New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not declaring floods in Kerala as national disaster, the Congress on Monday said he did not release enough central fund so…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) A 21-year-old man and his accomplice have been arrested for killing a woman and her son in Delhi, the police said on Monday. Shahdara Deputy Commissioner of Police Meghna Yadav…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) A Personal Assistant of Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar committed suicide early Monday at his residence in south Delhi, police said. The official, Kundan Singh, aged 30, was staying with…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Three persons have been arrested for running a fake government job recruitment racket and duping four applicants in Delhi-NCR of Rs 24 lakh, police said on Monday. Deputy Commissioner of…
Bengaluru, Aug 20 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Monday announced Rs 2.2 crore interim relief for 5,800 people rescued from flood-hit Kodagu district. “The government has initiated steps to pay interim relief of Rs 3,800…
Hyderabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Responding to a request from Kerala, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has asked officials to send 500 tonnes of rice to the flood-hit state. Rao spoke to Finance Minister Eatala…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Kerala government on Monday informed the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) that the floodwaters in the state had started receding as the rains had abated. The information was shared…
New Delhi/Kochi, Aug 20 (IANS) State-run Air India subsidiary — Alliance Air — on Monday commenced operations from Kochi naval base — INS Garuda — with an ATR-72 aircraft to aide the rescue operations in…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) A 21-year-old student pursuing a Company Secretary (CS) course committed suicide during a video chat on Whatsapp with her male friend in north Delhi, police said on Monday. The man…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (IANS) Over one million people are now sheltered in 3,274 relief camps in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday, even as rains that have battered the state for a week…
Kolkata, Aug 20 (IANS) Keralities living here are trying to raise funds and other relief materials to help people in flood-hit Kerala, a member of a city-based Malayali association said on Monday. “We are mainly…
Panaji, Aug 20 (IANS) The North Goa district administration on Monday extended by 60 days the ban on the entry of Mangalore-based Hindu outfit Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik and others. “The District Magistrate…
Jaipur, Aug 20 (IANS) Jagan Gurjar, a dacoit with 92 cases of murder, abduction, looting and extortion filed against him, has surrendered to the police in Bharatpur in Rajasthan, it was announced on Monday. He…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Expressing sympathies to the government and people of India over the death and destruction in Kerala floods, the Maldives has announced a donation of $50,000 as a “token contribution in…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Australian High Commission on Monday warned Indians of a visa scam in Delhi wherein over 50 people had been duped of lakhs of rupees. “The public is warned of…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (IANS) With the rains that battered Kerala for a week finally abating on Monday, water levels dropped in the swollen rivers even as the number of people who have taken shelter in…
Bengaluru, Aug 20 (IANS) Leading liquor major Diageo India donated Rs 1 crore to the Kerala Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund, the company said on Monday. “Our officials met Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (IANS) Over one million people are now sheltered in 3,274 relief camps in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday, even as rains that have battered the state for a week…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The central government has declared the devastating Kerala floods as a “calamity of severe nature”. A statement on Monday by Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 20 (IANS) The IAS and IPS officers in Odisha have decided to contribute their one day’s salary to help the flood-affected people of Kerala. The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officers Association of Odisha…