Assam, 25/6: Drinking water has become costlier than petrol in Silchar town in South Assam, still grappling with the devastating flood. With no drinking water since the serious flood inundated his house at Sonai Road in Silchar town on June 20, Biju Das was left with no option but to buy two bottles…
Assam, 25/6: The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Saturday with the death count rising to 118 and Silchar town in Cachar district submerged for the sixth straight day, officials said. Ten more people have died in the past 24 hours — two each from Barpeta, Dhubri, Karimganj and Udalguri districts and…
Andhra Pradesh, 25/6:Several people in various parts of Sullia taluk in Dakshina Kannada allegedly experienced tremors on Saturday. People in the villages of Markanja, Kodappala, Goonadka and Aranthodu experienced mild shaking. Deputy Commissioner Dr Rajendra K V sad that people from Sampaje, Aranthodu areas in Sullia informed him of the tremors they…
US, 25/6: The end of constitutional protections for abortions in the United States on Friday emboldened abortion opponents around the world, while advocates for abortion rights worried it could threaten recent moves toward legalization in their countries. The US Supreme Court’s overturning of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision “shows that these types…
Mumbai, 25/6:The ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra resulted in the rebel Shiv Sena leaders under Eknath Shinde camping at the five-star Radisson Blu Hotel at Guwahati in BJP-ruled Assam. Seventy rooms were booked for the leaders for seven days, the cost of which is estimated at around Rs. 56 lakh, according to an…
UP, 25/6:Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday said that her party would support the candidature of Droupadi Murmu for President “keeping our party and movement in mind”. “We’ve decided to support NDA’s Presidential election candidate Droupadi Murmu. We’ve taken this decision neither in support of BJP or NDA nor against opposition but…
Bhubaneswar,24/6: A day after claiming that a “powerful national party” was supporting his group of MLAs in the ongoing political drama in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde on Friday said no national party is in contact with them. Asked if BJP was backing his group, Shinde told a TV channel, “When I said a…
Bhubaneswar, : The President of the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) Dr Achyuta Samanta on Thursday met top officials of the international volleyball federation in Manila, Philippines and discussed measures to popularise the game in India in a big way. Dr Samanta represented India as the president of the VFI for the first time at…
New Delhi, 24/6: NDA Presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu on Friday called up some key opposition leaders, including Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, NCP’s Sharad Pawar and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and sought their support for her candidature. Sources said she called them up personally and spoke to them before filing her nomination…
New Delhi, 24/6: Former Drinking Water and Sanitation Secretary Parameswaran Iyer was on Friday appointed the new CEO of Niti Aayog, according to a government order. He had resigned from the post in July last year. Iyer, a 1981-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre and a well-known sanitation specialist, has been…
