Hyderabad: Sigachi Industries Ltd on Wednesday said it lost 40 of its team members in the recent explosion and fire at its Pashamylaram plant. The company also announced an ex gratia of Rs 1 crore each to the kin of the deceased in the deadly incident. According to the government figures, the toll remained at…
Guwahati: Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) has reported an alarming rise in Japanese Encephalitis (JE) cases in 2025. According to Dr Achyut Chandra Baishya, Principal and Chief Superintendent of GMCH, the hospital has documented 44 confirmed cases, with 10 fatalities recorded so far this year. Dr Baishya noted that the month of June witnessed…
Bengaluru: The Congress on Wednesday slammed the PM Modi-led government for allegedly failing to prevent Pakistan from assuming key positions in the United Nations, calling it a major diplomatic setback for India. Pakistan on Tuesday said that it assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council for July. The presidency of the Security Council –…
Aizawl: Preparations are underway for the biometric enrollment of over 32,000 Myanmar refugees currently sheltered in Mizoram, a senior official said on Wednesday. State Additional Home Secretary Andrew H. Vanlaldika said the collection of biometric and demographic data of the refugees will be carried out across all eleven districts of the state within this month….
Chikkaballapura (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday asserted that he will be in office for a full five-year term. “Yes, I will be. Why do you have the doubt?” the veteran leader said in response to a question by reporters about whether he will be the CM for five years. There has been speculation…
Sangareddy (Telangana): The removal of debris at Sigachi Industries’ pharma plant here that suffered an explosion two days ago was almost over, and the number of fatalities from the blast remains at 36, a top district police official said on Wednesday. Further, the unit does not have a No Objection Certificate (NoC) from the Fire…
Washington: The Quad grouping has called for bringing the perpetrators, organisers, and financiers of the Pahalgam terror attack to justice without any delay and urged UN member nations to extend cooperation for it. The foreign ministers of the four-nation grouping condemned the April 22 attack in the strongest terms that claimed the lives of 26…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left on a five-nation tour spanning over eight days, from July 2 to 9. This is perhaps the longest diplomatic visit in the last 10 years. As per the Ministry of External Affairs, the tour will begin in Ghana. From Ghana, the prime minister will head to the…
Washington: The Republican-led US Senate on Tuesday approved President Donald Trump’s mammoth domestic policy bill dubbed the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ by the narrowest of margins, despite misgivings over delivering deep welfare cuts and another $3 trillion in national debt. Republican leaders had struggled to corral support during a record 24-hour “vote-a-rama” amendment session on…
Jammu: The eyes of the world are on this Amarnath Yatra and no threats can deter the spirit of people undertaking the pilgrimage to the cave shrine in the South Kashmir Himalayas, said Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday. Attending the ‘Tawi Aarti’ at the Tawi Riverfront in Jammu, he asserted that…
