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Ahmedabad: At least six people were killed in three separate accidents in Gujarat, police said Friday. All three accidents took place Thursday night. In the first accident, an Ahmedabad family were travelling in their personal vehicle from Vatva to Vadodara. The car rammed into a...

Bhubaneswar: A fresh spell of torrential rain over the next two days, owing to formation of a new low pressure area Thursday, may exacerbate the flood situation in Odisha. The weather system, third in two weeks, took shape over the northeast Bay of Bengal in...

Bhubaneswar: Over 4.67 lakh people in 1,757 villages in 10 districts of Odisha have so far been affected by the flood triggered by rainfall, officials said here Wednesday. Despite a stoppage of rain for the past three days and a fall in the water flow...

Bhubaneswar: The flood situation in Odisha's Mahanadi river system remained grim as it continues to swell, with around 1.5 lakh people in 237 villages being marooned, a senior official said Wednesday. The first flood of the season has affected over two lakh people in 10...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik asked officers Tuesday to ensure ‘zero casualty’ as Odisha faces flooding in the Mahanadi river system with a number of villages in eight districts already inundated, officials said. The next 48 to 72 hours are critical for the Mahanadi delta...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday urged people to focus their energy on the five resolutions of making India a developed nation, removing every trace of bondage, taking pride in its heritage and unity, and fulfilling their duties in the next 25 years. "By...

New Delhi: India has helped the world discover the true potential of democracy and the keyword for the country today is compassion for the downtrodden, needy and those on the margins, President Droupadi Murmu said Sunday. In her maiden address to the nation on the...

Banda/Fatehpur (UP): Bodies of seven of the 17 people who were feared drowned in a boat capsize two days ago were fished out in Fatehpur district Saturday, police said. With the recovery of these bodies, 10 people have been confirmed dead in the tragedy that...

New York: Author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed at a literary event in New York state, is currently on a ventilator and unable to speak, according to his agent. In a statement late Friday night, Rushdie's agent Andrew Wylie said: "The news is not good......

New York: Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born controversial author who faced Islamist death threats after writing ‘The Satanic Verses’, was attacked and suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck when a man stormed the stage during an event here Friday. The attack took place when...