Shimla, June 22: The election commission yesterday postponed voting in the landslide-hit Kinnaur assembly constituency for the June 23 Mandi parliamentary by-poll, an official said here. It will now be held June 27.The commission took
Jaipur, Jun 22: Six majestic hill forts in Rajasthan, including the Amber fort here, on Friday got cultural World Heritage site status by UNESCO taking the total number of properties with this recognition in the
Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 22: Torrential rains across Kerala since the onset of monsoon have claimed 36 lives, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Friday.Speaking to reporters after holding a video conference with district collectors to review
Mumbai, Jun 22 : Alleged Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist Sunil Joshi wanted to kill Justice U C Banerjee who headed an inquiry commission on Godhra train burning case, and had even conducted reconnaissance of
Dehradun, Jun 22: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the natural calamity that struck Uttarakhand has the proportions of a national tragedy."In this hour of crisis, the whole country stands in solidarity with
Bhubaneswar, June 22: Odisha authorities yesterday said they have taken several measures to help the state's pilgrims stranded in flood-hit Uttarakhand.According to a home department official here, at least 80 pilgrims from Odisha were rescued
New Delhi, June 22: People applying for passports have begun paying passport processing fees on line from Friday in order to book an appointment with the passport office.Making passport services a timely, transparent, more accessible
Hyderabad, June 22: It's a windfall for the legislators in Andhra Pradesh with the state government gifting them a tablet and iphone each along with some other items.All 370 members of both the houses returned
Bacheli (Chhattisgarh), June 22: Maoist militants triggered off a landmine Friday in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada to blow up an anti-landmine vehicle carrying 14 policemen but missed the target, police said."A patrolling party of 14 policemen were
Shillong, June 22: Curfew was imposed in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district Friday night following violent clashes after a mentally-challenged teenaged girl was allegedly molested by five men, an official said. One person was killed
Dehradun, Jun 22: The death toll in flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand crossed 550 as rescuers intensified efforts today to evacuate 50,000 people still stranded in different inaccessible parts of the hill state.Chief Minister
New Delhi, June 21: Electricity bills are likely to go up soon as the government Friday approved a mechanism under which power companies can hike the tariffs if the cost of imported coal rises.The Cabinet
Kolkata, June 22: Cutting across age and social status, members of civil society, rights groups and various women's fora took to the city streets Friday to take a united stand against the West Bengal government's
New Delhi, June 22 : After being stranded for days without food on a small stretch of hilly road that did not cave in, a Rajasthan trader made it to safety Friday with tales of
New Delhi, June 22: Nearly 5,000 people are still missing in Kedenarth in Uttarakhand following the devastating floods and are presumed dead, ActionAid said Friday.Debabrat Patra, ActionAid India's regional manager for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand,
New Delhi, June 21: A total of 556 bodies have been recovered in flood-hit Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has said, adding that hundreds may have died in the terrible tragedy."(A total of) 556 bodies
New Delhi, June 21: The water level in the Yamuna has fallen below the danger mark of 204.83 metres in the capital, a government official said Friday. However, those evacuated from the river banks living
Gurgaon, June 21: An 11-year-old boy who got separated from his family in flood-hit Uttarakhand, miraculously returned home here Friday.Sahil Yadav had lost contact with the other members of his family, including five women, June
New Delhi, Jun 21: State-run telecom firm BSNL today said it will restore within three days its mobile towers at places where most of the stranded people are located in flood-hit Uttarakhand.“Our 270 BTS (mobile
New Delhi, Jun 21: As trials into AgustaWestland chopper scam got off in Italy, India has told the court there that its decisions would not be binding and it would reserve the right to seek
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