Tashkent: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday thanked Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev for the warm welcome at Tashkent airport as he began his two-day State Visit to the Central Asian nation. In a special gesture, Mirziyoyev travelled to the airport and received PM Modi, highlighting the friendship between both countries that has grown immensely over the last 12...

Bhubaneswar: IMD Saturday forecast extremely heavy rainfall in five districts of north and coastal Odisha till August 31 in the wake of a low-pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal, officials said. The weather system is likely to trigger intense rainfall in northern, interior and coastal parts of the state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said....

Kathmandu: A specialised technical team from India has begun on-site reconnaissance of hydropower tunnels in Nepal’s flash flood-affected areas to facilitate the search and rescue of people stranded inside the tunnels, the Indian Embassy in Nepal said Saturday. India sent an 11-member rescue team comprising doctors, paramedics and personnel specialising in tunnel rescue operations at Nepal's request....

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Saturday stated that four more Indian nationals were rescued from a hydropower project in Nepal's Rasuwa, bringing the total number of rescued Indian nationals to 88. The ministry confirmed that the rescued individuals are Ripu Kumar, Chaneshwar Narzary, Kripa Shankar and Mohammed Minhajuddin. The MEA also stated that 120...

Hingoli (Maharashtra): CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke Saturday visited a government-run school at Aundha in his home district of Hingoli as part of the School Thik Karo campaign and claimed to have found expired packets intended for student food. He also flagged issues, including a defective water filter and a lack of water supply in the school bathroom....

Kolkata: Kolkata Police have arrested one Trinamool Congress activist in connection with the row over the removal of an illegal billboard from the roof of Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee's house on Camac Street in Kolkata Thursday. The arrested person has been identified as Toufik. According to a city police officer, the arrested person took a lead...

New Delhi: The makers of Drishyam The Conclusion have unveiled the first poster of Jaideep Ahlawat's character, SP Rajveer Singh Tomar, from the film. The film is set to release October 2 and is directed by Abhishek Pathak, who also directed the previous installment and is backed by Star Studio18 and Panorama Studios. The actor shared the...

New Delhi: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has told the Supreme Court that it has proposed to provide a prominent front-of-pack warning label in red colour for food products which are high in added saturated fat, added sugar and salt. In a compliance affidavit filed in the apex court, the FSSAI said the proposal...

Gorakhpur (UP):  A class 10 student of a private inter-college was allegedly raped repeatedly over four months by a teacher, who is also the son of the school manager, police said Saturday. The matter came to light after the 15-year-old girl allegedly attempted suicide Thursday after the accused uploaded online a recording of a phone conversation between...

Dhenkanal: A woman was allegedly beaten to death and buried inside a septic tank by her husband in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district after she refused to hand over money received under the Subhadra Yojana for buying alcohol, sources said. The incident took place late Friday night at Juang Sahi in Indipur under the Sadar police limits. The accused,...