Uttarakhand is likely to receive very heavy rainfall on 18 October, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD), issuing a red alert. Further, it sounded an orange alert for 17 to 19 October. Further, the weather department wrote to the state government to remain alert and make all necessary arrangements. In […]
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One dead, 2 missing, 3 injured in accident near Badrinath national highway Uttarakhand
One person was killed while two others went missing after they met with an accident near Badrinath National Highway number 7 here on Sunday, Chamoli Police said. Three people also suffered injuries in the accident. The search operation is underway. Further details are awaited. (ANI)
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ISKCON members sing ‘bhajan’, hold protests outside Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata
Members of ISKCON sang ‘bhajans’ and held protests outside Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata on Sunday following the incident where an ISKCON temple in Noakhali, Bangladesh was vandalised and a devotee killed by a mob. Radharaman Das, Vice-President of ISKCON, Kolkata said that they will continue to hold protests until the guilty are punished. “Cycle […]
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Amit Shah holds meetings with different groups in Port Blair
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday held several meetings with different groups in Port Blair before departing for Delhi. Among political leaders, Shah met BJP leaders Y Satya Kumar and Ajoy Bairagi and Congress MP Kuldeep Rai Sharma. He also met activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). He […]
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Mass funeral held for victims of Kandahar mosque attack Afghanistan
A mass funeral ceremony has been held for the victims killed in Friday’s suicide bomb attack at a Shia mosque in southern Afghanistan. At least 47 people have been killed and 70 other suffered injuries in an explosion inside a Shia mosque in Kandahar on Friday. The attack also follows several other recent attacks against religious institutions in Afghanistan, including last week’s […]
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Arvind Kejriwal blames neighbouring states for rise in Delhi air pollution
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday hit out at the neighbouring states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana and blamed them for the rise in pollution in the national capital and appealed to them to “understand” their responsibility and help the farmers dispose of their stubble. Inaugurating a hospital […]
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Radio signals from distant stars suggest hidden planets
Scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence of hidden planets. The University of Queensland’s Dr. Benjamin Pope and colleagues at the Dutch national observatory ASTRON have been searching for planets using the world’s most powerful radio telescope Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) situated in the Netherlands. The study was […]
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Punjab BJP in-charge Dushyant Gautam meets JP Nadda over Singhu border killing
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in-charge of Punjab Dushyant Kumar Gautam met party president JP Nadda over the killing of a Dalit farmer at Singhu border. After the meeting, he said that Nadda expressed grief over the incident. Earlier on Friday, the body of a man, with hands and legs chopped off, was found […]
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Indore Police arrests three including woman for stealing cash, jewellery from house
Indore Police on Saturday arrested three people including a woman in a case of theft of jewellery and cash worth Rs one crore from a house. According to police, on the evening of October 13, jewellery worth Rs 85 lakh and Rs 15 lakh cash were stolen from the residence of complainant Rahul […]
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MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan takes dig at Congress, says party has become circus
Taking a dig at the Congress party over the recent crisis, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the party has become a circus. While speaking at a rally in Burhanpur, the CM said, “Rahul Gandhi is not the Congress Party. It is being run by an interim president Sonia Gandhi. But Rahul […]
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UN Chief encourages change in actions toward sustainable food systems
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday encouraged a change in actions toward sustainable food systems on the occasion of World Food Day, which falls on October 16. In a video message, Guterres said World Food Day is not only a reminder of the importance of food to every person on […]