Breaking News, December 11 | Highlights

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits Coquimbo coast in Chile: USGS

Four Class 10 students were attacked with a knife outside a school in Delhi's Mayur Vihar Phase 2 today allegedly after a brawl with students of another school. Three students sustained minor injuries & and one student was admitted to a hospital but is out of danger: Delhi Police 

PM inaugurates the Saryu Nahar National Project in Balrampur.  

PM Modi inaugurates Saryu canal project in UP's Balrampur for providing water for irrigation to over 14 lakh hectares of land.

Work on the Saryu Nahar National Project began in 1978.

The project was completed by the Central government in 4 years.  

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami met the daughters of CDS General Bipin Rawat and Madhulika Rawat - Kritika and Tarini, at VIP Ghat in Haridwar. Kritika and Tarini immersed the ashes of their parents, at the ghat, this afternoon.

Kritika and Tarini immersed the ashes of their parents, at the ghat, this afternoon.

PM Narendra Modi reviews the Saryu Nahar National Project that will be inaugurated in Balrampur shortly

PM Modi arrives in UP's Balrampur to launch Saryu Canal Project worth Rs 9,800 cr 

Daughters of Gen Bipin Rawat immerses ashes of their parents in Haridwar   

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik pays tribute to JWO Rana Pratap Das in Bhubaneswar. The JWO was one of the 13 who lost their lives in Tamil Nadu Chopper Crash.

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik pays tribute to JWO Rana Pratap Das in Bhubaneswar.

Gujarat: Union Home Minister Amit Shah lays the foundation stone of Umiya Mata Temple, at Umiya Campus, Sola in Ahmedabad.

HM Amit Shah lays foundation stone of Umiya Mata Temple in Ahmedabad.   

Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced Rs 50 lakhs ex-gratia to the family of Lance Naik B Sai Teja, who lost his life in the Tamil Nadu Chopper Crash crash on 8th Dec, which claimed 13 brave souls. He was serving as PSO to the CDS: Andhra Pradesh CMO 

CM announces Rs 50 lakhs ex-gratia to the family of Andhra soldier killed in chopper crash

India on Saturday sent humanitarian assistance consisting of medical supplies to Afghanistan in sync with its commitment of extending help to the Afghan people in their times of difficulty. The medical supplies were sent on a return flight that had brought 10 Indians and 94 Afghans to Delhi from Kabul on Friday. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the consignments will be handed over to the representatives of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Kabul. The MEA said the special flight from Kabul to Delhi, chartered by India, brought 10 Indians and 94 Afghans on Friday.

India dispatches humanitarian assistance to representatives of WHO in Kabul

A large group of farmers shall vacate the area at 8 AM tomorrow. In today's meeting, we'll talk, pray, & meet the people who helped us. People have started vacating already, it'll take 4-5 days. I will leave on 15th December: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait at Ghazipur Border

President Ram Nath Kovind paid floral tributes to Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India, on his birth anniversary at Raj Bhavan, Uttarakhand.

President Ram Nath Kovind pays tribute to former President Pranab Mukherjee on his birth anniversary 

More than a year after they arrived in large convoys of tractors, several protesting farmers on Saturday morning began returning to their home states, taking with them a victory to cherish and memories of a successful siege at Delhi's borders. The farmers lifted blockades on highways at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders and took out a 'Victory March' to celebrate the repeal of three contentious farm laws and the Centre's written assurance to fulfil their other demands, including constituting a committee for legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) for crops.

The farmers begin journey back home

Emotions ran high as the farmers set off for their homes in different states, including Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, after a successful movement. Tractors bedecked with colourful lights rolled out of the protest sites blaring songs of victory while the elderly flaunted their colourful turbans and danced with youngsters.

Farmers start removing their settlements from the Tikri Border, after the suspension of their year-long protest against the 3 farm laws & other related issues. 

Farmers start removing tents from Delhi border 

Farmers end protest at Delhi borders. 

Identification of all 4 Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel JWO Pradeep A, Wg Cdr PS Chauhan, JWO Rana Pratap Das and Sqn Leader Kuldeep Singh is complete.

Mortal remains of 4 IAF personnel killed in Coonoor chopper crash identified. 

Saryu Nahar National Project

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh to inaugurate the Saryu Nahar National Project on Saturday at around 1 pm. The work on the project started in 1978 but due to lack of continuity of budgetary support, interdepartmental coordination and adequate monitoring, it got delayed and was not completed even after nearly four decades. Consequently, in 2016, the project was brought under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana with the target to complete it in a time-bound manner. 

Saryu Nahar National Project

Saryu Nahar National Project

The Saryu Nahar National Project has been built with a total cost of more than Rs 9,800 crore, out of which more than Rs 4,600 crore was provisioned in the last four years.

Saryu Nahar National Project