A Manang Air helicopter with six people aboard went missing near Mount Everest in Nepal on Tuesday, aviation authorities said.According to Tribhuvan International Airport General Manager Pratap Babu Tiwari, the chopper, with call sign 9N-AMV, went contactless 15 minutes into the flight. The chopper had taken off from Surki in Solukhumbu for the capital Kathmandu […]
The rain ebbed on Tuesday after three days of incessant downpour, which left behind a trail of destruction in several parts of Punjab and Haryana where properties worth crores were damaged and nine lives lost.The governments in both states have stepped up efforts to provide relief to affected people even as they scramble to conduct […]
The Chandigarh administration has ordered the UT schools to remain closed till July 13 (Thursday) due to heavy rainfall in the region. Since Sunday morning, UT Chandigarh has experienced heavy and continuous rainfall and there is prediction for rainfall in the coming days as well. The significant rainfall and the weather forecast has raised concerns […]
Level in the Ghaggar at Bhankhapur (near Dera Bassi) shows that the level was 11,555 cusecs, much lower than Sunday’s, when the water level had crossed the danger mark. However, downstream, a breach has been reported in the Narwana branch – 52 km from Bhankhapur, which has led to flooding of the villages near the […]
With the passing of every hour, the situation in Patiala seems to be turning grave as the Punjab government has sought the help of more Army personnel to deal with floods in the district.In a communication sent to the Adviser of Civil Military Affairs of GOC-in-C Secretariat at the Western Command in Chandimandir, the Punjab […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday made an impromptu visit to Haryana’s Sonepat district and interacted with people and spent time with farmers working in the fields. He also took part in paddy sowing, a senior party leader from the state said. Gandhi reached Sonepat district’s Madina village early on Saturday.“It was an impromptu visit […]
In a major breakthrough, the Ludhiana Police on Saturday claimed to have solved a sensational triple murder case in less than 12 hours with arrest of the accused. Three members of a family were found murdered in their house in a densely populated area here on Friday. The deceased were identified as Chaman Lal (75), […]
DRDO scientist Pradeep Kurulkar was attracted to the Pakistani Intelligence Operative, who used the alias ‘Zara Dasgupta’, and chatted with her about Indian missile systems among other classified defence projects, the chargesheet has said.The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra police filed the chargesheet against Kurulkar, who was the director of one of the labs […]