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New Delhi, Jun 3: About 42 per cent of India is 'abnormally dry' which is around 6 per cent more than last year, according to the Drought Early Warning System (DEWS). In the May 28 update of the real time drought watcher, the percentage of abnormally dry area increased to 42.61 per cent from a week before (May 21) when it was 42.18 per cent. The increase is 0.45 per cent from April 28 when it was

New Delhi, Jun 3: Mr. M K Faizy, National President, SDPI has urged the Election Commission to address the complaints of mismatch in number of EVM votes counts with regard to majority of seats. As news hits in the media that EVM and VVPAT mismatch in 370+ Lok Sabha constituencies, ithas become a public discourse whether our voting right is being misused. The Election Commission is on radar and the

Kochi, Jun 3: The Kerala government on Monday said a college student here is suspected to have been infected with the Nipah virus but a final confirmation is awaited from the National Institute of Virology in Pune. The Kerala Health Department has initiated precautionary measures to deal with the possible outbreak of Nipah virus. State Health Minister K K Shailaja said in Thiruvananthapuram that

Lucknow, Jun 3: UP Congress chief Raj Babbar on Monday said the poor electoral showing of the party in the state has left pain in the hearts of party president Rahul Gandhi and the people of Amethi. In his first interview after the election results, Babbar said Gandhi considered Amethi not just as his parliamentary constituency, but his family. The Gandhi scion lost to BJP's Smriti Irani from the

Kanpur, Jun 3: The RSS will give constructive advice to the government whenever it falters, Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday as he cautioned that any democratically-elected dispensation should guard against any "misuse" of its power. Addressing a Sangh gathering here, the RSS chief said, "Those getting elected in a democratic set-up have immense power, but this does not mean that it should be misused

Mumbai, Jun 3: Joining ranks with the recent protests over the pan-India three language formula proposed in the draft National Education Policy 2019, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on Sunday spoke against enforcement of Hindi asserting that it is not their mother tongue. The official Twitter handle of MNS, quoted state leader and spokesperson Anil Shidore as stating “Hindi is not our mother tongue, do

Patna, Jun 3: Hours after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expanded his Council of Ministers on Sunday, BJP and JDU leaders skipped the ''iftar'' party hosted by each other. JDU had organised an ''iftar'' party at Haj Bhavan. However, no BJP leader was present on the occasion, sources said. RJD ally and former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi did participate in the ''iftar.'' BJP leader and Deputy

New Delhi, Jun 3: Following outrage in Tamil Nadu over a draft education policy favouring teaching Hindi in non-Hindi-speaking states, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said state governments will be consulted before a final decision is made on the issue. Jaishankar's response came after a Twitter user posted a query to him on the issue. "The National Education Policy as submitted

Mumbai, Jun 2: Maharashtra BJP leader Madhav Bhandari on Sunday said that Muslims were given their share in 1947, a reference to the partition of the country and formation of Pakistan. Responding to AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi's statement that Muslims are not tenants in India, Bhandari said, "It would be good if Owaisi Sahab speaks before due consideration. No one has called him a tenant. But if

Howrah, Jun 2: In a move that is being hailed as “historic” and “path breaking” by students and teachers alike, at least 50 colleges in West Bengal, including a few in Kolkata, have added 'humanity', 'agnostic', 'secular' and 'non-religious' options in the religion column of online admission forms for students who are unwilling to disclose their faith. This allows students applying for