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,…
New Delhi: BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday accused former Congress president Rahul Gandhi of being against constitutional values, as he criticised him over his remarks on the army during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Supreme Court’s “rebuke” should serve as a serious warning to Gandhi. The Supreme Court…
New Delhi: Parliament on Tuesday approved a statutory resolution to extend President’s Rule in Manipur for another six months beyond August 13. The resolution, which was passed by the Lok Sabha last week, was approved by the Rajya Sabha, amid ruckus over the electoral rolls revision issue in Bihar. Amid protests by Opposition MPs, Chair…
