Gangtok: Three persons died and 23 army personnel were washed away Wednesday after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River basin, which was aggravated by the release of water from a dam, officials said. The...
New Delhi: The Delhi Police Tuesday arrested NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakravarty after searching more than 30 locations and questioning several journalists in a case filed under the anti-terror law UAPA following allegations the portal received money for pro-China propaganda. Police...
New Delhi: Four earthquakes, the strongest being of magnitude 6.2, jolted Nepal in quick succession with tremors reverberating through parts of north India including Delhi-NCR, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said Tuesday. An NCS official said the first quake of magnitude 4.6 struck west...
Patna: The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar Monday released findings of its much-awaited caste survey which revealed that OBCs and EBCs constitute a whopping 63 per cent of the state's total population. According to the data released here by Development Commissioner Vivek Singh, the state's...
Hangzhou: Avinash Sable became the first Indian man to win the gold medal in 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Games while shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor defended his title with an amazing final throw to beat back the challenge from his Saudi Arabian rival here Sunday....
New Delhi: Jet fuel or ATF price Sunday was hiked by 5 per cent -- the fourth straight monthly increase since July, and commercial cooking gas (LPG) rates were raised by a steep Rs 209 per 19-kg cylinder, in line with the firming up seen...
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Saturday extended the special drive to withdraw Rs 2,000 bank notes from the system by another week, till October 7. The central bank said ever since it announced the move to withdraw Rs 2,000 notes May 19, Rs 3.42 lakh crore...
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the women's reservation bill which seeks to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. According to a law ministry notification issued Friday, the president gave her assent Thursday....
Washington: India and the US agreed to continue their cooperation in the areas of defence, space and clean energy as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Secretary of State Antony Blinken here, amid a simmering diplomatic row between India and Canada over the killing of...
Bhubaneswar: Two BJP MLAs including Opposition chief whip Mohan Majhi were suspended Thursday from the Odisha Assembly till the end of the current session for allegedly throwing ‘daal’ (pulses) at Speaker Pramila Mallik’s podium. The other BJP lawmaker who was suspended is Mukesh Mahaling. Mohan...
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Americans must have heaved a sigh of relief that a man rushing with a gun and firing shots at the...
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