NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday addressed the nation and extended her greetings ahead of the 79th Independence day.On the eve of Independence Day, Murmu praised India’s growth and said that the country is “well on way to becoming self-reliant nation and is moving ahead with great confidence.” ‘Congress Partitioned Bharat In Name Of…
KULLU: At least nine families have been forced to leave their homes in five Himachal Pradesh villages along Kiratpur-Manali highway, saying unscientific road widening by NHAI had made the land dangerously unstable.Most houses in Tanipari, Shala Nal, Jala Nal, Tanhul and Thalout in Balichowki subdivision developed cracks and agricultural land began sinking since the work…
DEHRADUN: Almost a week after the Aug 5 flash flood in Dharali, officials on Monday said for the first time that 43 people were still missing, and issued warning saying “heavy to very heavy” rainfall forecast for Uttarkashi and surrounding districts until Aug 15 could cause fresh landslides and flooding, further delaying search and relief…
NEW DELHI: In his bellicose speech where he threatened to nuke India, Pakistan army chief Asim Munir put a target on Reliance Industries Ltd’s refinery – the world’s largest single-site refining complex – at Jamnagar in Gujarat in case of any future military conflict with New Delhi, indicating for the first time the intent to…
NEW DELHI: The INDIA bloc on Monday announced plans to march from Parliament to Election Commission’s office, drawing a response from Delhi Police, who said no permission had been sought for the protest.Police officials clarified that no formal request or application had been received for the demonstration.The opposition coalition had said the march was to…
NEW DELHI: An Air India flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi was diverted to Chennai on Sunday after the crew detected a suspected technical fault amid adverse weather conditions en route. The airline confirmed that flight AI2455 landed safely in Chennai and that the aircraft would undergo necessary checks.“The flight crew of AI2455 operating from Thiruvananthapuram…
NEW DELHI: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka has sent notice to leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, seeking documents to back his allegations of voter fraud during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Rahul Gandhi has been asked to provide evidence on which he based his claim that a voter named…
NEW DELHI: Leaping onto the silence of ex-vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar and his disappearance from public view since his sudden resignation, former minister and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday asked whether they should file a habeas corpus. Sibal said he tried to speak to Dhankhar but there has been no response, and several…
DEHRADUN: It wasn’t just the rain. A preliminary geological assessment conducted after Tuesday’s devastating flash flood in Dharali village, suggests a far more complex and violent trigger – a massive collapse of glacial sedimentary deposits, possibly caused by a retrogressive slope failure high up in the mountains.Initial estimates made by experts, based on satellite data…
An 80-year-old Agra-born adventurer-cum-businessman, Arvinder ‘Arvi’ Singh Bahal, lifted off to the edge of space aboard Blue Origin’s NS-34 mission along with five other crew members on Sunday. The suborbital flight lifted off from the company’s Launch Site One in West Texas at 6:00 p.m. IST, marking another milestone in private human spaceflight.Bahal was part…
