Mumbai: Recent reports claiming that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued notices to Hindi news channels for using excessive Urdu words are false. The Ministry clarified on Sunday that it merely forwarded a viewer’s complaint to the concerned channels under the provisions of the Cable Television Networks Regulation Act. The channels were instructed to...
At least 10 people lost their lives in two separate incidents of a cloudburst and a landslide in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. According to officials, three people were killed after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in Ramban district’s Rajgarh area, around 25 km from the district headquarters. Several houses were damaged, and two people...
A tragic road accident in West Bengal’s Burdwan district claimed the lives of at least 10 people and left more than 30 others injured. The mishap occurred when a high-speed private bus rammed into a stationary truck parked along the roadside. The impact of the collision was so severe that the front portion of the...
On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that he is willing to absorb the costs associated with safeguarding India’s agricultural interests, particularly as the nation confronts rising trade tensions with the United States, which has imposed tariffs as high as 50%. During his address at the MS Swaminathan Centenary International Conference, PM Modi emphasized, “The...
Two individuals lost their lives and three others suffered serious injuries due to a significant explosion at an oxygen cylinder facility in Mohali district, Punjab, on Wednesday morning. The blast occurred at a site situated in the Industrial Area, Phase-9, creating shockwaves throughout the neighborhood. In the aftermath of the incident, high-ranking officials from both...
Dehradun: A minimum of four individuals have lost their lives, and many are believed to be missing following a catastrophic flash flood instigated by a cloudburst in the upper catchment area of the Kheer Ganga river, which resulted in widespread devastation in Dharali village, located in Uttarkashi district, on Tuesday. Uttarkashi district magistrate Prashant Arya...
A significant undersea earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early Wednesday morning, generating tsunami waves reaching heights of up to 4 meters (13 feet) and leading to evacuations in the surrounding areas as well as along much of Japan’s eastern coastline, according to officials....
At least 18 kanwariyas lost their lives and numerous others sustained injuries after the bus they were on collided with a truck carrying cooking gas cylinders in the Deoghar district of Jharkhand. “In my Lok Sabha constituency of Deoghar, 18 devotees tragically perished in an accident involving a bus and a truck during the Kanwar...
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar informed the Lok Sabha on Monday that there was no connection to trade at any point during discussions between India and the US amidst the conflict with Pakistan, refuting President Donald Trump’s repeated assertions that he utilized trade to prevent the two nations from engaging in combat. While addressing the...
Indian security forces successfully eliminated three suspected Pakistani terrorists during a joint operation called Operation Mahadev, which took place near Mount Mahadev in the Lidwas area of Srinagar. Sources indicate that the deceased individuals are thought to have been involved in the tragic Pahalgam terror attack that occurred three months prior, resulting in 26 fatalities....