Shimla, Aug 14 (PTI) At least 29 people were killed in Himachal Pradesh, nine of them buried under the rubble of temple and after another landslip in Shimla, as rains wreaked havoc in the state, triggering landslides that blocked key roads and brought down houses, officials said on Monday. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said…
The latest government’s order on prescription of even generic drugs mandatory shall be a welcome move. The new order makes it clear that all doctors must prescribe generic drugs, failing which they will be penalised and their licences may even be cancelled. The National Medical Commission (NMC) in its ‘Regulations Relating to Professional Conduct of…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to those who lost their lives during India’s partition and recalled the sufferings of people in that period on the occasion of the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day. He said it is an occasion to remember the Indians who lost their lives during the partition, a reference…
Shimla: Seven members of a family were killed in a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district while 15 to 20 people were feared buried in two landslides in Shimla city as rain wreaked havoc in the state. Two houses in Solan were washed away following the cloudburst on Sunday night. While six people were rescued, seven…
Bengaluru: Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is getting ready for its launch soon, ISRO said on Monday. The satellite, realised at U R Rao Satellite Centre here, has arrived at the ISRO’s spaceport in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency said in an update on the mission….
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu will address the nation on the eve of the 77th Independence Day on August 14, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Sunday. The address will be broadcast from 7 pm on the entire national network of Akashvani and telecast on all Doordarshan channels in Hindi followed by the English version, the Rashtrapati…
Vijayawada: Andhra Praddesh has taken yet another remarkable stride towards a brighter future, in the energy sector. It has now emerged as a Key Player in energy-efficient housing by introducing the pioneering “Cool Roof” concept. The resounding march of progress gains resonance as two stalwart champions of energy efficiency in India, the Bureau of Energy…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Sunday met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray in connection with the meeting on August 31 and September 1 of the opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A in Mumbai. He also said the issue of confusion in the ranks of the Maha Vikas Aghadi in connection with the meeting between Nationalist Congress…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that his government has rendered the health system of the country “sick” with even AIIMS facilities grappling with shortage of doctors and staff. The Congress chief also claimed that people have been awakened and the time has come for the…
Indore: The Indore police said they have registered an FIR against “handlers” of the ‘X’ accounts of senior Congress leaders including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, MP Congress chief Kamal Nath and former Union minister Arun Yadav over a post accusing the Madhya Pradesh BJP government of corruption. In a statement released late Saturday night on X,…
