Gangtok/Jalpaiguri, Oct 6 (PTI) On day three after a flash flood wreaked havoc in Sikkim’s Teesta basin, the number of bodies recovered from the river and mud embankments downstream rose to 22, including seven army men. Of the 23 army personnel who had gone missing from Bardang area, the bodies of seven have been recovered […]
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Gangtok, Oct 5 (PTI) Fourteen people have died and 102 others, including 22 army personnel, were missing after the cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim triggered a flash flood in the Teesta river basin, officials said on Thursday. So far, 2,011 people have been rescued, while the calamity that happened on Wednesday affected 22,034 […]
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Nizamabad (Telangana) [India], October 3 (ANI): Noting that it was the “son of Gujarat”, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who got the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad independence from the Nizams, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Telangana on Tuesday, called himself “another son of Gujarat” who had come to the poll-bound state with the promise of prosperity, progress […]
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Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked the ruling Congress in Chhattisgarh, saying it has provided “ghotalebaaz sarkar” to the people of the state and “corruption and crime are at their peak”. Addressing a rally in the poll-bound state, he said the development in the state “is seen on […]
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Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday credited the efforts of the double-engine government for all development projects saying that “double-engine means double development of Madhya Pradesh”. Speaking at a public meeting in Gwalior, the Prime Minister underlined that the pace of development increases when the government with the […]
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After receiving complaints from taxi drivers, the Transport Department of Bengaluru has now decided to take action against carpooling using mobile application platforms like Quick Ride, BlaBlaCar, among others. Carpooling essentially helps decongest cities by transporting people who are taking the same route in one vehicle rather than taking different vehicles for each individual. However, […]
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Ferozepur (Punjab) [India], September 28 (ANI): As many as 18 trains of the Firozpur division, have been affected as members of various farmers’ bodies squatted on train tracks here on Thursday as part of the three-day ‘Rail-Roko’ agitation. Several farmer bodies led by the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee are on a three-day ‘rail blockade’, which […]
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Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (MS Swaminathan), legendary agricultural scientist and father of India’s ‘Green Revolution,’ died at the age of 98 in Chennai on Thursday. Born on August 7, 1925 in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district, he was an agronomist, agricultural scientist, plant geneticist, administrator, and humanitarian who played a crucial role in developing high-yielding varieties of […]
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Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], September 26 (ANI): The Haryana Government on Tuesday raised the issue of equal distribution of water between Haryana and Punjab at the 31st Northern Zonal Council meeting in Amritsar. Speaking at the 31st meeting of the Northern Zonal Council (NZC) meeting chaired by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Haryana Chief Minister […]
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New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday highlighted India’s diplomatic and scientific achievements in the past month adding that India’s diplomacy has reached new heights. The Prime Minister was addressing the G20 University Connect finale. “Two weeks back, in this Bharat Mandapam, there was a great bustle. This Bharat Mandapam […]
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