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Two persons from Odisha are missing in the landslides in Kerala's Wayanad, the CMO said. The Odisha government has contacted the Kerala government over the issue. The chief minister's office, in a X post, said, The state government is in regular communication with the Kerala government...
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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra put off their scheduled Wednesday morning visit to landslide-hit Wayanad after authorities informed them that they would not be able to land due to incessant rain and adverse weather...
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty eked out gains in volatile trade to settle at record high levels on Tuesday, extending their gaining streak to the third day on the back of buying in Tata Motors and HDFC Bank. The 30-share BSE Sensex closed higher by 99.56 points or 0.12 percent at...
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A court in Mumbai on Tuesday granted bail to a civil contractor arrested in connection with the May 13 Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident in the city that claimed 17 lives. Sagar Kumbhar had been arrested in June from Goa. Sessions judge V M Pathade allowed his bail application. The...
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Just In: Israeli military says it has struck Beirut, targeting commander allegedly behind deaths of 12 youths, PTI has posted on X, quoting AP.However, there is no independent confirmation of the same.More details are awaited.
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A 34-year-old woman was injured in her leg after a bullet hit her in Gandipet near in Hyderabad on Tuesday, the police said. She suspected that the bullet might have been fired from a firing range which is near to her house, the police said. The woman in her complaint lodged with police...
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The Uttar Pradesh assembly on Tuesday passed a Bill to tackle malpractices in public examinations, with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and fines up to Rs 1 crore on those linked to organised cheating rackets. The Uttar Pradesh Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill,...
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Former Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's son Pax Jolie-Pitt was admitted to hospital after he suffered a head injury in an accident on Monday. The 20-year-old is now said to be in a stable condition and is expected to be discharged on Tuesday, law enforcement sources told...
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Adopting a tough stand against rebels, the Shiromani Akali Dal on Tuesday expelled eight leaders, including former MP Prem Singh Chandumajra and ex-Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief Bibi Jagir Kaur, for revolting against party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal. Taking serious note of...
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Billionaire Gautam Adani-led group's power transmission unit has raised $1 billion through a share sale, the first public equity raise by the conglomerate since a damning Hindenburg report, which wiped away billions in shareholder value. Adani Energy Solutions Ltd raised the funds through a...
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Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday attended the inauguration of Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian at a ceremony in Tehran. On the occasion, Gadkari conveyed good wishes from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to President Pezeshkian on assuming the office, the...
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A view of the landslide in Wayanad, Kerala/@INCKerala /X
Following the devastating landslide in Wayanad that has already claimed the lives of about 100 people, the Kerala government on Tuesday declared state mourning for two days. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the state government is deeply saddened by the tragic incident that claimed...
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BJP MP Anurag Thakur speaks in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday/ANI Photo/Sansad TV
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anurag Thakur's speech in the Lok Sabha, in which the former Union minister made a political counter to Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's address, saying it is a must hear. This speech by my young and energetic...
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A glitch in the signalling system at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus disrupted the suburban services on the Central Railway for around 45 minutes on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. The technical snag in the signalling system of UP and DOWN slow lines on the Main Line of the...
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A remark by BJP MP Anurag Thakur in Lok Sabha on Tuesday led to an ugly spat between the opposition and treasury benches with Rahul Gandhi saying that he has been insulted and despite the attacks, the INDIA bloc would ensure that caste census is conducted. Launching a scathing attack...
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Manu Bhaker shares this picture with her two bronze medals saying, Extremely humbled by the support and wishes that have been pouring in. This is something that I've always dreamt of. Proud to perform at the biggest stage for my country.The young Indian shooter won a historic second Olympic...
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The Bachchans. @amitabhbachchan on Instagram
Veteran actor and politician Jaya Bachchan's recent appearance in parliament has drawn significant attention. On Monday, Jaya Bachchan objected to Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh addressing her as Shrimati Jaya Amitabh Bachchan. A video from the Rajya Sabha has been doing the...
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The Lok Sabha approved the Rs 48.21-lakh crore Budget for 2024-25 of the Union Government. The lower House also approved the budget of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir with a voice vote. The Union Budget and Budget for J&K was passed by a voice vote by the Lok Sabha. The...
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People being rescued in an IAF chopper
After an hours-long mission, a man who was covered in mud and desperately clinging to a huge boulder to survive the flood waters gushing past him in landslide-hit Wayanad on Tuesday was rescued. Visuals of the hapless man's attempt to survive amidst scattered boulders in the floodwater came...
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India's star athlete Neeraj Chopra shares this image in Paris, writing, Namaskar, Paris! Excited to finally reach the Olympic Games village. #Paris2024.Chopra created history at the Tokyo Olympics when he won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw, thereby becoming the first Indian athlete...
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An IAF chopper carries out a rescue operation in Wayanad
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday that 93 people died and around 128 were injured in the massive landslides in the northern Wayanad district, leaving behind a trail of destruction and despair. Vijayan said that of the dead, 34 bodies were identified and 18 were...
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President Droupadi Murmu will preside over the Conference of Governors on August 2 and 3 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. This conference will be the first Conference of Governors to be presided over by President Murmu. Governors of all states will attend the conference. The Vice President; the Prime...
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman replies to budget discussion in Lok Sabha, she says We have provided substantial financial support of Rs 17,000 crore in the Union Budget of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir this year. It includes Rs 12,000 crore towards financing the cost of...
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman replies to budget discussion in Lok Sabha, she says: I would like to thank every member of the House who has spoken and taken interest in the Budget which has been presented here. I would like to thank the people of the country for giving this Govt headed...
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Warming of the Arabian Sea is allowing the formation of deep cloud systems, leading to extremely heavy rainfall in Kerala in a shorter period and increasing the possibility of landslides, a senior climate scientist said on Tuesday. Extremely heavy rain triggered a series of landslides in...
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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit landslide-hit Wayanad on Wednesday morning, party sources said. Landslides hit the hilly Wayanad district on Tuesday, leaving 57 people dead. The landslides triggered by heavy...
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A court in Delhi today reserved its order on the bail plea of an SUV driver who was arrested in connection with the flooding of a coaching centre's basement in the Old Rajinder Nagar area which led to the death of three civil services aspirants. Judicial Magistrate Vinod Kumar reserved the...
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Rescue personnel at the landslide
As intense rescue efforts continue to save those trapped by the devastating landslide that hit the hilly Wayanad district of Kerala, survivors recount the harrowing experiences of their narrow escape just moments before the tragedy. An elderly couple in Wayanad's landslide-hit area recounted...
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Kerala State Disaster Management Authority Secretary Sekar Kuriakose says, The rescue is coordinated and we have sufficient forces. NDRF was prepositioned... 10 teams of fire and rescue, 200 civil defence volunteers... 3 teams of NDRF will operate and we have requested the 4th team, two teams of...
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Isolated cases of allegedly contaminated cough syrup leading to death in children have been reported in the past, Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. The World Health Organization, which from time to time issues medical product alerts, had issued one...
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A team of Army personnel on the way to Wayanad
Kerala Chief Secretary V Venu said that over 80 bodies were recovered as rescue operations continued in the landslide-hit regions in Kerala's Wayanad on Tuesday.According to the State Revenue Minister's office, around 116 people were injured and undergoing treatment at various hospitals in the...
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India has a provisional debt of Rs 185 lakh crore this fiscal.
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Expressing grief over the loss of lives in landslides in Kerala's Wayanad district, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said Karnataka is committed to providing all possible help to the neighbouring state. Deeply saddened by the catastrophic floods in Wayanad. My heart goes out to the...
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The toll rose to 57 in the landslides that hit Kerala's hilly Wayanad district on Tuesday, according to state government sources. As rescue operators recover body parts from the rivers and mud, it is difficult to ascertain the exact number of people killed in the tragedy, the source said. It...
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Kerala Minister AK Saseendran confirmed that 54 people have died so far in the landslides that hit the Meppadi area in Wayanad in the early hours of Tuesday.Union Minister of State George Kurian is heading to Wayanad to lead relief and rescue operations.The minister, on the directions of Prime...
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Following widespread destruction in the wake of massive landslides in Kerala's hilly Wayanad district, rescue efforts are currently underway, with NDRF and other emergency services as well as the Army racing against time to reach trapped and injured survivors. Rescue teams are working...
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Shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh win Bronze medal in 10m Air Pistol Mixed team event.
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Rescuers carry a dead body in Wayanad
In view of terrible landslide in Wayanad, CPI Rajya Sabha floor leader P Sandosh Kumar demanded that: (1) the calamity be declared a national disaster and all relief from centre must be rushed, (2) Kerala, with its unique geography, be included in the list of ecologically fragile state, and (3)...
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An Indian Navy team from the Ezhimala Naval Base in Kannur is being sent to the district in Kerala to assist in the rescue operations at Chooralmala that was hit by landslides on Tuesday morning, following torrential rains.The Navy team is being despatched, at the request of Chief Minister...
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A beheaded body of a six-year-old girl was found near Pitambarpur Railway Station in Bareilly, police said on Tuesday. Assistant Superintendent of Police, South, Manush Pareekh ruled out murder angle in the incident. It appears the girl was either hit by a train or attacked by...
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At least 45 people have died and 250 people have been rescued and shifted to temporary relief camps on Tuesday following a series of massive landslides that struck the hilly areas of Meppadi, Wayanad district, in the early hours of July 30.Meanwhile, NDRF DG Piyush Anand informed that one team of...
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A footbridge and three makeshift sheds, including a liquor shop, were washed away following a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst in Tosh Nallah in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, officials said on Tuesday. The incident took place in the Tosh area of Manikaran early in the morning and...
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A man, covered in mud, was seen desperately trying to stand by clinging to a huge boulder in gushing flood water, in one of the harrowing scenes from a landslide-hit hamlet in Kerala's Wayanad district on Tuesday. The man, suspected to have been washed away by the flood water, somehow got...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail on medical grounds to former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering case. A bench of justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma took note of the submissions of a counsel, appearing for Malik, that he was suffering from various...
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The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday issued a red alert for the high-range Wayanad district rocked by landslides triggered by incessant rains and neighbouring Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kannur districts indicating extremely heavy rainfall.While the India Meteorological Department (IMD)...
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday spoke to Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi to take stock of rescue and relief works being undertaken by Army units in Kerala's landslide-hit Wayanad.According to local authorities in Wayanad, 36 people were killed in the landslide.The defence minister spoke...
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Due to derailment of the Howrah-CSMT Mumbai mail train in Chakradharour division in Jharkhand, 17 trains have been diverted, South Eastern Railway said in a statement.
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Security forces have launched a cordon and search operation following information about movement of two suspected terrorists in a remote village in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The two armed suspects, dressed in black, were seen moving in Salampura...
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The Uttar Pradesh assembly on Tuesday introduced a bill that seeks to amend the Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act to increase the maximum punishment to life imprisonment and fine of Rs 5 lakh for violators. Under the amended provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful...
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Multiple NDRF teams, two helicopters and other rescue efforts are on their way to Mundakkai, which has been totally cut off by devastating landslides that hit Kerala's hilly Wayanad district, the state government said on Tuesday.State Revenue Minister K Rajan said one team of NDRF is working to...
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The Kerala government on Tuesday sought the assistance of the Indian Army for rescue operations in the wake of the devastating landslides in Wayanad district.A Defence PRO said on Tuesday that a team of 43 personnel, led by the Second-in-Command from the 122 Infantry Battalion (TA) MADRAS, has...
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Former Wayanad MP and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi expressed condolences after massive landslides hit Kerala's Wayanad on Tuesday.Eight people, including three children, died in the landslides that hit Kerala's hilly Wayanad district on Tuesday, according to officials. In a post on X, Rahul...
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Local train services on the Mumbai's Western Railway network were disrupted on Tuesday morning due to the points failures at Santacruz and Bhayandar stations, officials said. A points failure means a fault with the movable pieces of track or their operating equipment that enable trains...
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Destroyed houses, swollen water bodies and broken branches of uprooted trees dot the high-range villages of Kerala's Wayanad, rocked by massive landslides on Tuesday. Picturesque hamlets known for their beauty until Monday -- Mundakkai, Chooralmala, Attamala, and Noolpuzha -- are now a...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed anguish over the loss of lives in landslides in Kerala's Wayanad district and assured Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of all possible help from the Centre to deal with the crisis.The prime minister announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next...
08:58
Former United States president Donald Trump has criticised the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Paris, calling it a disgrace, amidst outrage over a scene which critics say parodied Leonardo da Vinci's acclaimed painting The Last Supper. I thought that the opening ceremony was a...
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UPDATE: Two persons were killed and 20 injured after 18 coaches of the Mumbai-Howrah Mail derailed in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district, officials said.The rescue operation is on, senior South Eastern Railway official said.
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Five people, including two children, were confirmed to have died in landslides that hit Kerala's hilly Wayanad district on Tuesday, authorities said. Of those killed, four people, including a child, died in the Chooralmala town of the district, while a one-year-old child of a Nepali...
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Six people were injured as at least 18 coaches of the Mumbai-Howrah 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 South Eastern...
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Penguin Random House India on Monday announced the publication of the first complete multi-volume English translation of Kamba Ramayanam, a Tamil version of the epic Ramayana by 12th-century poet Kamban. The monumental project, undertaken by six scholars and translators of the Tamil...
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President Droupadi Murmu will undertake a six-day visit of Fiji, New Zealand and Timor-Leste beginning August 5, the ministry of external affairs announced on Monday. Murmu's first destination will be Fiji where she will hold meetings with President Katonivere and Prime Minister Sitiveni...
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Markande Tiwari, who had been advocating action against arrested former Andaman and Nicobar Island chief secretary Jitendra Narain amid allegations of his involvement in a rape case, was found dead inside his car in Port Blair. Eyewitnesses claimed around 2:30 pm on Sunday, Tiwari was...
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Noting the delay in trial cannot be the criterion to grant bail as a probe agency is supposed to undertake a 'lot of minute exercise' to ensure innocent persons are not booked, a special court denied relief to Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar in a money laundering...
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The impasse in the Kolkata film industry continued on Monday, amid trading of charges between directors and technicians while no shooting was held for the last three days. The directors said their cease work will continue on Tuesday while the technicians maintained they will not work under a...
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