New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated Kartavya Bhavan, the first of the ten upcoming Common Central Secretariat buildings to house the bureaucracy. The ambitious project is aimed at bringing ministries and departments under one roof for efficiency. Kartavya Bhavan-03, the first to be inaugurated, will house the Home Affairs, External Affairs, Rural…
Bilaspur: A tragic accident occurred at the NTPC power plant in Sipat, Chhattisgarh, resulting in the death of one person and injuries to four others on Wednesday (August 6). The incident unfolded when a trolley, reportedly used for industrial purposes inside the plant, suddenly fell, trapping several workers underneath. According to officials, the trolley collapse…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China from August 31 to September 1 for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. This will be his first trip to Beijing since the Galwan clash in 2020. Before visiting China for the SCO summit, PM Modi will first visit Japan on August 30, where he will participate…
New Delhi: A 28-member group of tourists, comprising natives of Kerala, including 20 settled in Maharashtra, has gone missing following catastrophic mudslides triggered by a cloudburst in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on Tuesday (August 5). Relatives reported that the tourists last made contact as they set out from Uttarkashi to Gangotri, a route that was later…
Sambhal (UP): A case has been registered against the chairman of the Shahi Jama Masjid Management Committee and several others for allegedly taking out a celebratory procession in Sambhal following his release from jail, police said here on Wednesday. An FIR was lodged at the Sambhal Kotwali police station on Tuesday on a complaint from…
Dehradun: Heavy rain continued to pound Uttarkashi as rescuers resumed their operations on Wednesday in Dharali, searching for flash flood victims amid the rubble. Nearly half of the picturesque Dharali village was ravaged by the flash flood on Tuesday afternoon. The village is the main stopover on the way to Gangotri, from where the Ganga…
Dehradun: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who was on a visit to Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, returned to Dehradun over the flash floods in Uttarkashi and held a meeting with senior officials at the State Emergency Operation Centre here to review the situation. He directed relief and rescue operations to be carried out on a…
New Delhi: India and the Philippines are friends by choice and partners by destiny, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday as the two countries elevated their ties to the level of a strategic partnership, with a greater thrust on increasing interaction among the armed forces. A five-year plan of action under the strategic partnership…
Hyderabad: In a bold move to cement its position as a global leader in life sciences and MedTech innovation, the Telangana government is gearing up to unveil a new Life Sciences Policy. The upcoming policy aims to leverage the state’s world-class infrastructure and talent ecosystem to drive cutting-edge advancements in biotechnology, digital health, and AI-led…
Uttarkashi: Another cloudburst on Tuesday has hit the Sukhi Top near Dharali, just two hours after the flash flood that killed nearly 10 people in the area. The cloudburst led to flash floods in the high-altitude villages of Dharali in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district, with several houses being damaged or swept away in the raging waters,…
