Distressing news has come from Uttarakhand that 58 pilgrims have died in the last 16 days while on the Char Dham Yatra. Government sources have put daily 3 deaths on an average. The religious fervor spreading across India seems to have had its negative impact even though the religious minded are unwilling to accept these stark realities....

Kendrapara: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday launched a scathing attack on BJP's national vice-president Baijayant Panda, accusing the two-time MP of betrayal towards both himself and the people of Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency. Breaking his usual stance of avoiding personal attacks, Patnaik aimed his criticism at Panda without explicitly naming him at an election rally where...

Kolkata: Cyclone Remal claimed six lives in West Bengal and inflicted substantial damage to infrastructure and property in the state's coastal regions, officials said Monday. A man died of his injuries when a wall collapsed due to relentless downpour Sunday evening at Bibir Bagan in Central Kolkata, a state disaster management official said. An elderly woman from...

New Delhi: The Centre Monday extended the tenure of Defence Research and Development Organisation chief Samir V Kamat by one year, a Personnel Ministry order said. Distinguished scientist Kamat was August 25, 2022, appointed as secretary of the Department of Defence Research and Development (DDR&D) and the DRDO chairman, it said. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet...

Patkura/Kakatpur: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Monday claimed that a BJP government will take oath in Odisha June 10. Lok Sabha and Assembly elections are being held simultaneously in Odisha. "As per my prediction, we (BJP) have got almost a majority in the first three phases of Assembly election in Odisha. Only very few seats are...

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court Monday said it does not have faith in the state machinery "which gets into action only after innocent lives are lost", as it pulled up the Rajkot civic body over the purported lapses in functioning of the game zone facility where a massive fire killed 27 persons. A special bench of Justices...

New Delhi: Leading global financial firm Goldman Sachs has revised its forecast for India’s GDP growth by 10 basis points to 6.7 per cent as it expects the government’s heavy investments in big-ticket infrastructure projects to continue with the huge dividend coming in from the RBI. “Going forward, we expect investment growth momentum to sustain with extra...

Bengaluru: Exactly a month after he left the country, Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing several women, has said he will appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the cases against him, May 31. Terming the cases against him as "false" and part of a "political conspiracy", he said he had...

New Delhi: India's core monsoon zone covering most of the rain-fed agriculture areas in the country are predicted to receive above-normal rainfall this season, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Thursday. Below-normal monsoon rainfall is expected in northeast India, normal in northwest, and above-normal in central and south peninsular regions of the country, Director General of IMD...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar will approach the High Court after a city court rejected his bail plea in Swati Maliwal 'assault' case, AAP said Monday. A court here Monday dismissed the bail plea of Kumar who is accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal at the CM's residence...