Sivasagar: Cars lie partially submerged in mud and silt washed along floodwater of the swollen Dikhow River GUWAHATI: The death toll from Assam’s deluge rose to 62, with over 7.05 lakh people still affected across 12 districts, as floodwaters began receding across the state on Saturday. The Centre has dispatched an inter-ministerial team to assess…
Union ministers Jitendra Singh and J P Nadda, along with CJP’s Saurav Das, addressed press conference NEW DELHI: BJP has fended off numerous opposition campaigns built around allegations, contentious laws or policies, and suspected wrongdoings of a senior Union minister or a chief minister since PM Modi took office in 2014 without making any appearance…
People celebrate Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as education ministe NEW DELHI: The opposition may have lost a politically incendiary issue with the end of the youth protest, but it is set to move to another controversy that has rocked the country – the Ayodhya donation theft.When the Parliament session started, the alleged Ram Janmabhoomi embezzlement was…
The architect of BJP’s maiden victory in Odisha was first catapulted into the limelight while leadingan ABVP-backed agitation in 1996 NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: Dharmendra Pradhan‘s resignation Saturday marks an unusual stumble in a political career that appeared to be headed towards more important destinations.The architect of BJP’s maiden victory in Odisha and facilitator of a series…
Indian Army soldiers celebrate victory in the 1999 Kargil War that is commemorated every year as Kargil Vijay Diwas. NEW DELHI: Twenty-seven years after Indian soldiers recaptured the icy heights of Kargil, the conflict continues to shape India’s military doctrine, defence modernisation and national security strategy. Observed every year on July 26, Kargil Vijay Diwas…
Emergency services at the scene after a small plane crashed lodged in the roof of a house, in Ganderkesee Two men were killed after a small private aircraft crashed into the roof of a house in northwestern Germany on Saturday, police said.The light aircraft went down in a residential neighbourhood in Ganderkesee, near the city…
Claims 45% of exports are outside ambit of US tariffs Claims 45% Of Exports Are Outside Ambit Of US Tariffs Claims 45% of exports are outside ambit of US tariffs Claims 45% Of Exports Are Outside Ambit Of US Tariffs Claims 45% of exports are outside ambit of US tariffs NEW DELHI: Govt said Saturday…
The app allows anonymous communication without mandatory user registration, phone number verification or centralised logging of messages NEW DELHI: Digital rights advocacy group Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has termed govt’s order directing GitHub to remove the source code repositories of Bluetooth-based messaging app BitChat “unconstitutional and authoritarian”.In a statement Friday, IFF said the order, issued…
NEW DELHI: India’s ancient Buddhist site of Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh was inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage List Saturday, becoming India’s 45th site to receive this recognition. India ranks sixth globally and second in Asia Pacific Region for the most number of ‘World Heritage Sites’.Sarnath was included in the tentative list in 1998. The…
According to officials and locals, the child ran ahead of the others and, in the darkness, fell into the open septic tank INDORE: A three-year-old boy from Maharashtra, who had travelled with his family to offer prayers at Omkareshwar temple in Khandwa district, died after falling into an uncovered septic tank near Brahmpuri parking area.The…
