Uttarakhand Floods: Amit Shah To Undertake Aerial Survey Of Rain-Hit Regions Today
Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Dehradun late on Wednesday to take stock of the situation in the rain-ravaged parts of Uttarakhand. Three days of incessant rains have left a trail of death and devastation in the state killing 52 people, damaging roads, bridges and railway tracks besides destroying standing crop. Chief Minister Pushkar […]
No major injuries after plane runs off Texas runway, burns
No one was seriously hurt when an airplane bound for Boston ran off a runway and burned on Tuesday morning near Houston in the US state of Texas, authorities said. The McDonnell Douglas MD-87 was carrying 21 people when it rolled through a fence and caught fire while trying to take off from the Houston […]
Amarinder Singh To Launch New Party, Open To Seat Arrangement With BJP
Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said he would soon launch his own political party and is hopeful of seat arrangement with the BJP if the farmers’ issue is resolved in their interest. Singh resigned as chief minister of Punjab last month after a bitter feud with Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu and […]
China says recent test was spacecraft, not missile
BEIJING: China on Monday denied a report it had recently launched a hypersonic missile, saying it tested a spacecraft to trial reusable technologies. The Financial Times reported that Beijing had launched a nuclear-capable missile in August that circled the Earth at low orbit before narrowly missing its target. FT sources said the hypersonic missile was […]
India Records Lowest Covid-19 Infections in 231 Days, Active Cases At 277 Day Low
India logged 13,058 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 231 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,40,94,373, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 4,52,454 with 164 fresh fatalities, while the active cases declined to 1,83,118, the lowest in 227 days, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 30,000 for […]
US likely to attend Moscow meeting on Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: The United States appears willing to attend the Extended Troika talks in Moscow this week but is still reluctant to confirm its participation, diplomatic sources in Washington said on Sunday. Russia’s presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said last week that the group — which includes Russia, the US, China, and Pakistan — will meet soon […]
Incessant rain lashes Uttarakhand; Chardham yatra halted temporarily
Incessant rains lashed Uttarakhand for the second consecutive day on Monday, prompting the authorities to advise Chardham pilgrims not to proceed to the Himalayan temples till the weather improves. Pilgrims headed for Yamunotri have been asked to stay at Badkot and Jankichatti, whereas those en route to Gangotri have been asked to stay in Harsil, […]
Incessant rain lashes Kerala; ‘red alert’ in 5 districts
Heavy rains lashed Kerala, especially the south and central regions on Saturday, causing water-logging in several areas and leaving many rivers in spate, as the weathermen sounded ‘red alert’ predicting extremely heavy rainfall in five districts of the state. According to the latest update of the Indian Meteorological Department, the ‘Red Alert’ was sounded for […]
EU diplomatic chief ‘ready’ to meet Iran on nuclear deal
WASHINGTON: The European Union’s diplomatic chief Josep Borrell said on Friday he was “ready” to meet Iranian leaders in Brussels as part of efforts to revive the faltering 2015 nuclear deal, but warned that “time is pressing.” “I know that the Iranians want to have some kind of previous talks with me as coordinator and […]
‘Issues sorted’: Sidhu meets Rahul Gandhi, withdraws resignation as Punjab chief
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu who resigned as the chief of the party’s Punjab unit last month has met former party president Rahul Gandhi at his residence here following which he withdrew his resignation. “I shared all my concerns with Rahul Gandhi. Everything has been sorted out,” he said. Congress’ Punjab in-charge Harish Rawat was […]