New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said in the Lok Sabha that more than 70 people have been killed in the landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad, and demanded that the Centre extend all possible support for rescue and rehabilitation of those affected. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Gandhi also sought enhanced…
Chennai: A sessions court on Tuesday extended former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji’s remand till August 2. Principal Sessions Judge S Alli, before whom Senthil Balaji was produced by the prosecution through video-conferencing from the Central Puzhal Prison here, also extended his judicial custody till August 2. Balaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate…
Wayanad: Heavy rains triggered a series of massive landslides in the hilly areas of Kerala’s Wayanad district early on Tuesday, leaving at least 45 persons dead and sparking apprehensions of possible increase in fatalities due to many people feared trapped under the debris. Addressing a press conference, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, “93 bodies…
Jamshedpur/Ranchi/Kolkata: Two persons were killed and 20 others injured as at least 18 coaches of the Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawan district early on Tuesday, officials said. The accident occurred at 3.45 AM near Barabamboo, around 80 km from Jamshedpur, under the Chakradharpur Division of the South Eastern Railway (SER), they said. Train number…
Wayand (Kerala): A massive rescue operation is underway in the southern Indian state of Kerala after major landslides in the northeastern district of Wayanad killed at least 80 people and injured hundreds more, officials said Tuesday. At least two landslides hit Wayanad in the early hours of Tuesday morning, impacting about one thousand people, A…
New Delhi: Country’s first sunken museum at the site of Humayun’s Tomb complex here that displays over 500 “never-before-seen artefacts” was inaugurated on Monday evening by Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat who said it will be an “incredible addition” to Delhi’s cultural landscape. The museum, whose layout is inspired by the medieval ‘baolis’, or…
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, on Monday used the chakravyuh metaphor as a leit motif to hammer home his message that an atmosphere of fear pervades in the country. He also went on to allege that the budget’s sole aim was to strengthen the framework of monopoly capital, political…
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Monday orally observed that it was unable to digest the 2018 Tuticorin police firing against anti-Sterlite protestors, in which 13 persons were killed. A division bench comprising Justices S S Sundar and N Senthilkumar made the observation while hearing a petition from social activist Henri Tiphagne, seeking to reopen…
Thiruvananthapuram: Health Minister Veena George will accept the first shipment of miltefosine, a vital drug for treating the lethal amoebic meningoencephalitis, arranged by Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil, Chairman of VPS Lakeshore. This follows a landmark medical achievement where doctors successfully saved a child—the first such case in India—from this devastating disease. The increased availability of miltefosine…
New Delhi: There is no need for concern about job losses, Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Monday adding that the country’s unemployment rate would come down below 3 per cent in the future. The current unemployment rate is 3.2 per cent. It came down from 6 per cent in the 2017-18 period and…
