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New Delhi, Jun 23: Rescue teams will take another fortnight to evacuate flood victims as the roads leading to affected areas have been badly damaged, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has said. Bahuguna, who is overseeing the rescue and relief efforts following the cloudburst and humongous floods, said the death toll could "well cross 1,000". He also said, “Those who are stuck in certain

New Delhi, Jun 23: The Bharatiya Janata Party is on a mission to not just form a government but to build the nation and that cannot be done without winning the hearts of the minority community, party president Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. “We are here to build the nation by winning people’s hearts. Do you think that can be done by instilling fear in your hearts? Nation-building cannot be done

Srinagar, Jun 22: Terrorists struck in the heart of the city killing two policemen in the crowded Hari Singh high street, three days ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Terrorists using silencer-fitted pistols carried out near simultaneous attacks at Jehangir Chowk and Sarai Bala injuring head constable Mohammed Maqbool and constable Nazir Ahmed. While Mabool died

New Delhi, Jun 23: The government today decided to step up rescue operations in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand as more rains are predicted for Monday. The decision was conveyed by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while briefing him about the situation in the state, sources said. Seth is briefing the Prime Minister in the morning and evening everyday after his meetings with

Dehradun, Jun 22: “Take me back, I want to go back.” This was how some survivors of the massive Uttarakhand floods cried in an emotional outburst when they returned on Friday with some member or other of their family or assorted group of pilgrims and tourists not among their midst, after enduring a harrowing five-day ordeal. As a rescue helicopter touched down on this helipad in the Uttarakhand

New Delhi, Jun 21: Rescuers found bodies in the Ganga and in the muddy, broken earth left by landslides, raising the death toll from flooding in northern India to nearly 600 on Friday, officials said. The air force dropped paratroopers, food and medicine for people trapped in up to 100 towns and villages cut off since Sunday in Uttrakhand where thousands of people are stranded. Uttrakhand Chief

Dehradun, Jun 21: Forty bodies of flood victims were recovered from Haridwar, taking the toll in the rain fury to 190 as operations to rescue over 9000 stranded in Kedarnath and Badrinath were stepped up with the deployment of 40 helicopters. As the magnitude of the tragedy continued to unfold, Uttarakhand principal secretary Rakesh Sharma said casualty figures can be "shockingly high". In

New Delhi, Jun 21: Amid growing concerns over huge gold imports hurting the country's economic strength, financial services major Reliance Capital today became the first company to suspend gold sales across all its businesses. The decision includes suspension of sale of gold coins and other physical forms of the yellow metal, as also as an investment product across all its businesses and

New Delhi, Jun 21: Between 2009-10 and 2011-12, the proportion of people working slipped slightly in India, and the share of unemployed persons ticked up, a government report released on Thursday has revealed. In 2009-10, 36.5% of the population was gainfully employed for the better part of the year. By 2011-12, the proportion of such workers had dipped to 35.4%. Meanwhile the unemployment rate

Jaipur, Jun 21: UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday slammed the opposition for stalling the food security Bill and asked the people to be cautious of such parties which try to create instability in the country. Sonia, who inaugurated a power and a water supply project in Rajasthan on Thursday, said the UPA government would have fulfilled its promise of not letting