Gurdaspur: At least six border villages across the Ravi river remained cut off following flooding of the Basanter Nullah. The affected villages are Ghania ke Bet, Kassowal, Puranawal, Lallowal Gunia, Saharanpur and Mansore. The flood waters also breached an embankment on the Indian side after the flow of water increasedRead More

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi should show “leadership” to resolve the power crisis in the country or else shoulder complete responsibility for any breakdown, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Sunday. Chavan was talking to reporters after releasing the campaign booklets for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections. The bookletsRead More

New Delhi,Declaring the Jammu and Kashmir floods as “national level disaster”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced Rs 1,000 crore in special assistance for rehabilitation while sharing the pain and anguish of the people of the state. He made the annoucement in Srinagar after undertaking a visit to the stateRead More

New Delhi/Islamabad,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wrote to his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif offering assistance to victims of the devastation caused by the torrential rains and floods in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).Modi, who reviewed the flood situation in Jammu and Kashmir during his day-long visit today, said he was toldRead More

Mumbai: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said that his party was committed to its belief of 80 per cent social service and 20 per cent politics, and it needs “power” to serve the people. Uddhav was speaking at the launch of ‘Shiv Arogya Seva’, in which doctors in remoteRead More

Rome: Italy’s foreign minister has appealed to India’s Supreme Court to permit one of the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen in 2012 to return home for health reasons. The marine, 47-year-old Massimiliano Latorre, “was treated excellently in India, but it is clear that he needs rest, peace,Read More

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is moving fast on its ambitious ‘Rurban’ mission – to provide urban amenities in rural areas – with an expert committee appointed to frame guidelines expected to give its report by the middle of October. The ambitous Rurban mission is expected to help reduce migrationRead More

Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah opposed any delay in holding the Assembly polls in the state on the plea of floods and said there would be no difficulty in holding the elections on time. “It (delay in polls on the plea of flood situation) should not happened.Read More

New Delhi : Suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives were planning to target the national capital in the festive season, said Delhi Police Special Cell sources on Sunday. Sources said that alleged IM agent Azaz Sheikh, who was arrested on Saturday from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, was sent to recce the capital duringRead More

Kolkata : Suspicious about the role of BJP behind the CBI probe into the Saradha Ponzi scam, the Trinamool Congress today said they are keeping a close watch on every move of the agency to ascertain if the ruling party at the Centre had any influence in it. “We areRead More