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…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Delhi’s ruling AAP on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not declaring Kerala’s devastating floods a national calamity. “Why the delay in declaring Kerala floods a national calamity? People…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The DANICS Officers Association on Monday announced a donation of Rs 1.5 lakh and contribution of one-day salaries by its members for the Kerala flood survivors. Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar…
Ranchi, Aug 20 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas on Monday set on fire four vehicles at bauxite mines in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said. Around 20-25 members of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist raided the mines…
Chennai, Aug 20 (IANS) Even as different estimates of losses suffered by Kerala in the monsoon floods are doing the rounds, general insurance experts on Monday said that there will certainly be an increase in…
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) Continuing its investigations into the August 9 arms seizures in Palghar, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) nabbed former Shiv Sena corporator Shrikant Pangarkar from Jalna, official sources said on Monday. A…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Chief Justice of India and judges of the Supreme Court are contributing Rs 25,000 each towards Kerala flood relief fund. The money will be deposited in the Kerala Chief…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre to respond to Bhushan Steel’s erstwhile promoter Neeraj Singhal’s plea against his arrest by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO). A…
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) A team of 110 doctors from Mumbai and Pune left by an Air India flight on Monday with medical relief supplies to help the flood victims in Kerala, an official said….
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Saying flood relief was running “very well”, Union Minister K.J. Alphons said on Monday that Kerala needed thousands of electricians, carpenters and plumbers to repair and rebuild damaged homes and…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) With the Interpol confirming the presence of fugitive diamond jeweller Nirav Modi, wanted in the Rs 13,500-crore PNB fraud, in the United Kingdom, the CBI on Monday moved to seek…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (IANS) Congress Working Committee (CWC) member A.K. Antony on Monday demanded that the Centre immediately declare the Kerala floods as a national disaster. Speaking at a function to mark the 74th birth…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (IANS) The Kerala unit of CPI on Monday admonished Forest Minister P. Raju from the party for leaving for Germany last week when the state was in the grip of devastating floods…
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) A team of 81 doctors from Mumbai and Pune left by an Air India flight on Monday with medical relief supplies to help the flood victims in Kerala, an official said…