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Jammu: The death toll in the Vaishno Devi landslide has gone up to 32 with rescuers pulling out more bodies from under the debris, officials said Wednesday, a day after disaster struck the route to the hilltop shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district. At...

Chandigarh: Hundreds of villages in Punjab along the swollen Satluj, Beas, and Ravi rivers were flooded Wednesday, severely affecting life and damaging crops after the floodgates of the Bhakra and Pong dams were opened. The inflow into these reservoirs had alarmingly increased due to torrential...

Mhow: India's armed forces must be prepared for all kinds of security challenges, including short-duration conflicts to even a five-year war in view of an unpredictable geopolitical environment, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Wednesday. In an address at the 'Ran Samvad' at the Army War...

Chandigarh: The historic Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara, one of the holiest shrines believed to be the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh religion, has been partially submerged by floodwater of the Ravi river, reports said Wednesday. The gurdwara in Pakistan's...

New Delhi: India has issued fresh alerts to Pakistan about the "high probability" of flooding in the Tawi river, with incessant rainfall in the northern states forcing the release of excess water from major dams, sources said Wednesday. The alerts, routed to Islamabad through the...

New York/Washington: The additional 25 per cent tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump on India for its purchases of Russian oil came into effect Wednesday, bringing the total amount of levies imposed on New Delhi to 50 per cent. The Department of Homeland Security...

New Delhi: India Wednesday described as "shocking" and "deeply regrettable" the killing of five journalists in a pair of Israeli strike in Gaza. The journalists were among at least 20 people killed in the strikes on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis Monday. "The killing of...

Jammu: At least 30 people were killed and 14 others were injured after a landslide hit the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine route in J&K’s Reasi district, even as the water level in all the rivers of Jammu division and the Jhelum River in Kashmir...

Srinagar: Rivers overflowed, the raging waters flattening everything in their way, and boulders, trees and rocks hurtled down slopes across the Jammu region Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, including six pilgrims struck by a landslide on the Vaishno Devi route. Relentless heavy rain led...

Jammu: Relentless heavy rain led to a landslide on the route to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop the Trikuta hill Tuesday afternoon, killing at least five people and injuring 14, officials said. Several people were feared trapped. The pilgrimage to the famed shrine in...