Odisha.

Severe weather conditions expected in coastal Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha.

Jagannath Pradhan, the BJP candidate from Odisha has accused BJD goons of hurling bombs on his car

Patnaik raised doubts over the credibility of Panda's companies and said that his companies have always had a shady reputation.

Five Lok Sabha constituencies Aska, Kandhamal, Sundergarh, Bargarh, and Bolangir and 35 Assembly constituencies under them will go to elections in the second phase of 2019 polls on Thursday in Odisha.