More than 143 people have died and nearly 200 have been injured after three devastating landslides hit Kerala's Wayanad district amid heavy rain. Multiple agencies, including NDRF, have joined the rescue ops in the hilly areas near Meppadi. The landslides destroyed several houses, uprooted trees and made water bodies swell, …...Read More
Rescue Ops On In Wayanad After Devastating Landslides, 143Dead
Man, 22, Stabs Woman To Death For Rejecting Marriage Proposal, Arrested
Further probe is underway, say cops (Representational) A 22-year-old man has been arrested by the Pimpri Chinchwad police in Pune district for allegedly stabbing a young woman to death after she refused to marry him, an official said on Tuesday. Aviraj Kharat, the accused, allegedly killed Prachi Mane (21) at …...Read More
5 More Basements Of Coaching Institutes In Delhi Sealed As Crackdown Continues
The MCD on Wednesday sealed five more basements of coaching institutes in West Delhi and South Delhi zones making the total tally reach 35 since Sunday, according to civic body officials. The MCD on Wednesday sealed three basements of coaching institutes in West Delhi and two in South Delhi zones …...Read More
Video: In UP Horror, Woman On Bike Harassed By Mob On Flooded Road
In the video, a man is seen allegedly groping the woman before pulling the bike. A woman riding pillion on a bike was harassed by a group of men on a flooded road in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow, a viral video showed. A group of men under the Taj Hotel bridge …...Read More
Delhi Coaching Centre Deaths: Students Write To President, Seek Independent Probe
They also demanded measures for public safety. A group of civil services aspirants protesting at Old Rajinder Nagar wrote to President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday, requesting an independent inquiry into the death of three students in a flooded basement of a coaching centre building. In their letter, the students listed …...Read More
Nitin Gadkari's Appeal To Nirmala Sitharaman
Amid criticism of Budget 2024 from several quarters, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari has written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, requesting her to withdraw the GST imposed on premiums for life and medical insurance plans. Mr Gadkari has said in his letter that he is writing to …...Read More
Sikkim MP Wants LAC To Be Called "Tibet Border", Not Indo-China
Representational Image Rajya Sabha member from Sikkim Dorjee Tshering Lepcha has urged the central government to change the official nomenclature of how to refer to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. Speaking in Rajya Sabha during the discussion on the Union Budget 2024 on Tuesday, he said the …...Read More
Delhi Government To Introduce New Law To Regulate Coaching Centres: AAP
Three UPSC aspirants died after they were trapped in the basement of a popular coaching centre The Delhi government will bring a new law to regulate coaching centres in the national capital after flooding horror claimed lives of three UPSC aspirants, said AAP minister Atishi. "Delhi government will constitute committee …...Read More
"Remote Sensing Not Enough...": Shashi Tharoor On Predicting Landslides
The landslides in Kerala's Wayanad - which have killed at least 150 people and flattened villages - underline the importance of developing technology to predict such ecological disasters and give authorities time to evacuate people, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor told NDTV Wednesday. Mr Tharoor, a multiple-term MP from Kerala capital …...Read More
"Either You Will Survive Or I Will": Uddhav Thackeray To Devendra Fadnavis
A BJP leader accused Mr Thackeray of backstabbing the party. Virtually kickstarting the campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) President Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday challenged Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, saying "Either you will survive or I”, triggering a protest from the Bharatiya …...Read More
