Uttarkashi, 9/8: Four helicopters were pressed into service to airlift people stranded in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi after flash floods and landslides earlier this week that claimed multiple lives and left behind a trail of destruction. On the fifth day of rescue operations on Saturday, 170 people were airlifted to ITBP’s Matli helipad and 107 to the…
Nagpur, 9/8: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday called for supporting the Central government against the “pressure tactics” by US President Donald Trump amid tariff tensions in the national interest. The imposition of a 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods is a pressure tactic. We, the people of India, should support the government…
Bengaluru, 9/8: A couple of weeks ago, the country’s largest IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services, which employs over 6,13,000 people, announced job cuts that will impact 2 per cent of its global workforce or about 12,250 employees. But according to sources in the know, the actual number of layoffs are far more than 12,250…
New Delhi , 9/8: The Indian textile industry has started facing the heat of US tariffs. With the first tranche of 25% tariffs coming into effect on August 7, the US buyers of textile goods from India have paused lifting goods and have also put on hold new orders. Experts and industry executives DH spoke…
Srinagar,9/8: Two Army soldiers were killed and as many injured in an overnight gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, in one of the longest anti-terror operations in the Valley that entered the ninth day on Saturday, officials said. The Army’s Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, in a post on X, paid tributes to the…
New Delhi, 8/8: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday withdrew the Income Tax Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha, and the government will come out with an updated version of the legislation after incorporating changes suggested by the Select Committee. A new version of the Income Tax Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha…
New Delhi, 8/8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone and thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine. Modi has invited Russian President Putin to visit India later this year for annual bilateral summit
Subarnapur,8/8–An accident occurred on Thursday late night near Gajrajpur village of Baunsuni on National Highway No. 57. Two Bullet riders died when a Bullet collided with a passenger bus. The deceased have been identified as Amit Jhankar of Pinglabeda village of Baunsuni in Boudh district and his nephew Siddhanta Pradhan of Krishnapali village of Boudh…
New Delhi, 8/8: New Delhi has put on hold its plans to procure new US weapons and aircraft, according to three Indian officials familiar with the matter, in India’s first concrete sign of discontent after tariffs imposed on its exports by President Donald Trump dragged tries to their lowest level. India had been planning to…
New Delhi, 8/8: A parking altercation in New Delhi’s Nizamuddin area turned deadly on Thursday night, resulting in the death of Asif Qureshi, cousin of celebrities Huma Qureshi and Saqib Saleem. The tragedy has deeply shaken the Qureshi family. According to the reports, the incident took place when Asif requested two men not to park…
