THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The death toll brought on by floods, landslides and bridge collapses in India’s monsoon-hit state of Kerala has risen to 167 as heavy rainfall threatened new areas. Authorities in the southern state, which is home to 33 million people, have placed local agencies on the highest alert level in what has turned out to be Kerala’s worst […]
New Delhi Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the former prime minister who was undergoing treatment at the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, breathed his last at 5:05 pm today. Earlier in the day, political leaders cutting across partly lines thronged the hospital to enquire about Vajpayee’s health. Making his second visit to AIIMS in less than 24 hours, […]
Rome Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has declared a 12-month state of emergency after a section of a motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa claiming 39 lives. Conte announced on Wednesday that he had allocated five million euros for the smooth facilitation of search and rescue operations. He added that his administration would withdraw the concession […]
New Delhi: The government has denied reports of an international Chinese media that claimed that China is printing massive amount of foreign currency notes including India. “Reports about any Chinese currency printing corporation getting any orders for printing Indian currency notes are totally baseless. Indian currency notes are being and will be printed only in […]
ROME: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has declared a 12-month state of emergency after a section of a motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa claiming 39 lives. Conte announced on Wednesday that he had allocated five million euros for the smooth facilitation of search and rescue operations. He added that his administration would withdraw the concession […]
Kuala Lumpur In the absence of Lee Chong Wei, the national badminton squad are banking on the luck of the draw as the Indonesia Asian Games gets underway this week. Malaysia, seeded only fifth, will hope to avoid some of the bigger names in the first round of the knockout stage competition. Defending champions China […]
New Delhi: India celebrated its 72nd Independence day on August 15, 2018. Patriotic vibes could be felt all across the nation and owing to the national holiday, people spent quality time with their family and friends. On the occasion of Independence Day, Akshay Kumar’s ‘Gold’ and John Abraham’s ‘Satyameva Jayata’ hit the screens. Both films […]
New Delhi Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been put on life-support system and his health continues to remain critical, the AIIMS said in a statement on Thursday. BJP stalwart and the three time prime minister, Atal Bihar Vajpayee was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi on June 11 […]
New Delhi India is celebrating its 72nd Independence Day this August 15. India won its freedom from the British rule on this day in 1947. India’s freedom struggle was long and hard-fought, and this day is a reminder of the sacrifices made by the freedom fighters who fought bravely for nationhood and independence. It is […]
Jakarta Affectionately dubbed the “Minions” after the little yellow creatures from the 2015 animated movie, diminutive badminton duo Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sukamuljo will hope to stand tall and win gold for hosts Indonesia at the Asian Games this month. Currently the world’s top ranked men’s doubles team, the pair are among some 11,300 athletes […]