India

Extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Fani' made a landfall in Puri on Odisha coast on Friday morning, triggering heavy rainfall coupled with high velocity winds with speed of 175 kmph in vast areas.

The weatherman has predicted party cloudy sky with possibility of very light rain or thunderstorm during the day.

NIA said that it seized digital devices, including nine hard discs, three laptops, 16 mobile phones, 21 SIM cards, seven diaries, seven memory cards in the raids.

According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre, Fani is being billed as the most severe cyclonic storm since the super cyclone of 1999 that claimed close to 10,000 lives and left a trail of destruction across the state.

Pakistan on Wednesday said it would "immediately enforce the sanctions", hours after the United Nations Security Council designated Jaish-e-Mohammed chief as global terrorist.

After putting up an united front for the lok sabha polls, the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition will be put to test yet again.

All the special trains will have stoppages at Khurda Road, Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Jajpur Keonjhar, Bhadrak, Baleswar and Kharagpur.

Cyclone Fani, which has turned into an 'extremely severe cyclonic' storm is about 540 km away from the Odisha coast, IMD stated.

The cause of the incident is yet not know. A team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will visit the monument on Thursday to probe the cause of the damage.

V Narayanasamy said he brought Kiran Bedi's interference to the notice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, but to no avail.

Gogoi appeared for questioning a day after the complainant withdrew herself from the panel, saying that she felt she was unlikely to get any justice.

ISRO, which has been working on the Chandrayaan 2 for over three years, said it has zeroed in on a launch window between July 9 and July 16, with an expected landing on the moon by September 6.

Stating that the extremists' activities in Maharashtra were on the rise in the state, the former chief minister said it was the result of "rulers neglecting law and order in the Naxal-affected areas".

Home minister Rajnath Singh said the country was extremely proud of the valour of police personnel and their supreme sacrifice will not go in vain.

Sources said the attack is revenge for the encounters conducted by the commando unit in the region last year, in which 40 Maoist cadres were killed.

The Odisha government has also issued an advisory for tourists to evacuate the temple town of Puri by Thursday evening and cancel all non-essential travel plans to the coastal districts of the state for four days.