Kerala floods: NDMA says 6.33 lakh people in relief camps currently, no heavy rains expected from tomorrow
New Delhi: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday said there will be no heavy rains in flood-hit Kerala for the next four days, giving a ray of hope to the distraught people of the state. The NDMA also said that different agencies have rescued more than 33,000 people from the...
6.3 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Indonesia's Lombok, No Tsunami Warning
A fresh tremor of 6.3 magnitude struck the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok, the US Geological Survey said on Sunday, after an earthquake killed more than 430 people there earlier this month. USGS estimated the depth of the latest tremor at 7.9 km (4.9 miles) and said the epicentre was on the ...
Par panel calls ex-RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to brief on mounting NPAs
New Delhi: A parliamentary committee looking into the issue of mounting non-performing assets (NPAs) has asked former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan to appear before it and brief on the matter. Rajan was invited after former Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian pra...
Navjot Singh Sidhu to attend swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan
Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu at the Attari-Wagah Border on Friday, on his way to Pakistan to attend Imran Khan’s swearing-in ceremony. (Rana Simranjit Singh) Going ahead with his decision to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Imran Khan as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, cricketer-turned-po...
On Video, Navy Rescue Of Kerala Pregnant Woman Whose Water Broke
The nightmare for a pregnant woman, stuck on the rooftop of her house in flood-hit Kerala, ended when an Indian Navy's chopper reached to rescue her. The woman's water broke when she was rescued. A doctor was first lowered from the chopper to examine her condition before she was airlifted and tak...
Kerala floods worst in 100 years; 324 lives lost, tweets Kerala CM
Southern Railway dispatched 7 BRN wagons with syntax tank carrying 2.8 lakh litre drinking water from Tamil Nadu's Erode at 4 pm. 15 BRN flat wagons with Syntax water tanks being moved from Chennai to Erode. Water will be dispatched to Kerala. #WATCH: Boats being used to rescue people in a flood-...
Stop press! Priyanka Chopra-Nick Jonas’ roka ceremony to take place at 10 am tomorrow?
If the feeling hasn’t sunk in yet- IT’S HAPPENING GUYS! Priyanka Chopra is about announce to the world that she is taken. The actress who reportedly got engaged to boo Nick Jonas around her birthday this year, is hosting the biggest bash for B-town friends and we can’t wait for the pictures. We w...
Imran all but certain to become Pak's new PM as cracks appear within Opposition ranks
Imran all but certain to become Pak's new PM as cracks appear within Opposition ranks - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan is poised to become the country's new prime minister as the Opposition alliance fell apart over the nomination of his challenger ahead of today's election in Parlia...
Trump's military parade delayed until at least 2019
A military parade ordered by US President Donald Trump for later this year has been postponed until at least 2019, a defense official has said, following reports the cost had soared to over USD 90 million. "The Department of Defense and White House have been planning a parade to honor America's m...
