Darjeeling,10/5: At least 18 people, including several children, died and several others injured as incessant heavy rainfall triggered multiple landslides across the Mirik and Darjeeling hills in the northern part of West Bengal on Sunday. According to reports compiled by the NDRF and the district administration, fatalities were reported from several locations – Sarsaly, Jasbirgaon,…
Cairo/Gaza, 5/10: Israeli planes and tanks pounded areas across the Gaza Strip overnight and on Sunday, destroying several residential buildings, witnesses said, as Palestinians desperately awaited implementation of a U.S. plan to end the war. U.S. President Donald Trump, who had called for an end to the bombing, said on Saturday on his Truth Social…
Jaipur, 5/10: A six-year-old boy suffering from acute brain fever died at the state-run JK Lon Hospital in Jaipur on Saturday, hours after he was referred there from Churu, where, his parents claimed, the child was given a cough syrup at home. The child was admitted to a hospital in Churu for three days. His…
Bengaluru, 5/10: A Bengaluru-based private firm is under the police scanner for allegedly cheating job seekers by promising visa services and jobs in Canada. The Puttenahalli police registered the first FIR on September 22 against Owlspriority India Pvt Ltd, on a complaint by Chandan (25), one of the cheated job aspirants. The company claims in…
New Delhi, 4/10: A controversy broke out after Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal on Saturday urged the Election Commission of India to put in place a system to match the faces of burqa-clad women with their voter ID cards, to ensure that only genuine voter cast their battle. Jaiswal told reporters that they have asked…
London, 4/10: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will make his first official visit to India on 8-9 October, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement on Saturday Britain and India signed a free trade agreement in July during a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sealing a deal to cut tariffs on goods…
Hyderabad,4/10: An Indian student from Hyderabad was killed in a shooting incident in the US, former minister and BRS MLA T Harish Rao said on Saturday. Expressing concern over the incident, Harish Rao said he and other party leaders visited the bereaved family here and offered condolences. In a post on X, Rao said the…
Mumbai,4/10:BCCI has announced India’s squad for the upcoming tour of Australia, which will have three ODIs and five T20Is. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are back in the ODI squad with Shubman Gill leading the team. Suryakumar Yadav will remain captain for the T20Is. The tournament starts from October 19. ODI: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit…
New Delhi, 4/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled various youth-focused initiatives worth more than Rs 62,000 crore, with a special emphasis on poll-bound Bihar. Modi launched PM-SETU (Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs), a centrally sponsored scheme with an investment of Rs 60,000 crore
Bengaluru, 3/10: Amid ongoing speculation about a possible change in chief minister later this year in Karnataka, AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal on Friday dismissed the rumours, asserting that the Congress is fully capable of handling decisions regarding its State leadership. Speaking to reporters here, he said, “The Indian National Congress is capable enough…
