Jammu,Four more bodies have been recovered in Udhampur district’s landslide-buried Saddal village, taking the total number of bodies recovered so far to 30. The rescue teams, armed with heavy machines yesterday, recovered four more bodies buried under debris of houses which collapsed in the landslide triggered by heavy rains inRead More

Lucknow, Heavy rains induced by the cyclonic storm Hudhud has left behind a trail of destruction, despair and death in many parts of Uttar Pradesh. A state government spokesman Wednesday confirmed the death of 18 people, adding many houses had caved in eastern part of the state and standing cropsRead More

New Delhi: Stepping up efforts to check pollution in River Ganga, the ministries of water resources and urban development have joined hands and called for a meeting of elected chiefs of 118 urban local bodies from five states to chalk out an action plan. In a meeting between Water ResourcesRead More

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted former President APJ Abdul Kalam on his birthday. “Birthday greetings to our former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. May he be blessed with good health and a long life,” the Prime Minister said. Kalam, known as the ‘Missile Man’ for his contributionRead More

Visakhapatnam,Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said the exact financial loss caused by Cyclone Hudhud is yet to be calculated, even as initial estimates indicate that it can go up to Rs, 70,000 crore. The situation in north coastal districts is still grim and all efforts areRead More

Mumbai, Pitching himself for the top post in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said if a tea seller can rise to be the country’s Prime Minister, he too can become the state Chief Minister. “It is true that the Thackerays have never fought elections. But we have never backedRead More

Jammu, There was firing from across the border along LoC in Saujian sector of Poonch district this morning, Senior Superintendent of Police, Poonch, Shamsher Hussain said. Pakistani troops also targeted forward areas in Kirni and Shahpur belts, he said, adding there was no injury to anyone in the cross-border firing.Read More

  Washington: Scientists have discovered that a robust, broad spectrum antibiotic and a gene that confers immunity to that antibiotic are both found in the bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis Strain 115. Strain 115 was originally discovered in turkeys that appeared to have enhanced immunity to bacterial infections. “The motivation behind ourRead More

Geneva: A World Health Organisation official says there could be up to 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week within two months. WHO assistant director-general Dr. Bruce Aylward says if the response to the Ebola crisis isn’t stepped up within 60 days, “a lot more people will die” and thereRead More

  Feeling of loneliness drives people to Facebook, according to a new study. Researchers found that compared to non-lonely people, lonely people spend more time on Facebook. Lonely individuals who are shy or have low social support may turn to Facebook to compensate for their lack of social skills and/orRead More