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Flood fury wrecks havoc in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh/ Manipur, Aug 24 (ANI): Flood fury has wrecked havoc in Uttar Pradesh and has rendered several homeless. The houses located on the banks on river Ganga are submerged due to the rise in its water level in Kanpur city. In Faizabad district also, floods have disrupted normal life of people and left many without any shelter. A Village Revenue Officer, Ramnihal Prajapati, said the government is helping people by providing them with essential commodities for their livelihood. Meanwhile, in Imphal city of Manipur flood situation caused due to incessant rains is grim. Aug 24, 2014
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Normalcy returns to violence hit Assam_s Golaghat

Golaghat, Aug 23 (ANI): Normalcy returned to violence-hit Golaghat district of Assam as residents came out of their houses to buy essential commodities on Saturday. Assam and neighbouring Nagaland are locked in a territorial dispute, claiming tracts of land along the state limits since the creation of Nagaland more than four decades ago. The latest wave of violence has left at least 20 dead and forced thousands to flee their homes. Vehicles were plying on road and shops were opened as the local authorities have lifted curfew in the district. Police said the latest trouble began when Naga tribesmen attacked a village inside Assam last week, killing 15 people and burning their homes. Aug 23, 2014
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Curfew relaxed for few hours in violence-hit Assam

Golaghat, Aug 22 (ANI): Local administration relaxed curfew for six hours in violence-hit Golaghat district of Assam to allow residents to buy essential commodities on Friday. The latest wave of violence has left at least 20 dead and forced thousands to flee their homes. The situation aroused when two victims hailing from Golaghat district were hit by bullets fired by unidentified persons from Nagaland side while they were protesting against the kidnapping of two teenagers by suspected miscreants last week. A student union has withdrawn threat to block the national highway, connecting neighbouring state of Nagaland after recent spate of violence. Assam and neighbouring Nagaland are locked in a territorial dispute, claiming tracts of land along the state limits since the creation of Nagaland more than four decades ago. Aug 22, 2014
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Lebanese church distributes aid for Iraqi refugees

Members of the Chaldean Diocese in Baabda, were giving food items on Wednesday to Iraqi Christian refugees who fled the ongoing fighting between Iraqi government forces and Islamic State (IS) jihadists in northern Iraq. Duration: 00:45 Aug 20, 2014
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Rajnath Singh calls for strengthening of civil defence organisation

New Delhi, Aug 20 (ANI): Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, on Wednesday emphasised on the strengthening of civil defence organisation in an effort to avert any natural disaster in future. Singh was speaking at the launch of 'Plan Scheme of Mainstreaming Civil defence in Disaster Risk Reduction'. During the conference, Singh said efforts should be made to make civil defence organisation more efficient. Meanwhile, Singh also assured to fix the problem of scarcity of essential resources. Aug 20, 2014
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Relief operations stepped up in flood-affected districts in Odisha

Puri, Aug 16 (ANI): Relief operations were stepped up on Saturday as floods, triggered by heavy rain, in Odisha continued to wreak havoc, affecting 23 districts and marooning 130 villages. Disaster management officials said hundreds of boats had been deployed to take dry food rations, plastic sheets and other relief items to the cut-off villages located in 23 of Odisha's 30 districts. Aug 16, 2014
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