Jammu and Kashmir: A BJP worker Gul Mohd Mir has been shot dead by terrorists at Nowgam, Verinag in South Kashmir. Security forces have cordoned off the area. More details awaited.
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New Delhi, May 4: Cyclone Fani triggered heavy rainfall in several parts of West Bengal after entering the state post midnight on Saturday. The cyclonic storm had made a landfall in Odisha on Friday morning causing havoc in the state. According to the Meteorological department, the extremely severe cyclonic storm relatively weakened after entering coastal Odisha and transformed into "very severe" as it approached Bengal. Cyclone Fani Enters West Bengal Through Odisha’s Balasore.
In Bengal, the cyclonic storm lashed cities and towns in coastal Bengal including Digha, Mandarmani, Tajpur, Sandehskhali and Contai while the effects of the storm could also be felt in cities like Kharagpur and Burdwan as trees were uprooted and metal hoardings gave way.
In the past two decades, India has witnessed at least 20 severe cyclonic storms but the ongoing "extremely severe" cyclone "Fani" is the strongest, Skymet Weather said. The storm which hit the eastern coast along Odisha with a wind speed of up to 200 km per hour on Friday has been found to be the strongest to hit the country since 1999.
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