Rudraprayag (U’khand): More than 1,400 people stranded on the rain-ravaged trek route to Kedarnath were evacuated to safety on Monday as the rescue operations entered its fifth day. Air rescue operations gained momentum with the weather clearing in the Kedar Valley. The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Chinook and MI17 helicopters aided in the evacuation of…
New Delhi: As the Bangladesh situation snowballed into a major political turmoil on Monday, a former Indian high commissioner to Dhaka has cautioned that India will have to be “very vigilant” on the border in the wake of the crisis even as he asserted that New Delhi will be “prepared for all eventualities”. Pankaj Saran,…
Ramanagar (Karnataka): The opposition BJP and JD(S), on Monday continued their week-long protest march from Bengaluru to Mysuru for the third day, against an alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority site allotment scam seeking to corner the Congress government and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The ‘Mysuru Chalo’ padayatre (foot march) — against the alleged fraudulent allotment…
New Delhi: A recent survey of 5,169 rural youths across India reveals significant employment and gender disparities. While nearly half of rural men aged 18 to 25 are employed, only a quarter of women in the same age group hold jobs, highlighting a substantial gender gap in rural employment. The “State of Rural Youth Employment…
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Monday approved the budget estimates for expenditure contained in the demands for grants for different ministries after applying a guillotine. The guillotine was applied after the House discussed demands for grants of 4 ministries — Railways, Education, Health and Fisheries. The House also passed the Appropriation Bill 2024, which…
Chennai: DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday admitted that the clamour within his party has grown stronger to elevate his son and Sports Minister, Udhayanidhi as his deputy but indicated the time is yet to come. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of his official programmes here, Stalin, when…
New Delhi: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday issued a “high alert” across all its formations along the 4,096-km India-Bangladesh border in the wake of the developments in the neighbouring country, officials said. BSF director general (acting) Daljit Singh Chawdhary and other senior commanders have landed in Kolkata to review the security situation, they…
Kurukshetra: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday announced the procurement of all crops in the state at minimum support price and the waiving of Rs 133 crore in outstanding canal water irrigation charges, as the BJP launched its assembly election campaign in the state. After the ruling party suffered a setback in the…
New Delhi: Heavy rains lashed western and central parts of India on Sunday while a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir led to the closure of the arterial Srinagar-Leh national highway, cutting off the Kashmir Valley from Ladakh and rendering the Baltal base camp for the Amarnath Yatra inaccessible. Five people died in rain-related incidents in…
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday attacked the Centre over the implementation of the PM-KUSUM initiative, launched in 2019 to increase the agricultural use of solar energy across the country, and said the Modi government cannot persist with such “cavalier” implementation of schemes. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the Ministry of New…
