Imphal: At least 13 people were killed in a firefight between two unknown militant groups in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district on Monday, December 4. The identity of the deceased remains unknown, the police said. According to the reports, the incident of gunfight were reported from Leithu village around afternoon. An official in the hill district said…
New Delhi: The Railway Ministry has set up an emergency control cell in Chennai and a war room at the Rail Bhawan in New Delhi among various other measures to meet the challenges posed by the cyclonic storm ‘Michaung’. “The Indian Railways has geared up its entire machinery in a big way to ensure and manage…
Hyderabad/New Delhi: Two pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) were killed on Monday as a Pilatus PC-7 Mk II aircraft crashed near Hyderabad, the first such accident involving the Swiss-origin trainer jet. The IAF has ordered a Court of Inquiry to ascertain the cause of the accident. “A Pilatus PC 7 Mk II aircraft…
Chennai/Nellore: An orange alert has been sounded by the IMD for Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts as cyclone Michaung approaches the south Andhra Pradesh coast. Several areas of Chennai and its neighbouring districts were inundated due to relentless rains. Transport services took a severe hit as several trains and flights were cancelled…
Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Monday dissolved the state’s second Legislative Assembly following the polls held to elect the third Assembly. “Consequent to the resolution dated 03.12.2023 of the Council of Ministers recommending the dissolution of the Second Legislative Assembly of Telangana State, the Governor dissolved the Second Legislative Assembly of Telangana State in exercise…
Aizawl: The Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) stormed to power in Mizoram by dethroning the Mizo National Front (MNF) bagging 27 seats in the 40-member House on Monday. The MNF won 10 seats, BJP (2) and Congress (1), Election Commission officials said. Prominent ZPM winners include the party’s CM face Lalduhoma, who secured the Serchhip seat defeating…
New Delhi: Being overweight can impair the body’s antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection but not to the protection offered by COVID-19 vaccination, according to a study. The finding, published in the journal Clinical & Translational Immunology, builds on the team’s existing research on how COVID-19 affects people who are overweight. “We have previously shown that…
Jaipur: The BJP inflicted a blow to the Congress and the BSP in Rajasthan by breaking into their traditional Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes community vote bank as it swept the Assembly elections in the state, winning 115 of the 199 where polling took place. Of the 34 SC reserved seats that went to the polls,…
New Delhi: State-controlled Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will in May next year start commercial production of crude oil from its much-delayed flagship deepsea project in Krishna Godavari basin, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday. In a written reply to a question, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli said ONGC’s…
New Delhi: There are no plans to introduce state-specific cultural curricula in a partnership with the Ministry of Education, Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy told Parliament on Monday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Reddy said paragraph 4.32 of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 clearly mentions…
