New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Thursday, expressing serious concern on the increasing air pollution in the capital “akin to living in a gas chamber“, asked the central and city government to act strongly to curb pollution and present “comprehensive action” plans to combat it. Saying pollution levels in Delhi have reached “alarming levels”, […]
New Delhi, The heaviest rains in Tamil Nadu in over a century and floods have left 269 people dead, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, describing the situation as “alarming”. The minister also told the Lok Sabha that 54 people had been killed in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and two in Puducherry. “There are no […]
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the Tamil Nadu government has no suo motu power to grant remission and release the convicts in the assassination case of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi without a nod from the Centre. Having answered the question of law, the court said the validity of the Tamil […]
Hyderabad, Leading actors of Telugu cinema on Wednesday announced contribution for relief in flood-affected Tamil Nadu with Allu Arjun pledging an aid of Rs.25 lakh and Junior NTR and Mahesh Babu donating Rs.10 lakh each. “I would like to donate 25 lakh to Chennai flood relief. I spent 18 years of my early life there. […]
Bhopal, Hundreds of people, including survivors of the Bhopal gas leak disaster, on Wednesday marched here with torches on the eve of the 31st anniversary of the tragedy that claimed thousands of lives. The rally ended at the statue of the Bhopal Mother opposite the abandoned factory, where members paid homage to those killed in […]
Ahmedabad, The Congress on Wednesday made surprise gains in rural and semi-urban areas in Gujarat local body polls, though the ruling BJP retained all six city municipal corporations as results for local self-government elections trickled in. In all, elections to the 323 local bodies were conducted on November 22 and November 29. In a virtual […]
New Delhi, Amid floods in Tamil Nadu and parts of Andhra Pradesh, the government on Wednesday assured parliament of all possible help to the affected states, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the situation with his cabinet colleagues. “The prime minister held a meeting with Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and […]
Chennai/New Delhi, Life in the Tamil Nadu capital was crippled on Wednesday as fresh downpour worsened an already disastrous flood situation, posing danger to thousands of people in low-lying areas. The financial loss may exceed Rs.15,000 crore, an industry lobby body said, as weather forecasting agencies predicted heavy rain to continue for at least the […]
New Delhi, The union health ministry on Tuesday said there was nothing to worry about after a two-year-old child from Delhi was diagnosed with a rare vaccine-derived polio virus type 2 (VDPV2) in the first week of November. The case was detected in Harsh Vihar area in Shahdara. “One should not be worried about the […]
New Delhi, Asserting that there is a need for the telecom service operators to ramp up networks to improve service quality, Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said he does not wish to be known as “call drop minister”. “I regret to say very frankly it took a lot of nudging on my part […]