Shimla, 1/8: Three people were killed and about 40 went missing after two separate incidents of cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh where rains washed away many houses and roads and left two hydropower projects damaged, officials said on Thursday. A cloudburst at Samagh Khud (nallah) in Rampur subdivision of Shimla district left two people dead and…

New Delhi, 1/8: The Supreme Court on Thursday held that states were empowered to make sub-classification of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, overruling E V Chinnaiah, Bar and Bench reported. A seven-judge Constitution bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud with Justices B R Gavai, Vikram Nath, Bela M Trivedi, Pankaj Mithal, Manoj Misra,…

New Delhi, 31/7: Newly-elected Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut stirred a controversy by alleging that Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi could be taking drugs and should be drug tested. Kangana made the remark while reacting to Rahul’s recent speech in the Lok Sabha where he had attacked the BJP-led government…

New Delhi, 31/7: 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 in action…

New Delhi, 31/7: In a big political development, Mamata Mohanta, a prominent leader of the Kudumi community in Odisha, has resigned from the Rajya Sabha. Apart from this, Mohanta has also resigned from the primary membership of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).

Nilagiri, 31/7:In a recent developments  Brajendra Mishra, Junior Horticulture officer (Retired), Nilgiri, Dist-Balasore, who was charge sheeted by Odisha Vigilance U/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)/7 PC Act,1988 *for demanding and accepting bribe from a beneficiary for releasing the subsidy under National Horticulture Mission (NHM) scheme*, was convicted by Hon’ble Special Judge, Vigilance, Balasore and sentenced to…

New Delhi, ,31/7: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the Kerala government was warned as early as July 23 regarding a possible natural calamity in Wayanad due to heavy rains and nine NDRF teams were rushed to the state the same day. However, the Kerala government did not heed to the early warning…

Cairo, 31/7: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran’s Tehran, the Palestinian militant group Hamas said in a statement on Wednesday.  

Thiruvananthapuram, 31/7: At least 143 people are feared to be dead till Tuesday night while many others were still missing in one of the worst natural disasters in Kerala that hit the ecologically sensitive Wayanad during the wee hours of the day. Around 130 were also injured in the landslide that bulldozed Chooralmala and Mundakkai…