Kerala government refuted on Wednesday Union home minister Amit Shah‘s statement in Parliament that central agencies had issued advance extreme weather warnings for Wayanad, where rain-triggered landslides early Tuesday killed more than 160 people.Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Shah’s remarks were “inconsistent with the facts”. The area where the disaster hit, only an orange alert…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday told Parliament the Centre had warned Kerala govt multiple times about the possibility of a rain-induced natural disaster, the first alert going out as early as July 23. Shah’s remarks came in response to attacks from opposition members in both Houses as they questioned the govt’s preparedness…
MUNDAKKAI: Until two days ago, Mundakkai was the dream getaway for tourists, with its rolling tea plantations and misty environs, housing a mosque, church, post office, a clutch of shops and scores of houses. Now, it’s a wasteland of sludge and mangled metal and wood, reports Rajeev KR. Sreejith Kumar VS, who works at a…
NEW DELHI: Amid signs of a renewed effort by India and China to resolve the military standoff in eastern Ladakh, India and China held another round of diplomatic talks for an early completion of the disengagement process that India sees as essential for resuming normal bilateral exchanges.While there was no breakthrough in the talks as…
AYODHYA: Ramchet, a cobbler from Sultanpur who found himself in the spotlight after he had an unexpected visitor on July 26 – Rahul Gandhi – claims he is swamped with offers to sell the footwear mended by the Congress MP during the brief stopover at his rundown shop near the district court.Rahul had stopped at…
NEW DELHI: Pleading with the Supreme Court for prospective implementation of its nine-judge bench ruling allowing states to levy royalty on extracted minerals and tax on mineral-bearing lands, the Union government on Wednesday said retrospective application would create a burden humongous enough to ruin many PSUs and industries, dent the larger economy and send prices…
CUTTACK: Orissa high court has suspended the life sentence awarded to former Chhatrapur MLA Nagireddy Narayan Reddy and two others for their alleged role in a police inspector‘s murder during an agitation against land acquisition for a steel project in Ganjam district in 1998, reports Lalmohan Patnaik.HC ordered their release on bail on such terms…
DEHRADUN: Three people were killed and at least six injured after a house collapsed in Haridwar district as heavy rain wreaked havoc in several parts of Uttarakhand on Wednesday.A family is reported to have gone missing following a cloudburst in a village in the Ghansali area of Tehri district, officials said.A house collapsed due to…
NEW DELHI: Even as Congress on Wednesday filed a notice of breach of privilege against PM Modi for tweeting BJP MP Anurag Thakur‘s speech with content that had allegedly been expunged, there was little likelihood of the move making any headway, report Akhilesh Singh & Subodh Ghildiyal. Congress notice submitted by Charanjit Singh Channi, ex-CM…
NEW DELHI: On a day Congress MPs protested in Lok Sabha over BJP MP Anurag Thakur‘s remarks in the House over caste census, which were seen as a “caste slur” on Rahul Gandhi, the saffron party strongly defended its MP and said he had not taken anyone’s name but even if the comments were aimed…
