India

Jammu, Sep 6: The flood situation in Jammu and Kashmir continued to worsen on Saturday, with the death toll mounting to 100 while rescuers struggled to evacuate thousands of people to safety as major rivers and streams were in spate due to incessant rains. Home minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with chief minister Omar Abdullah to take stock of the flood situation soon after he arrived this

Bangalore, Sep 6: The State Prison Advisory Board has recommended the release of at least 200 prisoners on grounds of good behaviour in the first phase in Karnataka. But the select prisoners may have to wait a while as their release will be subject to clearance from the Supreme Court. In January this year, the Congress government had decided at a Cabinet meeting to release prisoners on good

New Delhi, Sep 5: On Teachers Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today interacted with school children across the country saying girl education is his top priority and the initiative to ensure toilets in all schools was part of this endeavour. Addressing students and replying to their questions via video conferencing in the first-ever initiative, he said he is talking to states to ensure that

New Delhi, Sept 5: Prime Minister Tony Abbott today said he will sign an agreement with India to sell uranium for non-weapon use. "Prime Minister Modi and I will today sign a nuclear cooperation agreement that will finally allow Australian uranium to India," he said while addressing a meeting here, organised by industry chambers including CII and Ficci. Abbott, who arrived here this morning, was

New Delhi, Sep 5: BJP is likely to be invited to form a government in Delhi with Lt Governor Najeeb Jung sending a report to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking permission to call the single largest party to take a shot at power though it is well short of majority in the Assembly. In his report, Jung gave a detailed analysis of the political situation in the city and underlined the need to have an

New Delhi, Sep 5: India is the suicide hotspot of the world, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) report, which said that around 2.58 lakh people took their own lives, the highest for any country across the globe. The WHO figures, however, do not match with the official records. The WHO’s figure is higher by 1.12 lakh compared to the 1.35 lakh suicides reported by India’s National

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 5: Former chief justice of India (CJI) P. Sathasivam was sworn in as the new Governor of Kerala on Friday morning. The acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, Ashok Bhushan, administered the oath to Mr. Sathasivam at the Raj Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram. Mr. Sathasivam is the first former CJI to become the Governor of a state. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, his

New Delhi, Sep 5: A year-long analysis of cases referred to AIIMS has led to a shocking revelation — private hospitals often send dead patients to the institute after fleecing their families in a bid to escape blame for botching up cases. In some cases, the patients were so ill that they died while being transported or during admission in the casualty section. AIIMS director Dr M C Misra said the

Amethi, Sep 4: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he was playing the drums in Japan while people in the country were battling power cuts, price rise and lack of roads and water supply. "The prime minister is playing the drums in Japan while there is no electricity here. There are no roads and there is no water," said Gandhi, who is

Chennai, Sep 4: Aimed at enhancing the Navy's coastal surveillance, its largest offshore patrol vessel INS Sumitra was formally commissioned by Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R K Dhowan here today. The vessel is the fourth in its class and built on in-house design of state-owned Goa Shipyard Ltd. INS Sumitra, which was commissioned at the Chennai Port Trust, would be based at Chennai under the