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Gujarat Congress to organise marches to Sabarmati Ashram on 27 Sep in bid to 'foil designs to destroy Gandhian ideology'
• 5 years ago'These marches under a week-long 'Gandhi Sandesh Yatra' will be taken out on 27 September', said state Congress president Amit Chavda
Flood-like situation in Nashik and Gujarat after rivers swell due to heavy rains; Rajasthan, Bihar, Assam among other states battling deluge
Fp Staff • 6 years agoIncessant rains has waterlogged residential areas, prominent markets etc and has thrown normal life out of gear for lakhs of people across the country this monsoon. The flooding has especially worsen in north India as states like Bihar, Assam, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir received heavy rainfall for the past few days.
'Weakened' Cyclone Vayu likely to hit coasts of Gujarat's Saurashtra and Kutch by tomorrow evening, says IMD
• 6 years agoIn a tweet, Gujarat Additional Chief Secretary Pankaj Kumar had said the rainfall activity due to Cyclone Vayu is set to decrease along the coast and the interior parts of the state, while the western parts will continue to receive light to moderate rains.
Cyclone Vayu changes course, skirts Gujarat's Saurashtra coast; state to remain on high alert for next 24 hours
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAt 7.30 pm on Thursday, the IMD said Cyclone Vayu is very likely to move north-northwestwards for some time and then northwestwards, skirting the Saurashtra coast, affecting Gir Somnath, Diu, Junagarh, Porbandar and Devbhoomi Dwarka during the next 12 hours.
Cyclone Vayu in Gujarat updates: As storm skirts Saurashtra coast, Skymet Weather predicts Pakistan to also escape cyclone's fury
Fp Staff • 6 years agoCyclone Vayu in Gujarat LIVE updates: Skymet Weather has predicted that after Gujarat, Pakistan will, too, escape the fury of Cyclone Vayu which is presently over northeast and adjoining east-central Arabian Sea.
Cyclone Vayu: AAI says no damage to airport infrastructure in Gujarat, will take call on resuming flights later today
• 6 years agoThe impact of cyclone Vayu has been milder at most airports in Gujarat and there has been no damage to aerodromes' infrastructure so far, Airports Authority of India (AAI) said Thursday
Daily Bulletin: Modi leaves for SCO summit; Cyclone Vayu to hit Gujarat; India to face New Zealand in World Cup; day's top stories
Fp Staff • 6 years agoCyclone Vayu to hit Gujarat Thursday afternoon and three lakh people evacuated to safety, Modi takes on a seven-hour journey for Kyrgyzstan to avoid flying over Pakistan, Congress leadership crisis continues as no clarity on Rahul Gandhi's resignation
Cyclone Vayu: WR cancels 70 trains plying to disaster-prone areas, runs special trains to evacuate people from five coastal districts
• 6 years agoThe Western Railway has decided to short-terminate or cancel 21 of its trains passing through areas of Gujarat that are likely to be affected by cyclone 'Vayu'
Cyclone Vayu to remain strong even after landfall, says NDRF; Indian Army and Navy on standby
• 6 years agoAn alert has been sounded in 10 districts of Gujarat as Cyclone Vayu has turned "very severe" and its impact is expected to remain strong for 24 hours.
As Cyclone Vayu inches closer, Gujarat undertakes massive evacuation of around 3 lakh people from Saurashtra, Kutch
• 6 years agoAs cyclone 'Vayu' advances towards the Gujarat coast, the state government launched a massive evacuation exercise to shift about three lakh people from low-lying areas of Saurashtra and Kutch regions, officials said on Wednesday.