Army to get first woman ADC to a Commander
New Delhi, June 28: Lieutenant Ganeve Lalji--a young intelligence officer--is set to create history by becoming the first woman to be appointed as a key aide to an Army Commander as part of Army Chief...
View ArticleGas price decision will hike power tariffs, fertilizer costs: BJP
New Delhi, June 28: The BJP Friday said that UPA government's decision to double the natural gas prices from April 1, 2014 will lead to increase in power tariffs and fertilizer costs and makes CNG...
View ArticleJiah Khan suicide: Suraj's lawyer opposes narco-test
Mumbai, June 28: A day after Mumbai police sought court's permission to conduct narco-analysis test on Suraj Pancholi, son of actor couple arrested on charge of abetting his actor-girlfriend Jiah...
View Article3,600 Indians return from Kuwait, India asks for 'time and space'
New Delhi, June 28: With around 3,600 Indians having returned from Kuwait this year, India Friday said it has asked the Gulf country's government to "provide time and space" to expatriates overstaying...
View ArticleShinde says all will be done to trace missing, trapped
Dehardun, June 28: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Friday said there was no clarity on how many bodies may be buried under debris in Uttarakhand, and said all efforts would be made to find those...
View ArticleChopper crash victims' kin may get special pension
New Delhi, June 28: Families of the victims of the chopper crash in Uttarakhand may get special pensions from the government, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said Friday. "We have...
View Article18 bodies from IAF chopper crash found
Tweet New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Bodies of 18 victims who died in an Indian Air Force helicopter crash in flood-hit Uttarakhand have been found, said Ajay Chadha, director general of ITBP,...
View ArticleNawaz Sharif sends Manmohan Singh message condoling Uttarakhand, Himachal...
New Delhi, June 29: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday sent Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a message of condolence on the Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh tragedy, saying with the subcontinent...
View ArticleRescue operation continues in Uttrakhand; over 1,000 still stranded, 2000...
Tweet The rescue operation in flood hit Badrinath and other areas in Uttrakhand continue on Saturday as over 1,000 people are still stranded in the holy town of Badrinath. While according to media...
View ArticleCops arrest VHP leader Jagdish Anant for involvement in May 30 serial blasts...
June 29: The police have arrested a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader for last month's serial blasts in Kosikalan area of Mathura. The investigators have concluded that Jagdish Anant, city president...
View ArticleChopper crash: Antony writes to IAF men's families
New Delhi: In a special gesture, Defence Minister A K Antony has written letters to the families of five IAF officials killed in Tuesday's helicopter crash in Uttarakhand, conveying his condolence....
View ArticleOver 1,800 people still stranded in Uttarakhand: NDMA
Tweet New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Around 1,800 people are still stranded in Uttarakhand but would be evacuated by Friday, the National...
View ArticleAdventurers, botanists too victims of rain tragedy
Botanists, trekkers, census volunteers and disaster management trainees are some of the other enthusiasts of the hills, apart from pilgrims and tourists, who were stranded and trapped in the rain...
View ArticleRahul Gandhi vows to ensure 50% representation to women in Congress
New Delhi, June 29: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday vowed to ensure 50% representation to women in All India Congress Committee (AICC) and other party wings as he held his first...
View Article20 security men honoured; focus shifts to tracing missing persons
Twenty brave hearts killed in Tuesday’s helicopter crash in Uttarakhand were on Friday given a guard of honour, even as operations commenced to clear the layers of debris under which many bodies were...
View Article20 security men honoured; focus shifts on tracing missing persons
Twenty brave hearts killed in Tuesday’s helicopter crash in Uttarakhand were on Friday given a guard of honour, even as operations commenced to clear the layers of debris under which many bodies were...
View ArticleHershil fully evacuated, 1,400 still stranded in Badrinath
Thirteen days after the Uttarakhand disaster, Rescue workers were on Friday near the end of their mammoth mission with Harsil sector totally evacuated and they made a final push in Badrinath where...
View ArticleUttarakhand: 20 bravehearts killed in chopper crash honoured, focus shifts...
Dehradun/Gauchar: Twenty bravehearts killed in Tuesday's helicopter crash in Uttarakhand were on Friday given a guard of honour, even as operations commenced to clear the layers of debris under which...
View ArticleNitish does not believe in doing 'nautanki' like Modi: JD(U)
June 28: Terming as "nautanki" the visit of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to Uttarakhand, a state minister on Friday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar does not believe in "aerial show...
View ArticleChopper crash: 2 ITBP personnel still untraceable
New Delhi: Whereabouts of two ITBP personnel, who were killed in the helicopter crash in Uttarakhand's Gaurikund during rescue operations, remain untraced even after a week as special troops continued...
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