Patna, Aug 16 (IANS) An internal probe by the UNFPA has refuted the sexual harassment claims made by an Indian activist against a top-ranking India representative of the UN organisation. Prashanti Tiwari, an Indian activist…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 16 (IANS) With the death toll in the devastating floods rising to 114 in Kerala, and more than one lakh people living in relief camps across the state, the Centre on Thursday deployed…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Two youths on Thursday claimed involvement in the murderous attack on student leader Umar Khalid in central Delhi on Monday, in a video clipping that went viral on the social…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought a response from the state government on a plea seeking directions to fill vacant posts in the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) and introduce…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A man stabbed to death his widowed sister-in-law and her nephew who had come visiting and injured her son early on Thursday in central Delhi over a domestic dispute, police…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Observing that the flood situation in Kerala is “grave”, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked disaster management sub committee to sit with the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) on Friday…
Panaji, Aug 16 (IANS) Authorities at the Panaji-based Bal Bhavan, a government-funded centre for child development, has filed a complaint with the Cyber Cell of the Goa Police, after a post on its official website,…
Bengaluru, Aug 16 (IANS) With heavy rains upto 25 cm lashing coastal and south interior districts of Karnataka, the state is working to shift people stranded in flood-hit regions, an official statement said on Thursday….
Chandigarh, Aug 16 (IANS) A one-man commission of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Ranjit Singh (retd) — which probed several sacrilege incidents and police firing on protesters — on Thursday submitted its final report…
Panaji, Aug 16 (IANS) Konkan Railway on Thursday cancelled five trains emanating from Kerala, following the flash-floods in the southern state, a spokesperson said. The cancelled trains are train no. 12202 KCVL-LTT Garib Rath, train…
Chennai, Aug 16 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Thursday alleged that his state officials were not being permitted to gauge the rainfall in the catchment area of Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala and…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 16 (IANS) Thousands of flood-affected people in Kerala — mostly in Pathanamthitta and parts of Ernakulam and Thrissur — have been stranded as rescuers battle heavy rains to reach out to them even…
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan about the situation in flood-battered Kerala and asked the defence forces to speed up rescue and relief operations…
Rome, Aug 16 (IANS) Rescue teams were continuing on Thursday their search for possible survivors among the rubble of a bridge that collapsed in Genoa in northwestern Italy, killing at least 39 and injuring 16….
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Kerala floods and requested for a “massive increase” in the number of armed personnel deployed there…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A man was arrested for stabbing to death his sister-in-law and nephew on Thursday over a domestic dispute here, police said. “Tarachand, younger brother of the accused Rajkumar, informed the…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 16 (IANS) Even as the deadly deluge in Kerala continued to take a toll of life and property across the state — with the number of deaths rising to 87 on Thursday –…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 16 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced a Rs 5 crore assistance for the flood victims of Kerala. Patnaik spoke with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over telephone and assured…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A special court here on Thursday framed an additional charge of abetment to bribery against industrialist and senior Congress leader Naveen Jindal and others in a coal block allocation case….
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 16 (IANS) A Malaysian court on Thursday ruled that the evidence against two women accused of murdering the half-brother of North Korea’s leader is strong enough for the case to go to…