The meeting was attended by senior union ministers and almost all the chief ministers, except Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal) and K Chandrashekhar Rao (Telangana)

Cyclone Vayu in Gujarat: In view of Cyclone Vayu, NDRF mobilises 39 teams for pre-positioning in Gujarat, Daman & Diu. The severe cyclonic storm is likely to hit Gujarat at a gust speed of 135 kmph; the state chalks out an initial plan to evacuate about 3 lakh people along the coastal areas.

Natural calamities have become a way of life, but the Indian infrastructure is yet to become resilient

According to the examination, Cyclone Fani devastated as many as 20,367 villages in 14 coastal districts of Odisha. Besides, the cyclone affected 1.6 crore people and damaged 1.88 lakh hectares of agricultural land

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP chief Amit Shah will address three election rallies in West Bengal and one in Bihar.

According to sources in the Prime Minister's Office, West Bengal government cited election duty of officials as a reason for cancelling the meeting

Lok Sabha Elections Phase 5: The states that are going to the polls today are Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir.

Singh dismissed the notion that there was a wave in favour of Modi and asserted that the people have made up their minds to vote out the government that \"does not believe in inclusive growth and is only worried about its political existence at the altar of disharmony\".

\"I am not making any promises because it is a violation of the model code of conduct in view of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. I am speaking about the initiatives taken by the Modi government for the welfare of the people of the Ladakh region,\" she said addressing an election rally in support of party candidate Jamyang Tsering Namgyal in Leh.

PM Modi will visit Cyclone Fani hit Odisha on May 6 to take stock of the situation in the state. The Prime Minister Saturday spoke to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and announced about his visit to the storm-hit state on Twitter.

Documents accessed by India Today indicate that Ulrik Mcknight received defence contracts as an offset partner of the French firm Naval Group during the UPA regime

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal assaulted by a man during his roadshow in Moti Nagar, Delhi.

Cyclone Fani: Infosys for instance had already declared a holiday for offices in Odisha and is monitoring the developments there, according to a company spokesperson.

Fani is said to be the most severe cyclonic storm since the super cyclone of 1999 that claimed close to 10,000 lives and left a trail of destruction in Odisha

Cyclone Fani: Nearly 11 lakh people were evacuated from about 10,000 villages and 52 urban areas and are now accommodated in over 4,000 shelters, including 880 specially designed cyclone centres.