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Cyclone ‘Dana’ To Make Landfall Tonight; Odisha & WB On High Alert

Cyclone 'Dana' To Make Landfall Tonight, Odisha, WB On High Alert

Cyclone Dana is currently barreling towards coastal Odisha. It is set to make landfall on early Friday morning and bring heavy rains and thunderstorms to the state.

Amidst this Odisha state authorities are in a rush to evacuate around 10 lakh people and more as Cyclone Dana approaches the state’s coast. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that the cyclone has intensified.

The IMD also reported that wind speeds are expected to reach 120 kmph. It is likely to make landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra port tonight.

The Met Department has warned of ‘extremely heavy’ to ‘very heavy’ rain in West Bengal. Other districts such as North and South 24 Parganas, Kolkata, and Hooghly are also expected to have extremely heavy rainfall on Thursday and Friday.

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To avoid any hazard the Kolkata and Bhubaneswar airports will suspend operations as a precaution, and around 200 trains have been canceled.

According to reports, The Airports Authority of India (AAI) official on Wednesday said “The step was taken keeping in mind the safety of passengers, airline employees, equipments, navigational aids and infrastructure”.

“In view of cyclone Dana’s impact on the coastal region of West Bengal, including Kolkata, it has been decided to suspend the flight operations from 6 pm on October 24 to 9 am on October 25 due to predicted heavy winds and heavy to very heavy rainfall at Kolkata,” he said further.

According to reports over 3 lakh people have been evacuated in Odisha, while West Bengal has moved over 1.14 lakh people to safer locations.

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Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: MNS Releases Second List Of 45 Candidates

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The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), led by Raj Thackeray, released its second list of 45 candidates for the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections on Tuesday. Notably, Raj Thackeray’s son, Amit Thackeray, will contest from the Mahim constituency.

The list includes several prominent names such as Pramod (Raju) Ratan Patil from Kalyan Rural, Shirish Gunwant Sawant from Bhandup West, Avinash Jadhav from Thane City, and Sandeep Sudhakar Deshpande from Worli.

Raj Thackeray had previously declared MNS’s intention to contest the elections independently, without aligning with any ruling or opposition parties. Voting will take place on November 20, and the results will be announced on November 23.

Second list of 45 candidates:

  1. Pramod (Raju) Ratan Patil – Kalyan Rural
  2. Amit Raj Thackeray – Mahim
  3. Shirish Gunwant Sawant – Bhandup West
  4. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshpande – Worli
  5. Avinash Jadhav – Thane City
  6. Sangita Chendwankar – Murbad
  7. Kishor Shinde – Kothrud
  8. Sainath Babar – Hadapsar
  9. Mayuresh Ramesh Wanjale – Khadakwasla
  10. Nayan Pradeep Kadam – Magathane
  11. Kunal Mainkar – Borivali
  12. Rajesh Yerunkar – Dahisar
  13. Bhaskar Parab – Dindoshi
  14. Sandesh Desai – Versova
  15. Mahesh Farkase – Kandivali East
  16. Virendra Jadhav – Goregaon
  17. Dinesh Salvi – Charkop
  18. Bhalchandra Ambure – Jogeshwari East
  19. Vishwajit Dolam – Vikhroli
  20. Ganesh Chukkal – Ghatkopar West
  21. Sandeep Kulthe – Ghatkopar East
  22. Mauli Thorve – Chembur
  23. Mahendra Bhanushali – Chandivali
  24. Jagdish Khandekar – Mankhurd-Shivajinagar
  25. Nilesh Bankhele – Airoli
  26. Gajanan Kale – Belapur
  27. Sushant Suryarao – Mumbra-Kalwa
  28. Vinod More – Nalasopara
  29. Sandeep Rane – Mira-Bhayandar
  30. Manoj Gulvi – Bhiwandi West
  31. Harishchandra Khandvi – Shahapur
  32. Pramod Gandhi – Guhagar
  33. Ravindra Kothari – Karjat-Jamkhed
  34. Kailas Darekar – Ashti
  35. Mayuri Balasaheb Mhaske – Georai
  36. Shivkumar Nagrale – Osa
  37. Anuj Patil – Jalgaon City
  38. Praveen Soor – Warora
  39. Mahadev Kognure – Solapur South
  40. Rohan Nirmal – Kagal
  41. Vaibhav Kulkarni – Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal
  42. Sanjay Shelke – Shrigonda
  43. Vijayram Kinkar – Hingna
  44. Aditya Durugkar – Nagpur South
  45. Parshuram Ingle – Solapur City-North

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