Flash floods in Nepal have triggered alerts in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar NEW DELHI: In view of the flash flood situation in Nepal, Union home minister Amit Shah Wednesday spoke with CMs of Bihar and UP and assured all help to border districts, including deployment of additional National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams. The administrations…
An official said ex-mill prices increasing from Rs 48 per kg to Rs 58-60 per kg in just a few days showed that speculation and stocking were the main reasons behind the price spike. NEW DELHI: In what could improve availability of sugar in the market immediately and bring down prices, around 3-3.5 lakh tonnes…
The hilly area of Sumb is considered strategically important from a security perspective. (PTI photo) JAMMU: Security forces launched a joint search operation in the remote, hilly hamlet of Sumb in J&K’s Samba district after receiving information that a wireless set had been briefly activated in the area and satellite communication was detected around 1pm…
TMC rebel MPs after attending the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Parliamentary Party Meeting (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued notices to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs who have aligned with NCPI and sought their responses within seven days on petitions filed by TMC national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee…
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will address the ‘Universal Oneness Celebration’ at Madison Square Garden on August 29. A major RSS outreach event is being planned in New York, with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat scheduled to address the “Universal Oneness Celebration” at Madison Square Garden on August 29.The event is being organised by…
NEW DELHI: Govt wants to end imports of technology used to monitor and control India’s power grid by 2030, reducing dependence on foreign companies for systems that are critical to keeping electricity flowing across the country.A committee set up by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) to draw up a roadmap for this has found that local…
UP: CM Yogi launches ‘Lokmata Ahilyabai Matrushakti Yatra’, women aged 60+ to get free bus travel Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday launched the ‘Lokmata Ahilyabai Matrushakti Yatra’ scheme and flagged off special buses to provide free travel facilities to women aged 60 years and above in the state.Speaking at the launch event…
Uttarakhand CM Dhami joins Tapkeshwar Mahadev Shobha Yatra Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday participated in the Shobha Yatra of Tapkeshwar Mahadev Ji, which commenced from Shivaji Dharamshala in Arhat Bazaar and will pass through major routes of Dehradun before reaching the Tapkeshwar Mahadev Temple.Speaking on the occasion, Dhami extended his greetings to…
The Nishad community finds itself at the centre of the fish row in Ayodhya ahead of 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. At a time when many Hindu devotees traditionally give up non-vegetarian food during ‘Sawan’, fish has acquired an unlikely political importance in Uttar Pradesh.The row began earlier this month with Uttar Pradesh minister and…
The impact of the increased flow was expected to reach the barrage after around 8 pm on Wednesday. LUCKNOW: The flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday is unlikely to cause major flooding in Uttar Pradesh, with the Gandak expected to remain below the danger level as the increased flow passes along Maharajganj and Kushinagar before…
