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Kozhikode: A day after the massive landslides struck Kerala's Wayanad, desperate scenes were witnessed with the rescue teams reaching the destroyed houses and frantically searching for missing people, even as the death toll Wednesday reached 153, with 98 still missing. The worst affected areas include...

Wayanad (Kerala): In one of the worst natural disasters in Kerala, at least 123 persons were killed and 128 injured in massive landslides triggered by torrential rains in Wayanad Tuesday. With hundreds trapped under the debris, sparking fears of mounting fatalities, rescue agencies were racing...

Wayanad (Kerala): The Army, which has been deployed for rescue services in Wayanad district, has managed to save about 1,000 persons using a temporary bridge, after the permanent structure was washed away following the torrential downpour that triggered the landslides, a senior official said Tuesday....

New Delhi: The Railway Board has referred to the provisions of several leave facilities for expectant female loco pilots in response to their demand for light duties during pregnancy. Several female loco pilots had approached the railway trade union to raise this issue after suffering...

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Assembly Tuesday passed the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2024 that provides for a maximum punishment of life imprisonment, making the law stricter in cases of fraudulent or forced conversion. Earlier the maximum punishment provided for those...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday termed misleading claims by opposition leaders that if any state is not named in the Budget speech, then it does not get any budgetary allocation. Replying to a Budget discussion in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman asserted that no...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Tuesday that 93 people died and around 128 were injured in the massive landslides in the northern Wayanad district, leaving behind a trail of destruction and despair. Vijayan said that of the dead, 34 bodies were identified and...

New Delhi: Warming of the Arabian Sea is allowing the formation of deep cloud systems, leading to extremely heavy rainfall in Kerala in a shorter period and increasing the possibility of landslides, a senior climate scientist said Tuesday. Extremely heavy rain triggered a series of...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Tuesday said there is no rethinking in the government to support foreign direct investments (FDI) from China as was pitched by the Economic Survey recently. He said it was a report that always speaks about new ideas...

Kozhikode: The death toll in the Wayanad landslide tragedy Tuesday reached 84 and several people were reported missing in the worst affected areas, said officials, adding that hundreds are injured and admitted to different hospitals. The worst affected areas are Churalpara, Velarimala, Mundakayil and Pothukalu....