Patna: As many as 33 persons drowned in different parts of Bihar during Chhath celebrations, a disaster management official said Friday. Rohtas, Saran, Gaya and Siwan district recorded two deaths each on Thursday, while Biharsharif and Buxar districts registered one each. Three people met their...
Colombo: The death toll from the adverse weather conditions in Sri Lanka has increased to 25, while over 200,000 people have been affected so far, the country's Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said in its latest update. According to official figures, one person was reported missing...
Bhubaneswar: The plans of the Congress to have a six-hour bandh Friday was dashed by the Orissa High Court which said that the party can organise protests but should not inconvenience or disrupt public life. Earlier the Congress had called for a state-wide bandh over...
Patna: Five people died in separate incidents during Chatt festivities in Bihar Thursday, according to sources. The first incident took place in Dewaria village in Hajipur district where a person died and another was critically injured after their speeding car crashed into a divider. The...
New Delhi: Chinese People Liberation Army personnel are carrying out a survey of the border posts and villages in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to strengthen the Pakistan military apparatus across Line of Control, said sources, adding Indian security forces are keeping an eye on the activities and...
New Delhi: Top security czars of India, Russia, Iran and five central Asian countries Wednesday pledged to work for ensuring that Afghanistan does not become a safe haven for global terrorism and called for the formation of an open and truly inclusive government in Kabul....
Jaipur:At least 12 persons were burnt to death and 40 others injured when a bus they were travelling in caught fire after colliding with a trolley at the Jodhpur National Highway in Rajasthan's Barmer district Wednesday, police said. According to police, the injured were rushed...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha and Andhra Pradesh will set up an institutional mechanism to deliberate on outstanding issues between the two states and find a solution, this was decided at a meeting between Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy...
New Delhi: Veteran sculptor Sudarsan Sahoo and five other noted personalities from Odisha were among those given the Padma awards by President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi Tuesday. Sahoo was awarded the country’s second-highest civilian award...
Dubai: Captain-in waiting Rohit Sharma (56, 37b, 7x4, 2x6) and KL Rahul (54 n o, 34b, 4x4, 2x6) made short work of a modest target with an elegant half century after spinners reigned supreme as India on Virat Kohli’s last day as shortest format captain...
The angry young generation is rising in protest in India, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland and Serbia, to name a...
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Brazil has come as a surprise at a time when extreme Right parties in Europe, Latin America and elsewhere, helped...
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The Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Shatrujeet Kapur’s remark on 22 October that Indian and Chinese forces are...
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By Aakar Patel Next week, on 3 November, America will have its midterm election. It is so called because it...
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