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Thiruvananthapuram: The BJP Sunday responded to demands from various quarters, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, to declare the devastating Wayanad landslides a national disaster, saying that such a concept doesn't exist under Central government guidelines, a policy unchanged since the UPA government's tenure. Senior party...

Thiruvananthapuram: The Indian Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Kerala Fire and Rescue Services, police and other agencies resumed the search operation Sunday morning for the missing people in the Wayanad landslides. According to official reports, at least 206 people from the Mundakkal and Chooralmala...

Sagar (MP): Nine children were killed after the collapse of a wall at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district Sunday, a senior official said. The incident took place during a religious programme in Shahpur village under Rehli Assembly seat, an official said. According to...

Etawah (UP): Seven people were killed and 25 injured early Sunday when the bus they were on fell into a ditch after a collision on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in the Usrahar area here, police said. Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar told reporters that a bus...

Wayanad: In a remarkable display of courage and compassion, officials from the Kerala forest department successfully rescued four toddlers and their parents, who belong to a tribal community, after they were stranded in a cave atop a hill following the devastating Wayanad landslides. The four-member...

Chandigarh: An Indian Civil Account Services (ICAS) officer was shot dead by his father-in-law, a retired assistant inspector general of the Punjab Police, at the mediation centre in the district court complex here Saturday, officials said. The deceased was identified as Harprit Singh. His father-in-law,...

New Delhi: Bharatanatyam veteran Yamini Krishnamurthy died at the Apollo hospital here Saturday. She was 84. "She was suffering from age-related issues and was in the ICU for the last seven months," Krishnamurthy's manager and secretary Ganesh told PTI. Krishnamurthy's mortal remains will be brought...

Chandigarh: The Centre has denied political clearance to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for visiting to Paris to support the Indian hockey team at the ongoing Olympic Games, an official source said Saturday. Meanwhile, Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan said he has also been...

New Delhi: The next round of talks for the ongoing review meeting of the India-Asean free trade agreement in goods will be held in November, an official statement said Saturday. The third round of the negotiations was concluded August 1 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Eight sub-committees...

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration Saturday sacked six government employees, including five policemen, for their "deep involvement in anti-national activities", officials said. J-K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha invoked article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution to terminate them from service, they said. Under proviso 'c' of...