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Homage to ex-PM and Bharat Vajpayee: Delhi colleges, schools to remain closed on Friday
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday announced that all the schools and offices in the national capital will remain closed on Friday as a mark of respect to former Prime…
Watch: Atal Bihari Vajpayee hugging Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proximity with Bharat Ratna awardee Atal Bihari Vajpayee is well known. Though the later is no more, the bonding between the two is an inspiration for all of…
7 prominent personalities who passed away in August
The nation mourns the loss of luminaries that etched a mark on our nation's history while seeing a shift in the paradigm of the zeitgeist of values, power relations, economic or…
Kerala: SC directs authorities to lower water levels in Mullaperiyar dam
Observing that the flood situation in Kerala is "grave", the Supreme Court on Thursday asked disaster management sub committee to sit with the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) on…
Kerala Floods: PM Modi asks for rescue and relief operations to step up
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan about the situation in flood-battered Kerala and asked the defence forces to speed up rescue and relief…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee death: Today India lost a great son, says Rahul Gandhi
Former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna awardee Atal Bihari Vajpayee breathed his last at 17:05 hours (IST) at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the National capital on Thursday.…
Condolences pour in on social media after Vajpayee’s demise
The Bharat Ratna Awardee suffered from kidney tract infection and chest congestion while being a diabetic patient. On 11 June, he was admitted to the neuro-cardiac department of AIIMS, New…
Kerala: Thousands cry for help as water levels keep rising
Thousands of flood-affected people in Kerala -- mostly in Pathanamthitta and parts of Ernakulam and Thrissur -- have been stranded as rescuers battle heavy rains to reach out to them even as…
Former PM and Bharat Ratna awardee Atal Bihari Vajpayee passes away at 93
One of India's most respected political leaders and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away at the age of 93 due to age-related ailments. He was admitted to AIIMS, New Delhi,…
Hyderabad: 22-year-old man kills wife, stages suicide
In what comes across as a case of a Bollywood-esque crime, a 22-year-old man allegedly strangulated his wife to death after accusing her of infidelity and later tried to stage the death as a…
Chennai: Infant rescued from drain, named ‘Freedom’
During the early hours of Independence Day, the residents of SVS Nagar in Valasaravakkam, Chennai were shocked when they found an infant inside a storm water drain. Barely a few hours old,…
Red alert in south India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh facing threat
Kerala continues to battle monsoon rains on Thursday. The state is facing the worst floods in history with as many as 73 death due to the rain-related incident, of which 24 died on 15 August…