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Wayanad disaster: Death toll reaches 402, search for missing 170 continues
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Wayanad disaster: Death toll reaches 402, search for missing 170 continues

Wayanad, Aug 6: The rescue operations in landslide affected four villages of Kerala's Wayanad entered the eighth day on Tuesday with the death toll reaching 402 and around 170 still missing. The over 1,200 strong rescue team comprising personnel from all the Defence forces, NDRF, SDRF, police, fire...
Man arrested in Kolkata for threatening to blow up Bihar CM
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Man arrested in Kolkata for threatening to blow up Bihar CM's office

Patna, Aug 6: The Patna Police have arrested a man from Kolkata for threatening to blow up Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's office here, officials said. The man, identified as Mohammad Zahid (51) and a native of Bhagwanpur block in Bihar's Begusarai district, was arrested Monday night. The...
Bangladesh crisis: BSF on high alert in Bengal, DG visits forward posts
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Bangladesh crisis: BSF on high alert in Bengal, DG visits forward posts

Kolkata, Aug 6: The Border Security Force (BSF) has been put on high alert along the India-Bangladesh international borders in West Bengal given the crisis in the neighbouring country. The newly appointed Director General (DG) of BSF, Daljit Singh Chaudhury, who had already reached Kolkata on...
Northeast fortifies international border amidst Bangladesh turmoil
North East

Northeast fortifies international border amidst Bangladesh turmoil

Guwahati, Aug 6: In the wake of the shocking resignation and unceremonious departure of Bangladesh's Prime Minister on Monday, the northeastern states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Tripura have bolstered security measures along the India-Bangladesh international border. These states, which...
Wayanad disaster: 31 unidentified bodies, 158 body parts to be interred after prayer
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Wayanad disaster: 31 unidentified bodies, 158 body parts to be interred after...

Wayanad, Aug 5: On the seventh day of Kerala’s worst ever natural disaster, a huge mass burial will take place on Monday afternoon, said the state's Revenue Minister K. Rajan in the aftermath of the landslide at Wayanad that took place in four villages in the wee hours last Tuesday. “The mass burial...
SC takes suo moto cognizance of Delhi coaching centre deaths
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SC takes suo moto cognizance of Delhi coaching centre deaths

New Delhi, Aug 5: The Supreme Court on Monday took suo moto cognizance of the deaths of three UPSC aspirants in Delhi's Old Rajendra Nagar on July 27. A bench presided over by Justice Surya Kant called for the responses of the Centre and the Delhi government detailing the steps taken to ensure...
Unemployment & terrorism persist: NC leader on Article 370 abrogation anniversary
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Unemployment & terrorism persist: NC leader on Article 370 abrogation...

New Delhi, Aug 5: Senior National Conference (NC) leader Rattan Lal Gupta has said that the promises of development in Jammu and Kashmir made by the Centre after the abrogation of Article 370 have not been fulfilled. "The Central government promised that the abrogation of Article 370 would lead to...
Mudslide blocks Manali-Leh Himalayan highway
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Mudslide blocks Manali-Leh Himalayan highway

Manali, Aug 5: The strategic Manali-Leh highway was blocked near Zingzingbar on Monday owing to a massive mudslide triggered by a flash flood after overnight torrential rain in Lahaul-Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh, officials said, adding that there was no reported casualty. The accumulation of...
August 5 is a black day for J&K, Constitution: PDP
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August 5 is a black day for J&K, Constitution: PDP

Jammu, Aug 5: On the occasion of fifth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, People's Democratic Party (PDP) Spokesperson Virendra Singh has called it a "black day" for Jammu & Kashmir as well as for the Constitution of India."With the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, the...
Paris Olympics: India beats Great Britain at Mens Hockey quarterfinal
Sports

Paris Olympics: India beats Great Britain at Men's Hockey quarterfinal

Guwahati, August 4: The Indian hockey team brought laurels to the country after its quarterfinal win over Great Britain at the ongoing Paris Olympics in 2024. The 10-man Indian hockey team won the first quarterfinal of the men's hockey competition on Sunday with a thrilling 4-2 win after a...
Manipur MLAs write to PM against replacing Assam Rifles with CRPF
North East

Manipur MLAs write to PM against replacing Assam Rifles with CRPF

Guwahati, August 4: The MLAs from Manipur wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention in a recent decision of the Union Government to replace the Assam Rifles with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Ten Kuki-Zo-Hmar MLAs of Manipur signed a memorandum on Friday seeking the...
Assam CM conducts Bhoomi Poojan for semiconductor plant
Assam

Assam CM conducts Bhoomi Poojan for semiconductor plant

Guwahati, Aug 8: Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday conducted the Bhoomi Poojan ceremony for the proposed semiconductor plant in Jagiroad. The proposed plant has an investment of 27,000 crore rupees, and the Assam Chief Minister remarked that the state is set to become the next...
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