The security in Amritsar has been beefed up by the deployment of Central forces ahead of the Operation Bluestar anniversary on June 6. “Security arrangements have been made across the state. Meetings have been held with the stakeholders. Central forces have also been deployed. I appeal the people to maintain peace in […]
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HP: Dalai Lama gives one-day special teachings on full moon day of Saka Dawa month
On the occasion of Buddha Shakyamuni’s Birth, Enlightenment and Parinirvana Day, Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama gave a teaching on Geshe Langri Thangpa’s eight Verses of Mind Training and also conducted the ceremony for generating Bodhichitta at the Main Tibetan Temple Tsuglhakhan here. Every year during the auspicious […]
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MP: Six rescued in Dewas after ropeway car gets stuck midway due to storm
An accident was averted on Saturday evening near Mata Tekri temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas after a cable car with six tourists got stuck on the ropeway. Deputy Superintendent of Police in Dewas Vivek Singh Chauhan said the cable of the ropeway came out from the pulley due to the storm. […]
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Odisha train accident: Andhra CM Jagan Reddy announces ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh each to kin of deceased
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday announced ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh each to the kin of the deceased in the Odisha train accident. CM Jagan Reddy also announced Rs 5 lakh for those who are seriously injured and Rs 1 lakh for those who sustained […]
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UP: CM Yogi ensures provision of pucca houses, listens to problems of 400 people at Janata Darshan
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the concerned officials to bring every needy person without a house under the ambit of the government’s housing scheme and ensure the provision of pucca houses to them. Listening to the problems of around 400 people, including several women, at the Janata Darshan held […]
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Meet Dr Shaikh Muna Afroz; India’s first female Muslim Gastroenterologists surgeon
Success comes to those who believe in hard work and this sentence fits the case of Dr Shaikh Muna Afroz, who is all set to join the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and probably become the first Muslim female Gastroenterologist (GI) surgeon in India. In a message to the youth, Dr Muna […]
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Rajasthan: Women commit suicide after locking her 4 Children in a drum, all five dead
A woman allegedly hanged herself after locking her four children in a paddy drum, which led to their deaths at her house in the Mandli station area in Barmer district of Rajasthan. The police have sent all five bodies to the Kalyanpuri mortuary. The FSL team collected proof from the incident site. […]
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Expert doctors from Delhi being rushed to Odisha to attend injured in train accident: Mansukh Mandaviya
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday took a review meeting with senior doctors and officials of AIIMS, Bhubaneshwar, where they discussed medical attention for those injured in the Odisha train accident. They also discussed the procedures regarding embalming of bodies of the deceased and subsequently handing them over to respective family members. […]
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Cancer survivor travels across India on bike to raise awareness
A last-stage cancer survivor from Hyderabad with a never-give-up attitude travelled across the country covering around 15 states to spread awareness about his illness. Harteij Bhartesh has visited many places including cancer hospitals to motivate cancer patients. He further plans to cover the rest of the states in the coming […]
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“Three Union minister will be camping in Odisha till all passengers sent home safely”: Bishweswar Tudu
Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Bishweswar Tudu on Sunday expressed grief over the Balasore train accident that claimed at least 275 lives and said that till all the passengers are sent home safely, three Union ministers including Railway Minister Ashiwini Vaishnaw will be camping in Odisha. “I had heard of minor train derailments […]
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“Lord Ram resides in our heart”: Bhupesh Baghel after ‘National Ramayana Festival’ in Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh government organised a three-day ‘National Ramayana Festival’ in Raigarh, to celebrate the Hindu epic ‘Ramayana’ and created several world records. During the event, 375 artists from 17 groups performed in the festival for 756 minutes over three days. Throughout the festival, the pandal remained brimming with enthusiastic devotees for all […]
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Over 20 lakh pilgrims visited Char Dham so far: Uttarakhand govt
In the ongoing Char Dham Yatra in Uttarakhand, more than 20 lakh pilgrims have visited the Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri shrines so far and more than 40 lakh pilgrims have registered for the Yatra, officials said on Sunday. According to the government, a maximum of 7.13 lakh pilgrims have visited Baba Kedar […]
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Indian Army generates unique ecosystem for peaceful co-existence with wild elephants in Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary
The Indian army has generated a unique ecosystem for peaceful co-existence with wild elephants by aiming to mitigate the human-elephant conflict in the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary. According to the Indian Army and Assam forest department, there are around 90 wild elephants living in the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary who often visited the military station. In the area of the military […]
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Odisha train accident: “Down main line made fit,” says Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on restoration work
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw who took stock of the restoration work at the Balasore train accident site in Odisha on Sunday said that the “down main line restored”. “Down main line made fit at 12:05 hrs today,” Railways Minister Vaishnaw tweeted. The Balasore train accident where two passenger trains and a goods carriage were involved claimed 275 […]
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“Goods train didn’t derail, only Coromandel Express met with accident”: Railway Board
Days after the Odisha triple train tragedy, Railway Board on Sunday citing premiliary investigation said there was some issue with the signalling and only Coromandel Express met with an accident in Balasore that claimed the lives of 275 passengers. Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Jaya Varma Sinha, […]