Orissa On Alert

Five small crude bombs along with some crackers were found lying along the tracks near Jharsuguda in Orissa on Saturday, triggering a bomb scare and briefly disrupting rail services on the Mumbai-Howrah route.The bombs, generally used during celebrations, were found lying along the tracks at Chaukipada, about 160 km from here, Deputy Superintendent...

Cyclone Laila weakened ahead of landfall about 30 km from Bapatla in Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday but still left 16 people dead, flooded thousands of homes, snapped power supply in many areas and threw rail and road traffic out of gear in the coastal region of the state. (See Pics)Though Laila's intensity reduced considerably, the ...

The severe cyclonic storm Laila, that had emerged from the Bay of Bengal and moved in the northwesterly to northerly direction, had intensified.

The VHP is slated to hold a silent protest in front of the Raj Bhawan in Bhubaneswar on the first death anniversary of Swami Laxmananand.

Thousands of people blocked roads and stopped trains in several places in Orissa on Sunday to protest the killing of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader and four others on Saturday night by armed assailants in the communally-sensitive Kandhamal district. A high alert has been sounded across the state.

Security across Orissa was tightened on Saturday following the killing of police personnel by Maoists, who also looted weapons from the district armoury in Nayagarh, police said.

Five small crude bombs along with some crackers were found lying along the tracks near Jharsuguda in Orissa on Saturday, triggering a bomb scare and briefly disrupting rail services on the Mumbai-Howrah route.The bombs, generally used during celebrations, were found lying along the tracks at Chaukipada, about 160 km from here, Deputy Superintendent...

Cyclone Laila weakened ahead of landfall about 30 km from Bapatla in Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday but still left 16 people dead, flooded thousands of homes, snapped power supply in many areas and threw rail and road traffic out of gear in the coastal region of the state. (See Pics)Though Laila's intensity reduced considerably, the ...

The severe cyclonic storm Laila, that had emerged from the Bay of Bengal and moved in the northwesterly to northerly direction, had intensified.

The VHP is slated to hold a silent protest in front of the Raj Bhawan in Bhubaneswar on the first death anniversary of Swami Laxmananand.

Thousands of people blocked roads and stopped trains in several places in Orissa on Sunday to protest the killing of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader and four others on Saturday night by armed assailants in the communally-sensitive Kandhamal district. A high alert has been sounded across the state.

Security across Orissa was tightened on Saturday following the killing of police personnel by Maoists, who also looted weapons from the district armoury in Nayagarh, police said.