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Heavy rains to lash state over next 24 hrs
Nuakhai ‘Lagna’ fixed
Restrictions eased in Kashmir, landline services restored in most places
North Korea claims to have launched new multiple rocket launcher
Pyongyang/Seoul: North Korea Sunday said that it successfully tested a ‘new’ super-large multiple rocket launch system the previous day under the guidance of leader Kim Jong-un. Kim ‘guided the test-fire of newly developed super-large multiple rocket launcher Saturday’, Pyongyang's state-run...
Film city near Chilika: A story without script
Arun Jaitley cremated at Nigambodh Ghat with State honours
New Delhi: Former finance minister Arun Jaitley was cremated at the Nigambodh Ghat here with full State honours on Sunday in the presence of leaders from across the political spectrum and scores of his admirers and party workers. Jaitley's son Rohan performed the last rites. The 66-year-old BJP stalwart passed...
Read moreNo shortage of medicines, essential commodities in J&K: Satya Pal Malik
New Delhi: Governor Satya Pal Malik denied Sunday that there was any shortage of medicines and essential commodities in Jammu and Kashmir and said communication curbs helped save many lives there. Satya Pal Mailk also said no life has been lost in Jammu and Kashmir due to any violence in the last 10 days after the abrogation of the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir and its division into two...
Read moreHindus outnumber Muslims in forging documents to find way into NRC
Guwahati: With the hugely contentious NRC exposing communal faultlines in Assam, it has emerged that more Hindus than Muslims forged documents to find their way into the National Register of Citizens, sources with close knowledge of the exercise said Sunday. The final NRC list, which will identify bonafide citizens of Assam, is set to be published August 31. The exercise of updating the NRC, unique to Assam, is being conducted under...
Read morePM Modi signs 3 MoUs in Bahrain
Manama: India and Bahrain Saturday expressed their commitment to give a fillip to the entire spectrum of bilateral relations during talks between visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bahraini counterpart Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa. Three MoUs were also inked, in the field of space, culture, the International Solar Alliance and RuPay card. PM Modi, who arrived here earlier in the day, in the first prime ministerial visit...
Read moreRahul Gandhi-led opposition team sent back from Srinagar
Srinagar: An opposition party delegation, led by former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, was Saturday stopped at the Srinagar airport and sent back to Delhi, soon after they landed here. The delegation of 12 opposition leaders had left Delhi by 11.50 am Air Vistara flight. It was not allowed to leave the airport, sources said. The delegation wanted to visit the Valley to take stock of the situation. The Valley has been...
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Pakistan releases more water, flood threat in Ferozepur
Chandigarh: A few villages in Punjab’s border district Ferozepur are facing a flood threat after a major portion of an embankment in the catchment area of the Sutlej river was washed away following the Pakistan’s release of water into the Indian territory. Officials Sunday said the Ferozepur district administration is on high alert, while precautionary deployment of...
Congress leaders slam Swamy’s statement on Kartarpur corridor
Chandigarh: Several Punjab Congress leaders, including two state cabinet ministers, Sunday hit out at BJP MP Subramanian Swamy for his remarks that the work on the Kartarpur corridor should be stopped in the interest of the nation. The senior Congress leaders, including eight party MLAs, castigated Swamy and said his comments on the Kartarpur corridor had hurt...
Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal ‘troubled’ by Kashmir reports
Washington: The Indian-American lawmaker in the US House of Representatives, Pramila Jayapal, has said she was ‘troubled’ over reports of arrests in Jammu and Kashmir after India revoked the Article 370 of the Constitution that granted special status to the state. “Deeply troubled by reports of Indian Govt's arrests of 2,000 in Kashmir...," Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal said...
Flood threats looms in Punjab after Pakistan releases more water
Chandigarh: A few villages in Punjab's border district Ferozepur are facing a flood threat after a major portion of an embankment in the catchment area of the Sutlej river was washed away following Pakistan's release of water into the Indian territory. Officials Sunday said the Ferozepur district administration is on high alert, while precautionary deployment of the...
Female fans will be allowed to attend Iran’s WC qualifier
Tehran: Women fans will be allowed into the stadium for Iran's next football World Cup qualifier in October, a sports ministry official said Sunday, ahead of a deadline to allow their attendance. FIFA has been stepping up pressure on Iran to ensure women are allowed to attend qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, reportedly giving it until...
Steve Smith set to return to Australian side in tour game against Derbyshire
Leeds: Steve Smith is set to make his return to action in a tour match against Derbyshire after the Australia star batted in the nets against bowlers for the first time Sunday since suffering from concussion after being hit by a Jofra Archer delivery in the second Test at Lord’s. Smith, one of the world's leading batsmen,...
Heavy rains to lash state over next 24 hrs
Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar Sunday predicted heavy rains to continue in the state for next 24 hours. It also hinted at another low pressure taking shape around August 28. The low pressure area over northwest Odisha and neighbourhood now lies as a feeble low pressure area over north Chhattisgarh and...
Coming out as gay better than hiding relationship: Dutee Chand
New Delhi: The first Indian athlete to confess to same-sex relationship, sprinter Dutee Chand says ‘coming out of the closet’ was better than ‘hiding’ her personal life from the public. A person of strong will who does not allow her parents to come in the way of her relationship, Dutee made headlines in May when she made...
N Korea tests new ‘super-large’ multiple rocket launcher
Seoul: North Korea said Sunday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a ‘newly developed super-large multiple rocket launcher’, another demonstration of its expanding weapons arsenal apparently aimed at increasing its leverage ahead of a possible resumption of nuclear talks with the United States. The North’s ‘Korean Central News Agency’ (KCNA) said Saturday’s weapons test...
No ambulance facility for 339 villages in Ganjam
Chhatrapur: There are 339 villages in Ganjam district that do not have ambulance facilities according to information available from the district health department. There are 35 numbers of 108 and 39 numbers of 102 ambulances in the district. The 102 ambulances are meant to carry pregnant women and ailing children who are not more than one year...
