News from India
Srinagar, July 12 (IANS) The Kashmir Women's Organisation (KWO) has said the organisation will significantly intensify its campaign against drug addiction by placing women at the forefront of awareness, prevention and rehabilitation efforts under the Nasha Mukt Bharat campaign. Speaking...
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Picture the scene. Perth, January 2008. India's special envoy has come seeking uranium for a power-starved nation of a billion people, from the country that sits atop the largest uranium reserves on earth. The answer...
Amaravati, July 12 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday directed officials to make swift arrangements to bring bodies of three persons who were among 15 Indian tourists who died after a boat capsized in Vietnam.The Chief...
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday expressed profound grief over the demise of legendary playback singer S. Janaki, describing her as one of India’s most revered cultural icons whose timeless songs will continue to...
Gorakhpur, July 12 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday launched the state-wide 'Mega Tree Plantation Drive' (Plantation Mahayagya) from Gorakhpur by planting a sapling under the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign near the Gorakhpur Link Expressway...
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) West Bengal Health Department is now planning to reach the doorsteps of all girls’ schools in the state and organise cervical cancer vaccination camps there.An insider from the state health department said that before organising these...
Mumbai, July 12 (IANS) A bomb threat targeting the iconic Taj Hotel in Mumbai triggered a security alarm, prompting police and security agencies to conduct a comprehensive search operation at the premises before declaring that the threat was a hoax,...
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Labour Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya is set to inaugurate seven Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Healthcare projects across the nation from Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital in Sanathnagar, Telangana, it was announced on Sunday.These medical...
Pune, July 12 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (SP) MP Supriya Sule has said that the loss of life in the building collapse incident at the Moshi garbage depot in Pune is "heart-wrenching" and exposes "gross failure" of the state government...
Pune, July 12 (IANS) The death toll in the Moshi garbage dump collapse in Pune's Pimpri-Chinchwad has increased to eight after rescue teams recovered the bodies of seven more victims from the damaged administrative building of the Waste-to-Energy project on...
Namakkal, July 12 (IANS) An acute water shortage has gripped the Kumarapalayam region of Tamil Nadu's Namakkal district, leaving farmers struggling to save their crops as delayed monsoon rains and the non-release of water from the Mettur dam have pushed...
Ayodhya, July 12 (IANS) Ram Mandir Construction Committee Chairman Nripendra Misra on Sunday said devotees should remain the central focus of every decision concerning the Ram Temple, while praying for the nation’s progress and the well-being of all its citizens.Speaking...