CHANDIGARY/DEHRADUN,JULY 12: Landslides and flashfloods over the past few days that knocked off infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in a big way, killed 13 more people on Tuesday. The Southwest monsoon and western disturbances coalesced to create a double whammy in North India. While the toll since the onset of monsoon on June 24 […]Continue Reading
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GOPESHWAR,JULY 11: Floods in Jummagad river in the border area of the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand have washed away the bridge built on it, blocking the Indo-Tibet border road there while contact with over a dozen border villages has also been lost. Flooding in Jummagad river flowing near Jumma village on the Joshimath-Niti highway, about […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,JULY 11 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the third extension to Sanjay Kumar Mishra’s tenure as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief was “illegal” and in violation of its judgment in 2021. The top court, however, permitted him to continue in office until July 31 to allow for a “smooth transfer”. Mishra, […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,JULY 11 : Six people, including five Mexicans, died in a helicopter crash near Mount Everest in Nepal on Tuesday. Rescuers have located all six bodies that were “broken into pieces”, Reuters reported. The private commercial helicopter was coming from Surke in Solukhunvhu district, home to Mount Everest and other high mountain peaks, when […]Continue Reading
SRINAGAR,JULY 11: As Supreme Court is set to hear petitions challenging Article 370 abrogation and centre defended Article 370 revocation in a fresh affidavit in the apex court saying the move has brought an unprecedented era of progress in Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir politicians have said centre’s defence lacks logic to back its […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,JULY 11 : India is projected to become the second largest economy in the world by 2075, surpassing Japan, Germany and the United States, investment bank Goldman Sachs said in a report. India is currently the 5th largest economy in the world. As per the Goldman Sachs report, the factors driving this forecast are […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,JULY 10 : India is likely to sign deals to buy 26 Rafale M naval jets and three additional Scorpene submarines from France. These deals are expected to be announced during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to France scheduled between July 14 and 16. The defence procurement board (DPP) cleared the deals on Monday. The […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,JULY 10: Retail price of tomato has touched up to Rs 200 per kilogramme in some parts of the country including Delhi as incessant rains disrupted supplies, traders said and added that the rates of other vegetables have also firmed up. Heavy rainfall in producing areas has led to waterlogging leading to the damage […]Continue Reading
GANDHINAGAR,JULY 10: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday filed his nomination papers for elections to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. After filing the nomination form, Jaishankar thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP leadership and the people of Gujarat for giving him another chance to represent the state in the upper house of Parliament. Chief […]Continue Reading
West Bengal,July 10: Two days after panchayat elections in West Bengal plunged into chaos, fresh violence broke out in Cooch Behar ahead of repolling in 696 booths across 19 districts of the state on Monday. The Congress party alleged that the ruling Trinamool Congress’s cadres vandalised the house of its party worker. Unidentified miscreants attacked […]Continue Reading
