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Jharkhand/Rourkela: Two persons from Odisha were killed after 18 coaches of a train bound for Mumbai derailed in Jharkhand Tuesday, a source said. The deceased have been identified as Ajit Kumar Samal and OT Bikash Rao. Both of them hailed from Rourkela, the source added....

Kozhikode: With the death toll in the massive landslides at Churalpara in Kerala's Wayanad Tuesday rising to 44 and hundreds of people stranded, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Tuesday sought help from the Indian Army's Bengaluru-headquartered Madras Engineering Group. The MEG is known for setting up...

New Delhi: Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived here Tuesday night on a three-day visit to India with an aim to further expand the strategic ties between the two countries. Chinh was received at the airport by Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra...

Kozhikode: The death toll in the massive landslides at Churalpara in Kerala's Wayanad Tuesday has gone up to 41, district authorities said. The landslides were reported to have occurred at around 2am and the area remains cut off. The worst affected areas include Churalpara, Velarimala,...

Wayanad (Kerala): The toll rose to 23 in the landslides that hit Kerala's hilly Wayanad district Tuesday, according to state Health Minister Veena George. George, speaking to reporters, said 23 bodies have been recovered so far and were kept in various hospital morgues. Of those...

Thiruvananthapuram: Multiple NDRF teams, two helicopters and other rescue efforts are on their way to Mundakkai, which has been cut off by devastating landslides that hit Kerala's hilly Wayanad district, the state government said Tuesday. State Revenue Minister K Rajan said one team of NDRF...

Kozhikode: At least 19 people were killed in a massive landslide at Churalpara in Kerala's Wayanad Tuesday, said officials here. The landslides were reported to have occurred at around 2 a.m. and the area was cut off. Kerala Chief Secretary V. Venu told local media,...

Jamshedpur: Two persons were killed and 50 others injured after 18 coaches of a train bound for Mumbai derailed in Jharkhand Tuesday. The Howrah-CSMT Express (train number 12810) derailed between Rajkharsawan and Badabambo stations at around 4 a.m., 80 km from Jamshedpur in the Chakradharpur...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday said he will hold a meeting with his Andhra Pradesh counterpart, N Chandrababu Naidu, to resolve the Polavaram issue between the two states. Majhi, upon his arrival from Delhi after attending the Governing Council meeting of the NITI...

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry Monday constituted a high-level committee, headed by an Additional Secretary, to probe the death of three IAS aspirants at a coaching centre here due to flooding of the building's basement. The committee will inquire into the reasons, fix responsibility,...