Ravi Shankar Prasad said a total of 79,000 employees of BSNL and 14,000 out of 20,000 employees of MTNL have applied for the VRS scheme which the government has come out with to reduce the employee cost

Cyclone Bulbul: Around 6,000 homes were partially or fully damaged. No major damage was reported in camps in southeastern Bangladesh where hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighbouring Myanmar are living

Cyclon Bulbul: Squally wind with speed of 50 to 60 kmph with gusts up to 70 kmph was likely to prevail over Kolkata during the night, the Met office said.

Bulbul cyclone updates: West Bengal, Odisha that fall in Cyclone Bulbul's path brace for impact as IMD warns of heavy rainfall, harsh sea conditions from Nov 8 onward

Rajkot weather forecast: The IMD's Ahmedabad office has placed an orange alert for Rajkot district ahead of the India-Bangladesh 2nd T20I to be played in the evening

Vadodara rains: A release by the state government said that Vadodara received 442 mm rainfall, the highest in Gujarat between 8 am to 8 pm on Wednesday. Of this, 286 mm of rain fell in just four hours ending at 8.00 pm, it added.

On Sunday morning, the cyclone remained centred about 470 km west-southwest of Porbandar, 440 km southwest of Dwarka and 545 km southwest of Bhuj

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Cyclone Vayu may not hit Saurashtra coast. As per weather models , Vayu may skirt the Gujarat coast near Porbandar, close to Dwarka or Okha coast, reported Skymet Weather

As many as 194 departing flights and 192 arrivals were delayed in the wake of the bad weather due to the cyclone Vayu

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.

Cyclone Vayu: As per IMD bulletin, the cyclone lies around 460 km northwest of Aminidivi (Lakshadweep), 540 km south-southwest of Mumbai (Maharashtra) and nearly 690 km south of Veraval (Gujarat) as of 5.30 am on Tuesday.

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

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

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.

The decision has been taken following a request from the Odisha administration in view of the rehabilitation work is underway in the state

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.

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