Palghar: The death toll in the collapse of a building at Virar in Maharashtra’s Palghar district has gone up to 15 with the recovery of three more bodies overnight, officials said on Thursday. The unauthorised four-storey building, housing nearly 50 flats, collapsed on an adjacent vacant tenement at Vijay Nagar in Virar area at 12.05…
Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has said the state government stands firm on granting reservation to the Maratha community without disturbing quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). His remarks come amid a stir launched by activist Manoj Jarange seeking 10 per cent reservation to the Maratha community under the OBC grouping. Jarange set out…
Srinagar: Two terrorists were killed as security forces foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Gurez sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, the Army said on Thursday. “Based on intelligence provided by Jammu and Kashmir Police regarding a likely infiltration attempt, a joint operation was launched by the Indian Army…
Bhopal: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has raised the pitch for swadeshi goods on a day the additional tariffs imposed by the US on Indian merchandise came into force. “Whatever may be the circumstances, we will take our country forward”, he told reporters after consecrating an idol of Lord Ganesh at his residence in…
Mhow (MP): The “dissonance” in the military on the proposed tri-services commands will be addressed considering the “best national interest”, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said on Wednesday after the fissures over the ambitious theaterisation plan came out in the open. The divergent views on the proposed theater commands was visible at a…
New Delhi: The IAF on Wednesday flew six helicopters for relief and rescue operations in the flooded parts of Jammu and northern Punjab, winching up 38 soldiers of the army and 10 of the BSF from Dera Baba Nanak town of Gurdaspur in a high-stakes rescue operation, an official said. Earlier in the day, an…
Jammu: More than 5,000 people were evacuated from the banks of various flooded rivers and inundated low-lying areas in the Jammu region as rescue agencies and the administration continued to reach out to stranded people in flood-hit Jammu and Samba districts. Most of the Jammu division, which has been inundated by flash floods triggered by…
New Delhi: The Yamuna river is likely to breach the danger mark on Wednesday, according to a flood warning issued by the Central Water Commission on Tuesday evening. At 9 pm, the river crossed the danger mark, reaching a level of 204.56 metres at the Old Railway Bridge (ORB). Earlier in the day, at 9…
New Delhi: India and Kuwait on Tuesday undertook a comprehensive review of the bilateral relations during a key meeting, as the two sides also discussed avenues to further deepen the strategic partnership in trade, defence, energy, culture, and people-to-people ties. The seventh round of Foreign Office Consultations between India and Kuwait was held in Delhi….
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of the US imposing 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods, Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka on Tuesday said he has conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that somebody is “not very happy with you”. “But then you are big enough to weather those discomforts,” Rabuka told PM Modi…
