Cyclone Phailin claims 17 lives; many more in tatters

Cyclone 'Phailin' on Sunday left a trail of destruction, hitting nearly 90 lakh people, damaging lakhs of houses and laying waste paddy crop worth about Rs 2,400 crore, mainly in coastal Ganjam......

How WE defeated cyclone Phailin and saved thousands

Massive preparedness, speedy evacuation plans and almost accurate prediction of cyclone time and path have saved the country from a natural disaster which could have taken thousands of lives.......

Cyclone Phailin slams into Odisha, Andhra coast

Phailin, a very severe cyclonic storm, on Saturday struck the Odisha coast, bringing in its wake torrential rains and wind speeds of over 200 kmph in the state and in neighbouring north coastal......

PHOTOS: Cyclone Phailin intensifies; Andhra Pradesh, Odisha on high alert

After remaining stationary for several hours over the sea, the cyclonic storm 'Phailin' on Thursday intensified, moving slightly northwest and lay centered at about 850 km southeast of Paradip. The......

Phailin takes a toll on industries in Ganjam

While cyclone Phailin has passed off without causing too many casualties, major industries in south Odisha’s Ganjam district, the worst-hit by the storm, took a hard knock. Orissa Sands......

Odisha loses Rs 2,300 crore worth of crops to Phailin

Cyclone Phailin, which made a landfall on the southern coast of Odisha at around 8:30 pm on Saturday at a windspeed of 200 km an hour, affected a cultivable area of 0.5 million hectares and damaged......

Phailin unlikely to bleed insurance companies

Cyclone Phailin, which hit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, may not lead to huge losses for insurance companies. According to sector officials, the highest destruction is on “kuchcha......

WB, ADB assure Odisha of $313-million aid for cyclone

International funding agencies, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, have assured a financial assistance of $313 million to Odisha government for restoration and rehabilitation activities......